tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18635502223772841542024-03-12T22:33:03.036-07:00Write In PortlandA literary calendar of classes, readings, and other writerly pursuits in Portland, Oregon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-23136210690444703862014-08-19T13:19:00.000-07:002014-08-19T13:19:08.467-07:00HIATUS<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Write In Portland is currently on hiatus. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please send your Portland literary event listings to:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span id="calendarTitle">Thank you! </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-35654281969032689062014-04-21T16:11:00.000-07:002014-04-21T16:11:02.328-07:00Prompt: A Write Around Portland Community Workshop<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Prompt: A Write Around Portland Community Workshop</span></span>
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Join us for a 10 week workshop devoted to generative writing and the
transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful
Write Around Portland (<a href="http://www.writearound.org/" target="_blank">http://www.writearound.org/</a>)
model, this dynamic workshop incorporates many of our favorite
exercises designed to inspire the writing life, including free-writing;
group discussion; imagery, character, plot and poetry development; and
early-draft revision.</span></span>
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All proceeds from Prompt go directly toward funding Write Around
Portland workshops and programs in hospitals, prisons, schools,
treatment centers, low-income housing facilities and more.</span></span>
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Prompt: Meets weekly for 10 weeks<br />
Ten Tuesdays, <b><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1835860055" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">May 13 to July 15</span></span>, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1835860056" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">6:30-8:30pm</span></span></b><br />
Powell’s City of Books, 10th and W. Burnside<br />
$285 (Payment plans available. Includes free parking, snacks and access to the “Bowels of Powells.”)</span></span>
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Carolyn O'Doherty earned her MFA from the Stonecoast program at the
University of Southern Maine. She has been a Hawthorne Fellow and
taught a Worldbuilding class at the Attic. Carolyn started volunteering
with Write Around Portland in 2013 and facilitated workshops at a
residential treatment center for men and our twice monthly workshops at
HOTLIPS Pizza. She is currently working on a young adult urban fantasy
novel about kids who can freeze time.</span></span>
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Registration limited to 12 adults. For more information or to register, please contact Write Around Portland at <a href="tel:503.796.9224" target="_blank" value="+15037969224">503.796.9224</a>.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-44935537114855343922014-04-16T14:39:00.000-07:002014-04-16T14:39:24.775-07:00The ABC's of Literary Journal Submission <h1 class="title">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">What Submission Guidelines Don’t Tell You: An Insider’s Guide to Submitting to Literary Journals </span></b></h1>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Whether
you’re just thinking about sending your work out to literary journals,
or you’ve already received a handful of rejections, this class will
explain how the dizzying process really works. We’ll cover targeting
markets, formatting work, handling rejections, and what happens when you
get accepted. After this lively class, you’ll be ready to charge the
world of publishing. (Note: Not for book-length publishing)</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: medium;"><em>“I attended a Liz Prato’s mini-workshop on publishing, & it
was great. I walked away with reassuring statistics on how many
rejections to expect as opposed to acceptances, models for cover
letters, an online source for literary journals, & lots of good,
practical advice.” </em>~ Cindy Stewart-Rinier</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Teacher</b>:<a href="http://atticinstitute.com/teacher/liz-prato" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"> Liz Prato</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Date/Time:</b> Saturday, April 19th, 1 - 3pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Location:</b> Attic Institute, 4232 SE Hawthorne</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Total Fee:</b> $50 (cash/check); $59 (Paypal). <br /></span><br /><b>Liz Prato's</b> stories and essays have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review,
Subtropics, The Rumpus, Iron Horse Literary Review, Hunger Mountain,
Carve, and ZYZZYVA, among others. Awards include the 2010 Minnetonka
Review Editor’s Prize, 2005 Berkeley Fiction Review Sudden Fiction
prize. She was appointed a 2012 Sewanee Writers’ Conference Scholar and
has guest-edited for VoiceCatcher. She is the editor of the fiction
anthology <em>The Night, and the Rain, and the River</em> (Forest Avenue Press, May 2014). <a href="http://www.lizprato.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="s1">www.lizprato.com</span></a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-41760102597192938082014-04-06T17:04:00.001-07:002014-04-06T17:04:27.104-07:00The 5th Annual Terroir Creative Writing Festival <span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #262626;">The 5th
Annual Terroir Creative Writing Festival of Yamhill County will be held<b>
9-5, on Saturday April 19, 2014</b>, at the Yamhill Valley Chemeketa
Community College campus in McMinnville. A full program of speakers
includes authors of fiction, poetry, and memoir, as well as a workshop
in travel writing and hands-on sessions in making letterpress broadsides
and creating a handmade book. Registration discounts for students,
seniors, and pre-registration.<br /><br />Deadline for pre-registration discount is April 11. For a full schedule and a registration form, go to: <br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><u><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT45"><a href="http://terroircreativewritingfestivaldotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/2014-tcwf-registration-form-2.pdf" target="_blank">http://terroircreativewritingfestivaldotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/2014-tcwf-registration-form-2.pdf</a></span><br /></u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #262626;">For detailed information on presenters and their websites: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><u><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT46"><a href="http://terroircreativewritingfestival.com/visiting-authors" target="_blank">http://terroircreativewritingfestival.com/visiting-authors</a></span><br /></u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #262626;">Among the authors presenting are <b>Paulann Petersen</b>, Oregon Poet Laureate and widely published poet; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><b>Karen
Karbo</b>, author of fourteen award-winning novels, memoirs and works of
non-fiction including the best-selling “Kick Ass Women” series</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;">; <b>Joe Wilkins</b>, whose books have won awards both in prose and poetry (</span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Notes from the Journey Westward, The Mountains and the Fathers, and others</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;">);
<b>Maggie Chula</b> (president of the Tanka Society of America and author of
seven poetry collections); nonfiction author and poet <b>Barbara Drake</b> (</span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Peace at Heart, Driving One Hundred</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;">); poet and Linfield College professor Lex Runciman (</span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>One Hour That Morning </i></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;">and four other collections); memoirist Lisa Ohlen Harris (</span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Fifth Season</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"> and </span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Through the Veil</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;">); and novelist Stephen Long (</span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>There’s a Somebody</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;">).
Broadside and letterpress artist Juniper White will discuss the
history of the literary broadside and teach a workshop in using
letterpress to print poetry broadsides. Journalist and travel author
Emily Grosvenor, whose work appears in Sunset magazine, AAA magazine,
newspapers, and other publications, will speak on travel writing.
Marilyn Worrix, Founder and Director of the Book Arts Center of
McMinnville, will conduct a two hour workshop in making your own
handmade book, supplies provided. <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><b>Note:
Check out our Terroir Facebook page for video interviews of Festival
speakers talking about their art and their Terroir Festival workshops
and other posts.</b></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-69651775724756140712014-04-06T17:00:00.003-07:002014-04-06T17:00:50.419-07:00Two Portland Novelists!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #070721;">Broadway Books is pleased to announce a special event to be held at the store at 7 pm on Thursday, April 24.<br /><br />Two Portland novelists will be here to present their newly published books.<br /><br />Dan Berne is the author of </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #070721;"><b><i>Gods of Second Chances</i></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #070721;">.
This is the story of Ray Bancroft, a widowed Alaskan fisherman who is
raising his granddaughter. Trouble comes when Ray’s estranged daughter
returns from prison, her search for a safe harbor threatening everything
Ray holds sacred.<br /> <br />Rob Yardumian’s debut novel is </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #070721;"><b><i>The Sound of Songs Across the Water</i></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #070721;">.
The story takes place in the summer of 1995 in Los Angeles. Washed-out
musician Riley Walter hasn’t had an album in fifteen years. He joins
former bandmate Will Taylor to produce a new album, and long-buried
conflicts darken the sunny California scene. It’s a tale about the
struggles of two old friends, music, sex, charisma, art, love, and the
power of money.</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-83574330859598510492014-04-06T16:58:00.000-07:002014-04-06T16:58:05.595-07:00Poetry with Harold Johnson and Robert A. Davies<span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;">Harold Johnson and Robert A. Davies will give a poetry reading at Kenton Library<br />(8226 N. Denver Ave., Portland) 7-8:00 PM on Tuesday, April 22. Free.<br /><br />Harold
Johnson was born in Yakima, Washington, and has lived in Portland for
the past sixty-two years where he has practiced music, visual art, and
writing. His poems have been published in numerous small journals and
anthologized in From Here We Speak: Poetry of Oregon, New Poets of the
American West, Millennial Spring: Eight New Oregon Poets, Portland
Lights, and Millennial Spring: African-American poetry of the 21st
Century. He has co-edited the journal Fireweed and has a volume of poems
forthcoming from Many Voices Press. Johnson's reading will include
recent and older works.<br /><br />Robert A. Davies lives in Portland, Oregon. He has published widely in the Little magazines and more recently in </span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #386eff;"><u>CounterPunch.com</u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;">, Windfall, Subtopian and </span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #386eff;"><u>Dissidentvoice.com</u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;">.
He was co-editor of Mr. Cogito magazine for more than 20 years, has
published TRACKS IN OREGON (a finalist for the Oregon Literary Award),
TIMBER, SOMETIMES SUBVERSIVE, MELONS and MENDELSSOHN and BLUFF HOLLOW. H
will be reading mostly from the last 3 books. </span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #386eff;"><u><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT37">rjdavies3@comcast.net</span></u></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-84610336652134704732014-03-21T13:22:00.000-07:002014-03-21T13:22:22.626-07:00Spring Classes at the Multnomah Arts Center
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"> The
Multnomah Arts Center is located in SW Portland and offers classes in
various artistic disciplines for people of all ages through Portland
Parks and Recreation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">To register call <a href="tel:%28503%29%20823-3187" target="_blank" value="+15038233187">(503) 823-3187</a> or visit <a href="https://owa.portlandoregon.gov/owa/,DanaInfo=owa.portlandoregon.gov,SSL+redir.aspx?C=PkzLsnxmakigQTClDCEdJvFsU8cuGNFI_RgfsFSfoY-Tz53Jc2JWuZ4QkNoSIJ90AwYfGQs2QnI.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.multnomahartscenter.org" target="_blank">
www.multnomahartscenter.org</a> to get full course listings and find out more about our teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"><b>Fiction—Writing What You Don’t Know </b>with Michael Cooper</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">Mondays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505533" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7 - 9 pm</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505534" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Apr. 7 - May 19</span></span> $120 [7 classes] Michael Cooper</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"><b>Advanced Memoir Writing </b>with Rob Freedman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">Tuesdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505535" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10 am - 12:30 pm</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505536" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Apr. 1 - May 27</span></span> $184 [9 classes] <br />
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"><b>Writing Poetry That Pops </b></span><span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">with Donna Prinzmetal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">Tuesdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505537" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7 - 8:30 pm</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505538" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Apr. 1 - Jun. 3</span></span> $135 [10 classes]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"><b>Writing Personal Histories</b></span><span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"> with Meg Eberle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"> Wednesdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505539" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10 am - 1 pm</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505540" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Apr. 2 - May 28</span></span> $120 [5 classes]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"><b>Reading & Writing About Oregon </b>with<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">Christine Colasurdo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">Wednesdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505541" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7 - 9 pm</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505542" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Apr. 2 - Jun. 4</span></span> $170 [10 classes] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"><b>Writing Our Lives As Story with Nancy Linnon</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">Thursdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505543" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10 am - 12 pm</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505544" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Apr. 3 - May 22</span></span> $136 [8 classes]<br />
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"><b>The Writer’s Toolbox </b></span><span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">with Judith Pulman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">Fridays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505545" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10 - 12:30 pm</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505546" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Apr. 18 – Jun. 6</span></span> $164 [8 weeks]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"><b>Reading Your Work Aloud </b>with<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;">Robert Freedman</span><span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"><br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505547" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday 1 - 4 pm</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505548" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">May 31</span></span> $28 [1 class]<br />
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<span style="font-family: Janson Text LT Std, serif;"><b>Writers’ Boot Camp </b>with Michael Cooper<br />Saturdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505549" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Apr. 12</span></span>—<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505550" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">1 - 3:30 pm</span></span>; <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505551" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">May 10 & Jun. 7</span></span>—<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909505552" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">1 - 2:30 pm</span></span> $48 [3 classes] </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-81832862179704612332014-03-04T12:45:00.002-08:002014-03-04T12:45:47.030-08:00 Dan Berne's "The Gods of Second Chances" Launch<div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>The Gods of Second Chances</i>,
Portland author Dan Berne’s debut novel, will launch with a reading at
<b>7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, at Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W.
Burnside Ave., Portland.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Gods of Second Chances</i> features Ray Bancroft, a widowed Alaskan fisherman raising <span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">his
granddaughter with help from a multitude of gods and goddesses—not to
mention rituals ad-libbed at sea by his half-Tlingit best friend. But
statues and otter bone ceremonies aren’t enough when Ray’s estranged
daughter returns from prison, her search for a safe harbor threatening
everything he holds sacred.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Every so often a novel comes along that feels like nothing you’ve read before,” said Karen Karbo, author of <i>Julia Child Rules</i>. “Dan Berne’s <i>The Gods of Second Chances</i> is
one of those, soulful and shattering in equal measure. Berne shines a
light on rarely visited corners of both the world and the human heart in
a page-turning story that stays with you long after you’ve reached the
end.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Berne, whose fiction and poetry have been
published in literary magazines, owns a market strategy consultancy and
lives with his wife Aliza in Portland. Learn more at <a href="http://danberne.com/" target="_blank">danberne.com</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Gods of Second Chances </i>is
illustrated by Portland artist Reid Psaltis, who draws inspiration from
the natural world. Psaltis’s comics and illustrations have been
featured on Top Shelf 2.0, Study Group Comics, Trip City, Scout Books
Good Ink Series, and by other independent publishers. More of his work
can be seen at <a href="http://reidpsaltis.com/" target="_blank">reidpsaltis.com</a>.<b> </b></span></span></div>
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Avenue Press chose Berne’s manuscript as the first novel in its fiction
catalog, following the release of the linked story collection <i>A Simplified Map of the Real World</i> by Stevan Allred, which was named a #1 book of the year in the Powell’s Staff Top 5s. <i>The Night, and the Rain, and the River</i>, an Oregon short story anthology edited by Liz Prato of Portland, and <i>Skin Drag</i>, a debut novel by Portland poet Kate Gray, are forthcoming in May and September 2014.<b> </b></span></span></div>
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Roots </b>is publishing its first-ever book, a poetry anthology "<i>I Am Not a
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1475961523" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Feb. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m.</span></span> </b></span></span></div>
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in publishing are coming to Portland, and they’re going to be talking about
self-publishing in the digital age. Portland is known for its small press scene
and zine culture, so when the founder of <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/">Smashwords</a> and a representative from <a href="http://www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk/">Bloomsbury
Publishing</a> roll into
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Bloomsbury Publishing are teaming up with <a href="http://ooligan.pdx.edu/">Portland
State University’s graduate program in Book Publishing</a>, <a href="http://www.kingston.ac.uk/">Kingston
University</a> in England,
and <a href="http://www.edsguild.org/">Northwest
Independent Editors Guild</a>
in order to present a one-day conference on self-publishing. The conference is
scheduled for <b>Tuesday, February 25, from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on the
Portland State University campus. </b>Speakers include <span>Mark Coker</span>, founder of Smashwords; <span>Eela Devani,</span> Digital Business Development Director of Bloomsbury
Publishing; <span>Dr. Alison Baverstock</span>,
author and Course Leader for <a href="http://www.kingston.ac.uk/postgraduate-course/creative-writing-publishing-ma/">Publishing at Kingston University</a>; and <a href="http://www.jillkellyeditor.com/">Jill Kelly</a>,
member of Northwest Independent Editors Guild.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By far the
most recognizable name on the bill, Coker will be speaking about why
self-publishing is the most exciting thing happening in publishing today. It’s
not hard to see why Coker might believe this, since the company he founded in
2008, Smashwords, has become a leading distributor for self-published books.
Smashwords is known for its ease of use; authors simply upload their
manuscripts as Microsoft Word files, and Smashwords converts these files into
multiple e-book formats.</span></span></div>
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research she conducted on the subject of self-publishing, Baverstock will
provide a firm grounding for the hyperbole one so often hears about
self-publishing. She will be discussing the publishing industry,
self-publishing’s place within it, and likely future developments. Baverstock
brings key insights into how self-published authors can replicate the critical
elements traditionally supplied by publishers in order to create successful e-books.
Her most recent book, <a href="https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/store/9781408139820/the-naked-author-a-guide-to-self-publishing/"><i>The
Naked Author: A Guide to Self-Publishing</i></a>, is (ironically!) published by Bloomsbury Publishing.</span></span></div>
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will also team up with Devani to discuss how self-published authors can use
social media to get their work better known. With more than 13 years on the
digital side of publishing, Devani is the perfect person to lead this
discussion.</span></span></div>
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conference isn’t all experts flown in from overseas or out of state; Kelly will
provide a valuable local perspective. Among other things, she will speak to the
issue of how to find local freelance editors, designers, and so forth. These
local freelancers can be a tremendous boon to one’s self-publishing project.</span></span></div>
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held at Smith Memorial Student Union (1825 SW Broadway), room 238, on the
Portland State University campus. The cost is $90 and includes coffee, tea, and
light refreshments; lunch is available from a variety of local establishments
or bring your own. For more information and to register, visit <a href="https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/writers/services/publishing-route">https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/writers/services/publishing-route</a>
</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-66176086465501246472014-01-27T12:34:00.004-08:002014-01-27T12:34:51.512-08:00Bad Love with Brave on the Page Writers<div class="MsoNormal">
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the day before Valentine’s Day with original tales of bad love by Stevan
Allred, Amber Krieger, Gigi Little, and Tammy Lynne Stoner at the
Thursday Night Reading Series, <b>6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 13, </b></span><span style="color: #141413;"><b>at
the Rain or Shine Coffee House</b>, 5941 SE Division St. </span></span></span></div>
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laugh while your heart is being ripped out. All four readers are
featured in <i>Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life, </i>the homegrown anthology that launched Portland’s Forest Avenue Press in 2012.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #141413;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #141413;">Stevan
Allred lives and writes in a house in the woods halfway between
Fisher’s Mill and Viola, in rural Clackamas County, outside of Portland,
Oregon. <i>A Simplified Map of the Real World </i>(Forest Avenue Press)<i>, </i>his
debut linked short story collection, was chosen as one of the best
books of 2013 in the annual Powell’s Staff Top 5s. Stevan is the editor
of <i>Dixon Ticonderoga</i>, a zine that explores the intimate
relationship between divorce and pencils. He teaches writing at the
Pinewood Table and has been widely published in literary magazines.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #343434;">Amber Krieger lives under the name Amber Keller. Her writing has appeared in <i>B O D Y, Carve Magazine, The Adirondack Review, Brave on the Page </i>and
elsewhere. She is the host of Late Night Debut, Late Night
Library's podcast series focused on debut books. When she is not
writing, she can be seen riding around town with her four-year-old on a
very big bike.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gigi Little's work has
appeared in literary magazines and in anthologies including Portland
Noir and Brave on the Page. Along with her work appearing *in* books, it
has appeared *on* books, as she's also the graphic designer for Forest
Avenue Press. By day, she works as Lead Visual Merchandiser for Powell's
Books and is married to fine artist Stephen O'Donnell. Before moving to
Portland, Gigi spent fifteen years in the circus, as a lighting
director and professional circus clown. She never took a pie to the face
and never got stuffed into one of those little cars, but she is a
Rhodes scholar on the art of losing one's pants.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tammy Lynne Stoner is currently pimping her novel <i>Spots in Sugar Land</i>,
which follows the life of a dowdy prison cook with the gift of “the
Sight” as she overcomes a frightening prophesy to become the fabulous
matriarch to a family of Texas misfits. In the past three years she’s
been published by <i>Unshod Quills</i> – who nominated her for a Million Writers Award, <i>10,000 Tons of Black Ink</i>, <i>Pif Magazine</i>, <i>Folio</i> and with the delightful Forest Avenue Press.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-4627339775527886462014-01-21T12:35:00.002-08:002014-01-21T12:37:51.472-08:00Laura Stanfill on The Promise and Peril of Self-Publishing<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Author and journalist <b>Laura Stanfill</b> is teaming up with the School of
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Communication’s George S. Turnbull Center to explore the
"The Promise and Peril of Self-Publishing" from <b><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_544586664" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, January 23</span></span>.</b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The public is invited to join her for a spirited discussion about the
benefits and challenges of having creative control over your own work,
in addition to helpful tips on navigating the complicated aspects. There
will also be a Q&A and light hors d’ouevres to follow.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For more information: <a href="http://journalism.uoregon.edu/promise-and-peril-self-publishing" target="_blank">http://journalism.uoregon.edu/<wbr></wbr>promise-and-peril-self-<wbr></wbr>publishing</a></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">School of Journalism and Communication<br />
University of Oregon in Portland<br />
70 NW Couch St.<br />
Floor 3R<br />
Portland, OR 97209</span></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="tel:%28503%29%20412-3662" value="+15034123662">(503) 412-3662</a></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-1829131718144707572014-01-19T10:41:00.006-08:002014-01-19T10:41:59.859-08:00Writing From Sacred Story<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Writing from Sacred Story</b></span></span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A fundraiser for P’nai Or of Portland, a Jewish Renewal community: <a href="http://www.pnaiorpdx.org/" target="_blank">http://www.pnaiorpdx.org</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Instructor: Lyssa Tall Anolik<span style="background-color: white;"><span></span></span><br /><br />When: Sunday Feb. 2, 2014<br />Time: 1pm - 5pm<br />Location: St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland, OR 97219<br />Fee: $75 (100% of proceeds go to P’nai Or)<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To register, and for questions, contact Lyssa: <a href="mailto:lyssa@flashdog.com" target="_blank">lyssa@flashdog.com</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Space is limited, so please register soon!*<br /><br /><u><b>Description:</b></u><br />We
live in a melting pot of sacred story — Native American, Jewish,
Christian, Islamic, Voodoo, Hindu, Druid, Buddhist… Traditions from all
over the world have infused North American culture with elements of
their sacred texts and oral traditions. Whether we actively practice a
faith or not, we encounter sacred stories and symbols everywhere: in songs, children’s stories, poems, team mascots, business logos, and other forms of media. What can sacred stories reveal about our individual and collective life stories? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please join me as
we enter these sacred story worlds through visualization,
stream-of-consciousness writing, and dynamic discussion in a safe and
supportive environment. No writing experience necessary — All are welcom</span><span style="font-size: small;">e!</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-31652368185989752282013-12-18T20:37:00.002-08:002013-12-18T20:37:25.236-08:00Winter 2014 Literary Arts Classes at the Multnomah Arts Center<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
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and faculty. Classes start soon; don’t miss out!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span>Fiction—Writing What You Don’t
Know</span></b><span> <i>with Michael Thomas Cooper</i></span></span></span></div>
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- March 3$120 [8 weeks] </span></span></span></div>
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17 </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span>Memoir Writing</span></b><i><span>with Rob Freedman</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Tuesdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_678002340" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10:00 am - 12:30 pm</span></span>
··<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_678002341" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">January 7 – February 25</span></span> $164 [8 weeks]</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span>Writing Poetry That Pops</span></b><span> <i>with Donna Prinzmetal</i></span></span></span></div>
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7 – March 11$135 [10 weeks]</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span>Reading</span></b><b><span> and Writing about Oregon</span></b><span> <i>with Christine Colasurdo</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Wednesdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_678002344" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7:00 pm – 9:00 pm</span></span> ··
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_678002345" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">January 8 – March 12</span></span> $170 [10 weeks]</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span>Writing Our Lives As Story</span></b><i><span>with Meg Eberle</span></i></span></span></div>
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pm··<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_678002347" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">January 9 – February 27</span></span> $136 [8 weeks]<i> </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span>The Lyric Essay</span></b><i><span>with Kate Carroll de Gutes</span></i></span></span></div>
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– 23 $62 [3 weeks]</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span>Genre-Bending</span></b><i><span>with Kate Carroll de Gutes</span></i></span></span></div>
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20 $62 [3 weeks]</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span><span style="font-size: small;">Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Salty,
& Umami—Writing with Flavor and Zest</span></span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span>with Judith Pulman</span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Fridays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_678002352" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10:00 am – 12:30 pm</span></span>
··<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_678002353" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">January 24 – March 14</span></span> $150[7 classes] </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span>Your Best Intentions </span></b><i><span>with Amy Minato</span></i></span></span></div>
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12:00 pm $20 [1 class]</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span>Drawing and Writing Excursion
in MultnomahVillage</span></b><span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span>with James Yeary & Nate
Orton</span></i></span></span></div>
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pm$58 [1 class]</span></span></span></div>
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pm$58 [1 class]</span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-35853423916302985092013-12-12T14:07:00.001-08:002013-12-12T14:07:38.473-08:00Ooligan Press Book Launch: The Ninth Day <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ooligan Press Book Launch: <i>The Ninth Day </i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Where:</b> Koehler House</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">732 NW 19th Ave<br />Portland OR 97209</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>When:</b> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_218046293" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Monday, December 16, 7pm-9pm</span></span> </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ooligan Press is proud to launch Ruth Tenzer Feldman's new title <i>The Ninth Day</i> at the historic Koehler House on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_218046294" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Monday, December 16th at 7pm</span></span>. In <i>The Ninth Day </i>is the follow up to the Oregon Book Award-winning <i>Blue Thread.</i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
event will include refreshments and music from the 1960s. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Admission is
free, and teachers will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for a
free classroom set of <i>The Ninth Day</i>.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-77301783296037814272013-10-18T09:27:00.000-07:002013-10-18T09:27:14.726-07:00Transmit Culture: Food Writing and Publishing<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.07917; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PSU program to host discussion about food writing and publishing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Portland State University’s Master’s Program in Publishing is
excited to announce their next public lecture offered in conjunction
with Ooligan Press. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Transmit Culture: Food Writing
and Publishing,” will start at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1022982849" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7:30 p.m.</span></span> at the Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., Portland, on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1022982850" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Thursday, October 24, 2013</span></span>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Dig into Portland’s vibrant food culture as a local writer, literary
agent, publicist, and book designer discuss the business of food writing
and publishing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Panelists
include Breanna Goodrow, book designer at Timber Press; accomplished
journalist Marnie Hanel, whose writing on food and other topics has
appeared in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Sunset</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">,
and other notable publications; Betsy Amster, whose work as a literary
agent includes representing high-profile cookbook authors; and Greg
Mowery, who has built a long, successful career as a cookbook publicist.
The panel will be moderated by Diana Abu-Jaber, acclaimed novelist, PSU
professor of creative writing, and former food writer for the
Oregonian.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Transmit
Culture: A Series of Conversations about Publishing is hosted by the
Master’s program in Publishing at Portland State University, and Ooligan
Press, a nonprofit trade publishing house staffed by students in the
graduate program. The lecture series features professionals from all
areas of the publishing industry. Lectures are free and open to the
public, although there is a suggested donation of $5–10.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For more information about Portland State University’s Master’s program in Publishing and Ooligan Press, visit </span><a href="http://www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-25854003182917047942013-09-23T00:37:00.003-07:002013-09-23T00:38:17.334-07:00MASTER WRITER'S WORKSHOP WITH LEE MONTGOMERY<span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #9bbb59;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: blue;">MASTER WRITER'S WORKSHOP WITH AUTHOR AND EDITOR LEE MONTGOMERY</span></b><br /><br />Award-winning
author and longtime book and magazine editor Lee Montgomery will be
offering a master class and writers workshop this fall. Beginning
October 8th through December 10th, the workshop will be held on Tuesday
evenings 6 to 8 pm at the University Club in downtown Portland.
Enrollment is open to both fiction and nonfiction writers and limited to
ten students.<br /><br />Designed to combine craft lectures, individual
instruction, and workshop methodologies, Montgomery employs in-class
exercises to inspire new work, outside reading assignments, as well as
the classic workshop format. Students will present new work at least
twice during the session in addition to a private consultation with Lee
during the final weeks of class. Students should expect to leave with
tools to take their work to the next level as well as tips on how to
submit work to the marketplace. For those students who are interested in
presenting their work to a broader audience, the class will culminate
with a public reading. Class Tuition is $600.<br /><br />Lee Montgomery is
the author of The Things Between Us, A Memoir (Free Press, August 2006),
Whose World Is This? Stories (University of Iowa Press, September
2007), and Searching for Emily: Illustrated (Nothing Moments Press,
October 2007). The Things Between Us received the 2007 Oregon Book Award
in creative nonfiction and Whose World Is This? received the 2007 John
Simmons Iowa Short Fiction Award and was a finalist for the Ken Kesey
Award in Fiction in 2008. Montgomery received her MFA from the Iowa
Writer's Workshop. Her work has appeared in publications such as the New
York Times magazine, Glimmer Train, Black Clock, Iowa Review, Denver
Quarterly, Tin House, Story Magazine, Alaska Quarterly, the Santa Monica
Review and the Antioch Review, among many others.<br /><br />Montgomery is
the editor of numerous anthologies and books for Tin House, Viking,
University of Iowa Press, and Penguin. She was the fiction editor of the
Iowa Review, the editor of the Santa Monica Review, and senior editor
of Dove Books. Montgomery spent ten years at Tin House, as the executive
editor for Tin House magazine, the founding executive director of the
Tin House Writer's Workshop, and as the editorial director and associate
publisher of Tin House Books. She is presently a fellow at The Attic's
Athenaeum in Portland. <br /><br />Montgomery has worked with many debut as
well as established authors including Denis Johnson, Deborah Eisenberg,
Wallace Shawn, Maggie Nelson, Jayne Anne Phillips, Antonya Nelson, Ron
Carlson, Marilynne Robinson, Jim Krusoe, Mary Otis, David Foster
Wallace, Robert Coover, William Gass, John Barth, Aimee Bender, and
Kathy Acker, among others.<br /><br />Please call (503-539-1458) or email Lee at </span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0f4298;"><u>LeeBMontgomery@gmail.com</u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"> for more information or to register. </span></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0f4298;"><u>www.leemontgomerywriter.com</u></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-77319788067531573042013-09-08T17:00:00.000-07:002013-09-08T17:00:16.448-07:00 THE WHOLE TRUTH: A Reading of Memoir & Non-fiction<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Featuring: </b>Stacy Bolt, Robin Romm, Margaret Malone, Colin Farstad & Liz Scott<br /></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Saturday, September 14th @ 7:00 p.m</b></span><span style="color: black;">.</span><span style="color: black;"><b>Writers' Dojo</b></span><span style="color: black;">7518 N. Chicago<br />Portland, OR 97203<br /><br />Five
of Portland’s talented writers will be reading from recent memoir and
non-fiction work. Come and listen while you kick back with your shoes
off at the Writer's Dojo in St. Johns. Suggested donation to the Dojo of
$2 - 5. <br /><br />THE WHOLE TRUTH is funded in part by a grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council.<br /></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Stacy Bolt</b></span><span style="color: black;">
is the author of the memoir Breeding in Captivity, which chronicles her
struggles to start a family. It was published by Globe Pequot Press in
September 2013. Stacy is also a frequent contributor to the OPB radio
show Live Wire and her writing has been featured in Portland Monthly
and Imbibe Magazine.<br /></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Colin Farstad</b></span><span style="color: black;">'s
writing has appeared most recently in Coal City Review and The
Whistling Fire Journal. He is the editor of the short story anthology
The Frozen Moment: Contemporary Writers on the Moments that Change Our
Lives, released <br />by Publication Studios in December of 2011. Colin is
a graduate from Portland State University with a B.A. in English and
currently teaches with Tom Spanbauer in his weekly Dangerous Writing
workshop. He is a writer and free lance editor living in Portland,
Oregon where he recently finished his first novel The Four Month Summer.<br /></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Margaret Malone</b></span><span style="color: black;">’s work has appeared in Oregon Humanities, The Missouri Review, Swink, Coal City Review, </span><span style="color: #0f4298;"><u>latimes.com</u></span><span style="color: black;">
and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2011 Oregon Arts Commission
Individual Artist Fellowship and a 2009 Oregon Literary Fellowship from
Literary Arts. She is a co-host of the artist and literary gathering
SHARE and lately has been teaching writing at the Sitka Center and as a
visiting artist at Pacific Northwest College of Art.<br /></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Robin Romm</b></span><span style="color: black;">
is the author of two books. The Mother Garden (short stories) was a
finalist for the PEN USA Prize. The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three
Weeks was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, A San Francisco
Chronicle Best Book of the Year, and a Top Ten Nonfiction Book of the
Year according to Entertainment Weekly. Her work has appeared in The New
York Times, The Atlantic, The UK Observer, O Magazine, The Sun, Tin
House, One Story, and many other publications. She's a frequent
contributor to The New York Times Book Review, and teaches at the
lowresidency MFA program for Writers at Warren Wilson. She currently
lives in Portland, Oregon.<br /></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Liz Scott</b></span><span style="color: black;">
has been a psychologist in private practice for, well, forever. She is
co-author of the newly released book Lies: The Truth About the
Self-Deceptions That Limit Your Life and has had short stories published
in numerous literary journals. She is currently in the process of
wrestling with a memoir.</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-27260812797327911092013-09-08T16:58:00.000-07:002013-09-08T16:58:06.183-07:00Poetry On Boradway Returns!<span style="color: black;"><b>Poetry returns to downtown Portland!<br /></b></span><span style="color: black;">The
Attic Institute has partnered with Portland Center for Performing Arts
to present Poetry on Broadway - a free poetry series in the heart of
downtown Portland at PCPA in the rotunda of Antoinette Hatfield Hall at
SW Main & Broadway.<br /></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Series opener</b></span><span style="color: #cb2d17;"><b> </b></span><span style="color: black;"><b>| Monday, September 23, 8pm |</b></span><span style="color: #cb2d17;"><b> </b></span><span style="color: #0f4298;"><b><u>Learn more<br /></u></b></span><span style="color: #62230d;">POETRY ON BROADWAY: LINDA BIERDS</span><span style="color: black;">Raised
in Anchorage, Alaska and graduate of the University of Washington,
MacArthur Fellow and award-winning poet Linda Bierds uses her work to
explore historical and scientific information from a new angle. Her
poetry allows people to rediscover the lives of historical figures
including Darwin, Beethoven, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Linda’s most
prominent work includes her book</span><span style="color: black;"><i>The Ghost Trio </i></span><span style="color: black;">(1994),
named as a Notable Book Selection by the American Library Association.
If you have seen Linda Bierds read, you know what a treat it is! Don't
miss this poet in a rare Portland appearance.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-62978469649022706312013-09-08T16:54:00.001-07:002013-09-08T17:00:50.681-07:00Brittney Corrigan reading at Another Read Through<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><b>Brittney Corrigan reading at Another Read Through</b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Tuesday, September 10, 2013<br />7:00pm<br />Another Read Through</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><br />1435 N Killingsworth Street, Portland, 97217</span><span style="color: #0f4298; font-size: small;">http://</span><span style="color: #0f4298; font-size: small;"><u>www.anotherreadthrough.com/</u></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Brittney
Corrigan will be reading from her poetry collection, Navigation, as
well as new work at Another Read Through, one of Portland's newest local
bookstores. Come for the reading, stay for the open mic to follow, and
browse the great selection of used books.<br /><br />Brittney Corrigan was
raised in Colorado but has called Portland, Oregon her home since 1990.
She holds a degree from Reed College, where she is also employed. She is
the poetry editor for the online journal Hyperlexia: poetry and prose
about the autism spectrum (</span><span style="color: #0f4298; font-size: small;"><u>http://hyperlexiajournal.com/</u></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">).
Brittney’s poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies,
and she is the author of the collection, Navigation, published by The
Habit of Rainy Nights Press (2012), and the chapbook, 40 Weeks,
published by Finishing Line Press (2012). To find out more about
Brittney, visit </span><span style="color: #0f4298; font-size: small;"><u>http://brittneycorrigan.com/</u></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-20874422118191251562013-09-08T16:40:00.001-07:002013-09-08T16:40:46.973-07:00CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>More than Marriage</i> Nonfiction Anthology</b></span></div>
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Ooligan Press seeks creative nonfiction and personal essays from LGBTQ
writers of the Pacific Northwest for the anthology <b>More than Marriage</b>
(working title). The anthology will add fresh voices to an ongoing
conversation about queer equality, with the understanding that the
national focus on gay marriage may not answer the most pressing concerns
for many members of the community. These include, but are not limited
to, experiences with healthcare and employment, definitions of family
and partnerships that extend beyond the nuclear or monogamous
traditions, definitions of home, explorations of visibility, of
equality, and more. What is important to you? We seek diverse
perspectives and strongly encourage trans* writers, writers of color,
rural and working class writers to submit.<br />
<br />Authors should identify as LGBTQ. Submissions should have some
relationship to the Pacific Northwest. Authors may submit works of no
more than 5,000 words each to <a href="https://ooliganpress.submittable.com/submit" target="_blank">https://ooliganpress.<wbr></wbr>submittable.com/submit</a>. Please include email contact information and a 100 word bio.<br />
<br /><b>Deadline to submit is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834880" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">November 15, 2013</span></span>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>About the Press:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Ooligan
Press is a general trade publisher rooted in the rich literary
tradition of the Pacific Northwest. From this wealth of culture, Ooligan Press
aspires to discover works that reflect the values and attitudes that
inspire so many to call the Northwest their home.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> We recognize the importance of diversity, particularly within the
publishing industry, and are committed to building a literary community
that includes traditionally underrepresented voices; therefore, we are
interested in works originating from, or focusing on, marginalized
communities of the Pacific Northwest.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>About the Editor:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Carter Sickels is the author of the novel <i>The Evening Hour</i>,
a finalist for the 2013 Oregon Book Award, the Lambda Literary Debut
Fiction Award, and the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Debut Fiction
Award. He is winner of the 2013 Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Award,
and the recipient of a 2013 project grant from the Regional Arts &
Culture Council. Carter has taught creative writing classes for the
Attic Institute, Hugo House, and Gotham Writers’ Workshop. He is
currently visiting faculty for West Virginia Wesleyan's Low Res MFA
Program. Carter lives in Portland, Oregon.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-40593180164318126162013-09-08T16:36:00.000-07:002013-09-08T16:36:17.517-07:00Literary Arts Classes at MAC!<br /><div>
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<b>Fall 2013 Literary Arts Classes and Workshops</b></div>
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<b>Multnomah Arts Center</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">To register for classes, call <a href="tel:%28503%29%20823-3187" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+15038233187">(503) 823-3187</a> or visit <a href="http://www.multnomahartscenter.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.multnomahartscenter.<wbr></wbr>org</a> to find out about our Literary Arts faculty. Classes start soon; don’t miss out!<br />
<br /><b>Memoir Writing </b> <i>with Rob Freedman</i><br />Tuesdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834860" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10:00 am - 12:30 pm</span></span><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834861" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 8 – December 03</span></span> $184 [9 weeks]<br /><br /><b>The Writer Within </b> <i>with Nancy Linnon</i><br />Tuesdays, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834862" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">12:30 - 2:30 pm</span></span><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834863" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 8 - November 26</span></span> $136 [8 weeks]<br />
<br /><b>Writing Poetry </b><i>with Donna Prinzmetal</i><br />Tuesdays, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834864" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7:00 - 8:30 pm</span></span><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834865" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 1 - December 3</span></span> $135 [10 weeks]<br /><br /><b>Writing Personal Histories </b><i>with Meg Ainsworth Eberle</i><br />Wednesdays, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834866" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10:00 am - 12:30 pm</span></span><br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834867" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 2 - December 4</span></span> $102 [5 weeks]<br /><br /><b>Memoir Writing </b> <i>with Kate Carroll deGutes</i><br />Wednesdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834868" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7:00 pm - 9:00 pm</span></span><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834869" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 9 - December 4</span></span> (no class <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834870" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">November 20</span></span>) $154 [9 weeks]<br /><br /><b>Getting Beyond “I Like It”: Revision Workshop </b><i>with Judith Pulman</i><br />
Fridays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834871" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10:00 am - 12:30 pm</span></span><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834872" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 25 - December 6</span></span> (no class <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834873" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">November 29</span></span>) $110 [6 weeks]<br /><br /><b>The Playwright’s Toolbox </b> <i>with Michael Thomas Cooper</i><br />Saturdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834874" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">1:00 - 3:00 pm</span></span><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834875" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 5 - November 16</span></span> $120 [7 weeks]<br />
<br /><br /><b>Saturday One-day Workshops</b><br /><br /><b>Writing Experiments </b> <i>with James Yeary</i><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834876" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday, October 5 10:00 am - 4:00 pm</span></span> $48<br /><br /><b>Writing from Archetypes </b> <i>with Lyssa Tall Anolik </i><br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834877" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday, October 19 10:00 am - 4:00 pm</span></span> $48 <div>
<br /><b>Write for a Change in Yourself</b> <i>with Amy Minato</i><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834878" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday, November 2 10:00 am - 1:00 pm</span></span> $25<br /><br /><b>Being Your Own Publisher </b> <i>with Vinnie Kinsella</i><br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_223834879" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday, November 9, 1:00 - 3:00 pm</span></span> $30</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-39976348247335790792013-08-25T17:12:00.001-07:002013-08-25T17:12:28.000-07:00Mark Russell & Shannon Wheeler Reading<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="vevent">
</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9781603090988">God Is Disappointed in You</a>
(Top Shelf Productions) is for people who would like to read the
Bible... if it would just cut to the chase. Stripped of its arcane
language and interminable passages of poetry, genealogy, and law, every
book of the Bible is condensed down to its core message, in no more than
a few pages each. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Written by <a href="http://www.powells.com/s?author=Mark%20Russell">Mark Russell</a> with cartoons by <i>New Yorker</i> cartoonist <a href="http://www.powells.com/s?author=Shannon%20Wheeler">Shannon Wheeler</a>, <i>God Is Disappointed in You</i>
is a frequently hilarious, often shocking — but always accurate —
retelling of the Bible, including the parts left out by Sunday School
teachers and church sermons.
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Pre-order a signed edition of <a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781603090988-42">God Is Disappointed in You </a>.</div>
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<br />1005 W Burnside (800) 878-7323
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863550222377284154.post-48146286131660540472013-08-25T17:10:00.001-07:002013-08-25T17:14:05.374-07:00STEVAN ALLRED BOOK RELEASE!<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="vevent"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Fifteen linked stories chart a true course through the lives of
families, farmers, loggers, former classmates, and the occasional
stripper. In the town of Renata, Oregon, a man watches his neighbor's
big-screen TV through binoculars. An errant son paints himself silver.
Mysterious electrical humming emanates from an enormous barn.</span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780988265721">A Simplified Map of the Real World</a> (Forest Avenue Press), <a href="http://www.powells.com/s?author=Stevan%20Allred">Stevan Allred</a>'s stunning debut, deftly navigates the stubborn geography of the human heart. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pre-order a signed edition of <a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780988265721-42">A Simplified Map of the Real World </a>.</span></div>
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<b>Thursday, September 12th @ 7:30pm</b>
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<br />1005 W Burnside (800) 878-7323
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