Two Portland Novelists!

Broadway Books is pleased to announce a special event to be held at the store at 7 pm on Thursday, April 24.

Two Portland novelists will be here to present their newly published books.

Dan Berne is the author of Gods of Second Chances. 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.

Rob Yardumian’s debut novel is The Sound of Songs Across the Water. 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.

Loggernaut with Lenox, Ponteri and Martone

We're excited about our next reading, Wednesday, April 10th, at 7:30pm at
Ristretto Roasters (3808 N. Williams Ave, Portland, OR):

JAY PONTERI, STEPHANIE LENOX, and from Alabama, MICHAEL MARTONE!

The prompt for the reading is TRIP.

We hope you can make it!

-Loggernaut

http://www.loggernaut.org/readings
https://www.facebook.com/events/227532257388887/

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STEPHANIE LENOX is the author of the poetry collection Congress of Strange
People (Airlie Press) and the chapbook The Heart That Lies Outside the
Body. Her work has appeared widely in journals and she's received
fellowships from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Oregon Arts
Commission. She teaches poetry at Willamette University and edits the
online literary journal Blood Orange Review. She lives in Salem with her
family.

MICHAEL MARTONE's most recent books are Four for a Quarter, Not Normal,
Illinois: Peculiar Fiction from the Flyover, a collection of essays called
Racing in Place: Collages, Fragments, Postcards, Ruins, and Double-wide,
his collected early stories. Michael Martone, a memoir in contributor's
notes, Unconventions, Writing on Writing, and Rules of Thumb, edited with
Susan Neville, were all published recently, too. He is also the author of
The Blue Guide to Indiana and Alive and Dead in Indiana. Martone is
currently a professor at the University of Alabama and a faculty member of
the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

JAY PONTERI is the author of the newly published memoir Wedlocked
(Hawthorne Books 2013). He directs the undergraduate creative writing
program at Marylhurst University and Show: Tell, The Workshop for Teen
Writers & Artists. He is the founding editor of both the online literary
magazine M Review and HABIT Books. His work has appeared in Tin House,
Puerto Del Sol, and Seattle Review; "Listen to This," was chosen as a
Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2010. He has interviewed Jim
Shepard, David Shields, and David Means for Loggernaut. Ponteri lives in
Portland with his family.

Celebrate PNCA's New Writing BFA!

PNCA Launches BFA in Writing with Write Now: Tom Spanbauer, Lidia Yuknavitch, and Chuck Palahniuk

 In celebration of the launch of its new BFA in Writing program, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is pleased to welcome three acclaimed Portland writers - Lidia Yuknavitch, Tom Spanbauer, and Chuck Palahniuk - for an evening of words and on words.  

What: Write Now celebrates this new writing program chaired by associate professor and award-winning novelist Monica Drake.
Who: Tom Spanbauer, Lidia Yuknavitch, and Chuck Palahniuk 
When: Monday, April 22 at 7:30pm 
Where: in the Commons at PNCA (1241 NW Johnson St  Portland, OR 97209)

Tom Spanbauer, founder of the Dangerous Writers workshop and author of The Man Who Fell in Love With The Moon and other novels will read from his works as will Lidia Yuknavitch, editor of Chiasmus Press and author of Dora: A Head Case and The Chronology of Water: a memoir. Chuck Palahniuk, best known for his breakout novel, Fight Club, will lead a discussion of what it means to be a writer now, to pursue the writing life, to try to make a living, and to always make art with words.

Please note that the authors will not be available for book signing at this event.

Portland Bridges Poetry Reading

Join eight Oregon poets in celebration of Portland’s famed bridges and poetry for the launch of Motionless from the Iron Bridge: A Northwest Anthology of Bridge Poems.

 

When: Saturday, April 13, 2013 @ 7pm

Where: St. Johns Booksellers, 8622 N. Lombard St. Portland, OR 97203

 

David Cooke, A. Molotkov, Katharine Quince, Sam Roderick Roxas-Chua, Coleman Stevenson, Mark S.R. Struzan, Carrie-Ann Tkaczyk, and John Sibley Williams will be reading from this exciting new anthology, published by Portland’s own Bare bone books. There will be wine and hors d’oeuvres served.

 

Including both narrative and experimental poetry from 12 renowned and emerging authors from the Portland area, Motionless strives to capture the timelessness of its subject through an incredible diversity of poetic voices, many of whom are leading members of the Northwest’s thriving literary community. The stunning works of Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen and multi-award winning poet and Attic Institute founder David Biespiel weave between poems from up-and-coming names. Combining intimate portraits with conceptual questions, Motionless from the Iron Bridge clears a unique path from which readers can approach the many faces of the classic bridge metaphor.

Always Beginning: A Poetry Writing Workshop

Poets, if you’re finding it hard to be inspired to write or miss the company of fellow poets, join us Monday evenings at TaborSpace for two hours dedicated to discussing poetry and sharing work. I’ll provide a model poem and prompt before each session, and we’ll spend the first half hour of each workshop focusing on a particular aspect of craft. We’ll then devote the rest of the workshop to a discussion of participants’ poems. Close reading will be the primary tool for learning various aspects of craft, so its practice will be emphasized in all aspects of the workshop, from discussion of suggested poems to response to one another’s work. Within this supportive setting, students can expect to be respectfully challenged to grow as readers and as writers. This workshop is for the beginning poet as well as for the more experienced writer who knows the value of revisiting the fundamentals. All levels are welcome. 

Meets:  7:00-9:00 PM, Mondays, April 1 – May 20, 2013

Cost:  $185 [Eight two-hour sessions.]

Location: Classroom at  TaborSpace  (map), 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97215

Register now!

Cindy Stewart-Rinier’s poems have appeared in Calyx, The Smoking Poet, Crab Creek Review and Ascent, among others. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific Lutheran University in 2012. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, selected for the Crab Creek Review 2011 Editor’s Prize, and was awarded first place in the Portland Pen Women Poetry Contest. She has taught creative writing at all levels, from  elementary and middle school to adult students. A board member of the Mountain Writers Series, she lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

Link to Workshop Flyer

Alive at the Center Book Launch

Date: Friday, April 19th

Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm

Location: Literary Arts

Address: 925 SW Washington St, Portland, OR 97205

Price: Free

Description: Emcee Susan Denning presents readings by Alive at the Center poets.

On April 5th, Ooligan Press will celebrate the launch of its forthcoming poetry anthology, Alive at the Center, at Literary Arts in downtown Portland, from 7-9pm. The launch will feature readings by poets Carl Adamshick, Emily Kendal Frey, Paulann Petersen, and other contributors. Drinks will be available.

URL: http://ooligan.pdx.edu/poetry/alive-at-the-center/

Short Stories with Liz Prato

A good short story excites and satisfies its readers, keeping them engaged long after the last word. In this craft-oriented workshop, we'll critique your short fiction in progress, and give close readings to work by modern masters of the form. Whether you're a novelist, memoirist, journalist or good ole' short story scribe, this class will make you a better writer by strengthening your understanding of character, scene, and the ever-elusive story arc. We will use the literary story as our guide, but all genres are welcome.

Teacher: Liz Prato

Time:  Fridays, 10am - 12pm, April 5 - May 10, 6 weeks

Location: Attic Institute, 4232 SE Hawthorne Boulevard

Fee: $242 (cash/check); $250 (credit card)

 

Register at: The Attic

 

About Liz: Liz Prato likes stories, real and imagined. Her own stories and essays have appeared in nearly two dozen journals and magazines, including Hayden's Ferry Review, ZYZZYVA, Los Angeles Review, Iron Horse Literary Review and Hunger Mountain. She likes to learn and she likes to teach at The Attic, Willamette Writers, Oregon Writers' Colony, Wordstock and Indigo Editing. Want to know more? Check out www.lizprato.com