(Poet and author Ellen Waterston and guests will present the Finding Solid Ground Yamsi Ranch Writing Intensive in September | Photo courtesy of Ellen Waterston) July 2020 will find Ellen Waterston offering virtual readings and presentations about her new book, Walking the High Desert, Encounters with Rural America Along the Oregon Desert Trail. Roundabout Books…
((L to R) Sondra Holtzman, Kim Stafford and Ellen Waterston | Photos courtesy of PLAYA) Join Playa for special online programming. Sunday, July 26 at 4:30pm, a special PLAYA Presents will feature readings by Kim Stafford and Ellen Waterston and music by Hunter Noack. On three weekends in August, online Master Classes that use the…
(Images | Courtesy of Deschutes Public Library) Times have changed, but what hasn’t changed is Deschutes Public Library’s commitment to a fun summer reading program. During the months of July and August, Summer with the Library incorporates the popular Beanstack app, with physical activities and reading challenges to do outside and around the house. Library…
(Beth Alvarado of Bend | Photo courtesy of Literary Arts) Bend’s Beth Alvarado has won the Literary Arts’ Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction for her book, Anxious Attachments (Autumn House Press). Judges were Lacey M. Johnson, Nishta J. Mehra and Rob Spillman. “I want to applaud every 2020 Oregon Book Awards finalist and congratulate…
(Elizabeth Powell | Photo courtesy of OSU-Cascades) Award-winning writer and poet Elizabeth A.I. Powell will share readings from her literary works on June 13 as part of the Hazel Hall Memorial Reading, a semi-annual event hosted by Oregon State University – Cascades. The virtual event is sponsored by the OSU-Cascades Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts…
Deschutes Public Library has announced its reopening plan, which will begin the last week of May. The plan, approved by the Library director and board, lays out three chapters that move the library toward a return to a “new normal” for its operations. “The past two months have been unlike anything the country has ever…
(Photo | Courtesy of Deschutes Public Library) A Packed Events Guide for May — All Online Library staff moved quickly to transition much of our traditional programming online during the closure. We just published our Events guide for May, and are excited to offer dozens of programs over the course of the month — all…
Winning submission focuses on Arizona’s disappearing waterways and restoration efforts with urban grey water Guest judge, noted author Robert Michael Pyle, and the Waterston Desert Writing Prize Board of Directors have named Hannah Hindley, Tucson, Arizona, the winner of the 2020 Prize! Eli Beck, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Leath Tonino, Ferrisburgh,Vermont were Prize finalists….
(Anis Mojgani | Photo by Tristan Paiige) Governor Kate Brown has named Anis Mojgani (AH-neess Mozh-GAH-nee), a two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam and an International World Cup Poetry Slam winner, to a two-year appointment as Poet Laureate of Oregon. Mojgani succeeds Kim Stafford, who has held the post since 2018, to become…
(Mark R. Corbet) This rare glimpse into the world of Smokejumping consists of 37 short stories recounting memorable events related to parachuting to back country wildfires. Challenges, mistakes, natural beauty and hardships of a frequently grueling job. Problem solving, facing up your mistakes, overcoming stress and finding that last remnant of strength you have to…
