GUEST CURATOR
KEVIN SAMPSELL is an American writer based in Oregon. He has been the publisher of Future Tense
Books since 1990. His fiction has been published in literary journals such as Quick Fiction, LIT, Hobart, and Opium Magazine and on the websites McSweeney’s, Nerve, Failbetter, Pindeldyboz, and Night Train. He is the editor of Portland Noir and The Insomniac Reader and the author of two story collections, Beautiful Blemish and Creamy Bullets.
While teaching an after-school writing class, Sampsell met 14-year-old Zoe Trope and published her
journal entries as a 44-page chapbook called, Please Don’t Kill The Freshman. Fast sales of the
chapbook led to an expanded version published by HarperTempest in October 2003.
His memoir, A Common Pornography, was published by Harper Perennial in January 2010.
The Portland Monthly’s review characterizes it as the story of a boy growing up in a lower-class family
from Kennewick, Washington and asserts “praise trails the writer and poet”.
AUTHOR TEAM
Team Leader, SARA GUEST has worked formerly as an editor & producer for Encyclopaedia Britannica, Apple Computer, Harpo Studios (producer of Oprah’s Book Club) and Lewis & Clark College and most recently served as a program coordinator for Write Around Portland. She is a Delve guide for Literary Arts, a visiting artist at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, a volunteer facilitator for Write Around Portland, a William Stafford writing fellow, coordinator of a local book club for writers and member of both fiction and a poetry critique groups. Her first poetry collection Proscenium is making the rounds of national first book prizes.
MIDDLE GRADE, CHILDREN’S CATEGORY
HEIDI SCHULZ is a middle grade writer represented by Brooks Sherman of FinePrint Literary
Management. She blogs at FranticallySimple.com about writing, homeschooling, recipes, and
general shenanigans. Heidi lives in Salem, Oregon with her husband, their daughter, a terror of a
terrier, and six chickens.
YOUNG ADULT
MEL BARNES is a bookaholic as well as loving music. She just recently moved to the Portland
area from the Midwest and has been enjoying exploring the whole area, including the Coast and
downtown Portland. She has been blogging at Shot in the Arm since May 2008 and Novels,
News and Notes from your Northwest Authors since March 2012 but has had a couple other
blogs before that at various places around the web. Young Adult is her favorite genre but she
loves to read most other genres including Romance, Fiction, Sci Fi and some Historical Non-Fiction.
LITERATURE
STACY BREWSTER is a writer, freelance copyeditor and writing workshop facilitator. He is
part of the writing collective Full Frontal and over the past several years has facilitated writing
workshops for Write Around Portland, a non-profit that provides workshops at no cost for people living with HIV/AIDS, adults and youth in addiction recovery, low income seniors, people in prison, homeless youth and others who may not have access to writing in community because of income, isolation or other barriers. Stacy works full-time as a Public Advocate at the City of Portland and splits his spare time working on a novel, several short stories, and poetry.
SARA GUEST (see above)
KATHLEEN LANE is a writer, co-creator of the art & literary event series SHARE, and a visiting
instructor at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Her stories have appeared in Swink Magazine,
Poor Claudia, Coal City Review, Chronicle Books and others. Her short story collection, Skin
of a Girl, and novel, Finding Lydia, are represented by Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency.
Previously Kathleen was co-founder/director of ART 180, a nonprofit in Richmond, Virginia with
a mission of turning lives and communities around through art, and prior to that, a staff writer for
Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam.
ANNE RASMUSSEN holds an MFA in Fiction from Sarah Lawrence College. She has
conducted creative writing classes and programs for adult learners in a variety of settings,
including the Adult Learning Center of Lehman College (Bronx, NY), Westchester County
Correctional Facility, and a professional development workshop for K-12 teachers and
administrators on the island of Guam. She has also worked in libraries and provided program
planning and support for the Friends of the Minneapolis Library, Saturday Science Seminars
(Barnard College) and Wordstock’s Teacher Education programs (through University of
Portland), among others. She helped research and write the educational outreach materials for
Profile Theatre’s first two seasons.
ELIZABETH SCOTT is a practicing psychologist and a writer. She has lived in Portland for over
twenty years and in that time has been deeply involved in the writing community. She studied
for years with Tom Spanbauer and during that time had numerous stories published in literary
journals. In addition, she served two terms on the board at Literary Arts where she was a
member of the search committee that hired the last two executive directors. She has a book of
essays based on her clinical practice due to appear in the spring and is at work on a memoir.
POETRY
SARA GUEST (see above)
JOHN MORRISON’s book, Heaven of the Moment, won the Rhea & Seymour Gorsline Poetry
Competition and was a finalist for the 2008 Oregon Book Award in poetry. He received his MFA
from the University of Alabama. John’s poetry has appeared in numerous national journals
including the Cimarron Review, Poet Lore, Poetry East, and the Southern Poetry Review.
A former Attic Institute Studio for Writers participant, John has taught poetry for the
University of Alabama, Washington State University, and in the Literary Arts Writers in the
Schools program where he served as director from 2006-2009
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
New intern! JEFF ALESSANDRELLI lives in Portland, OR and holds degrees from the University of Nevada-Reno, Portland State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of the little poetry book Erik Satie Watusies His Way Into Sound (Ravenna Press) and three poetry chapbooks, including Don’t Let Me Forget To Feed the Sharks (Poor Claudia). His work has appeared in, among others, Pleiades, Salt Hill, Gulf Coast, Boston Review, Denver Quarterly, Western Humanities Review and Quarterly West. This Last Time Will Be The First, his 1st full length collection of poetry, is forthcoming from Burnside Review Press in 2014.
LYRIC APTED is performing the same support role she’s enjoyed doing for years.
Everyone is a writer.
A bold statement. Or is it really? We tell stories daily–from the cooler to the coffee shop. Yet if someone were to call upon us to write our stories or, even worse, share our stories aloud? Many of us would be looking to exit stage anywhere.
This month, Wordstock called upon parents at an Alameda Elementary School to do just that. In front of their peers nonetheless. Despite some nerves, a Parents as Partners night with the PTA at Alameda quickly became an exploration of language and common ground as parents shared their own writing with one another and responded to each other with thoughtful feedback using the 6 traits. Jim Carmin, PTA member, noted “the writing I heard from those ‘reluctant’ writers was so good!”
Wordstock’s goal is to help develop parents’ own narrative voices so that they can be better partners to the young writers in their lives. The importance of parents partnering with their children was especially evident as a mother daughter pair worked together. How often do you see parents and children writing side by side? Not to mention the experience of writing and sharing in a classroom setting gives parents unique insights into the obstacles their children might face.
Later in the month, Wordstock was on campus at the University of Portland to offer Teacher as Writer, Step II. The second step of Teacher as Writer is a two-day, accredited course taught by Joanna Rose. Participants included K-12 teachers from Portland to the Oregon Coast.
Teacher as Writer, Step II was formed in response to feedback from educators around Oregon. With growing class sizes, many teachers find it difficult to conference with students–giving the one on one feedback that students (and writers of any age for that matter) crave. Teacher as Writer, Step II focuses on classroom strategies for conferencing. The teachers who participate in the class email together, discussing what they’re trying in the classroom and comparing notes.
With each program Wordstock runs, there is a unifying theme. Write, read, share and give support. Prompts, quick writes and 6-trait focused feedback all serve one purpose. They help participants grasp that they are writers. Each person sees the world around them in a way that is uniquely theirs. Only you have the voice to tell your story. That’s something that we want every kid to know and every adult to show.
Click to learn more about Wordstock’s education programs and how to bring a Parents as Partners or Family Write Night to your school or email us!
The University of Portland is one of Wordstock’s community partners and we couldn’t be more proud.
University of Portland accredits Wordstock’s education programs, so that a teacher can earn graduate level credit while discovering his/her own narrative voice.
On Sunday, February 24th, we had the chance to participate in University of Portland’s 19th Annual Reading Fair. The fair is hosted by Kappa Delta Pi, the education honor society. What’s more, every child who attends receives a free, new book of their choice!
We’re stunned by the impact made here and proud of the University’s commitment to childhood education and instilling a lifelong love of reading. After all, Wordstock’s motto that every kid is a writer is something that we work hard to convey. A lot of kids are natural storytellers, but as they get older, they lose confidence. So how do kids comprehend the idea that they are writers already? The adults in their lives model it. It’s up to the teachers, parents, family members and friends to say, “You know what? I’m a writer and you are too!” Go to the next post for more thoughts on this.
Special thanks to Wordstock authors Mark Fearing, Eric Kimmel (pictured above), and Victoria Jamieson who came with us this year and shared their craft with the kiddos.
Five things you didn’t know about Larry Colton:
1. Larry is the only author to be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and have played in Major League Baseball.
2. Before Portlandia, there was Larry. He wrote a column for Willamette Week entitled Pillars of Portland featuring the likes of Laurel Hearst, Laaka Swego, and Wes Hills.
3. Larry’s first book was Idol Time, a profile of the Trail Blazers’ championship season, published in 1977.
4. He is known by the nickname Dr. K because of his forty-nine-year-old record at Cal Berkeley for most strikeouts in a single game. K is the scoring symbol for a strikeout in baseball.
5. In 1975 Larry and fellow baseball author Jim Bouton both played for the Portland Mavericks. He also played in the minors with fellow Portlander and author Darcy Fast.
Larry Colton, founder and former executive director of the nonprofit literary arts and education organization Wordstock, formerly known as Community of Writers, will receive the 2013 Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award from the Oregon Book Awards.
Katherine Dunn states, “the welfare of writers and the quality of teaching in the public schools have been central preoccupations in Colton’s life for more than thirty years.”
Colton is also the author of No Ordinary Joes, Counting Coup, Goat Brothers and Idol Time. He has also played professional baseball, taught high school, worked for Nike, and published articles for publications such as Esquire, New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Ladies Home Journal. Additionally, his newest book, Southern League, a story of civil rights, Birmingham and baseball, will be released in May 2013.
Click the video below to hear Larry Colton discuss the establishment of Wordstock’s founding program.
Special thanks to Rod Richards for providing many of the fun “Larry” facts!
so many authors, so little time
A Handy Festival Planning Tool for all Tastes
Fear not, plan your ideal fest encounter with this collection of specialized pre-made itineraries.
For every curious mind and every passion, we love the ease of these thoughtfully assembled schedules.
Hope you do too.
• Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘n’ Roll
• Thinking Big: Religion, Politics & Sexuality
• LGBT
• Local Focus: Literature, History & Culture
• YA Do or Die at Wordstock
• Staff Picks
• For the Kids
• Screen, Stage & Performance
• Our Changing World
• The Art & Craft of Storytelling
• The Wild, Wild West
Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘n’ Roll – SATURDAY
Need we say more?
10:30-11:45am
No More Heaving Bosoms: Writing and Publishing Modern Erotica and Romance Novels
Workshop – FICTION | Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage A | D-139
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
12-1pm
Bettye LaVette, A Woman Like Me & Storm Large, Crazy Enough
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
1-2pm
The “Adult” in “Young Adult”
Conversation – YOUNG ADULT
Who: Joëlle Anthony, Steve Brezenoff, Kristen-Paige Madonia / Moderator: Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
2-3pm (Sat)
Lidia Yuknavitch, Dora: A Headcase
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
3-4pm (Sat)
Snack/Drinkery break | Where: Concession Stand & The Drinkery (full bar)
4-5pm (Sat)
What Sex Does to a Story
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Anakana Schofield, Lidia Yuknavitch, Yuvi Zalkow / Moderator: Shanna Germain
Where: Faceout Studio Stage Stage | D-135
From 5-6pm, choose between:
Anonymous, Love is Not Constantly Wondering If You Are Making the Biggest Mistake of Your Life
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
Storm Large, Crazy Enough
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘n’ Roll – SUNDAY
From 11am-12pm, choose between:
Christopher Baughman, Off the Street
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
How to Be a Person: The Stranger’s Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself
Author Appearance – NONFICTION
Who: Co-authors Bethany Jean Clement, Christopher Frizzelle, and Lindy West
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
12-1pm
Snack/Drinkery break | Where: Concession Stand & The Drinkery (full bar)
From 3-4pm, choose between:
I Write the Songs: Musician as Songwriter
Conversation – POETRY / SONGWRITING
Who: Anne Adams, Laura Gibson, Nick Jaina / Moderator: Mark Baumgarten
Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
Electric Voyeurism
Conversation – NONFICTION
Who: Inara Scott, Shanna Germain, Arianne Cohen / Moderator: AJ Rogers, a.k.a. Amory Jane
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
From 4-5pm, choose between:
Chloe Caldwell, Legs Get Led Astray & Kevin Sampsell, Best Sex Writing 2012
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
The Beer Chicks, The Naked Brewer & Mark Baumgarten, Love Rock Revolution
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
5-6pm
Arianne Cohen, The Sex Diaries Project & Shanna Germain, editor of Bound by Lust
Author Appearance – FICTION / NONFICTION | Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
Thinking Big: Religion, Politics & Sexuality – SATURDAY
11am-12pm
Putting Words in the Mouth of God
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION
Who: James Bernard Frost, Colin Dickey, Tonya Hurley / Moderator: Cynthia O’Brien
Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
3-4pm
Bruce Beasley, Theophobia & Suzanne Paola, The Lives of Saints
Author Appearance – POETRY | Where: Attic Institute Poetry Stage | D-133
5-6pm
The Mystery Box Show
The Mystery Box Show is a live storytelling series focusing on the themes of sex and sexuality.
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
Thinking Big: Religion, Politics & Sexuality – SUNDAY
From 2-3p, choose between:
Cathi Hanauer, Gone & Anakana Schofield, Malarky
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
The Heart of The Matter
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION / YA
Who: Duff Brenna, Lidia Yuknavitch, Jerry McGill / Moderator: Susan Kerner
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
3-4pm
Doug Fine, Too High To Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
5-6pm
S. Brian Willson, Blood on the Tracks: The Life and Times of S. Brian Willson
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
LGBT – SATURDAY
Wordstock authors who have dealt with queer characters and topics in their current or past work.
2-3pm
Lidia Yuknavitch, Dora: A Headcase
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
3-4pm
Out on the Page
Conversation – JOURNALISM / QUEER
Who: David Levithan, Carter Sickels, Christopher Frizzelle / Moderator: Aaron Scott
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
LGBT – SUNDAY
1-2pm
Briefly Knocked Unconscious By a Low-Flying Duck: Stories From 2nd Story
Author Appearance – NONFICTION
Who: Deb R. Lewis | Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
From 4-5pm, choose between:
One Big Happy Queer Family
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION / QUEER / YA
Who: Gregory Martin, Deb R. Lewis, Erica Lorraine Scheidt / Moderator: Paul Fukui
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
David Levithan, Every Day
Author Appearance – YA | Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
Local Focus: Literature, History & Culture – SATURDAY
For those of you who think (know) Portland is the center of the literary universe.
12-1pm
Jewel Lansing & Fred Leeson, Multnomah: The Tumultuous Story of Oregon’s Most Populous County
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
1-2pm
James Bernard Frost, A Very Minor Poet & Hanna Neuschwander, Left Coast Roast
Author Appearance – FICTION / NONFICTION | Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
2-3pm
Jon Raymond, Rain Dragon & Lidia Yuknavitch, Dora: A Head Case
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
4-5pm
Carter Sickels, The Evening Hour & Alexis Smith, Glaciers
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
5-6pm
Yuvi Zalkow, A Brilliant Novel in the Works
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
Local Focus: Literature, History & Culture – SUNDAY
11am-12pm
Joe Bianco, The Story Never Ends, A Memoir of a Newspaper Reporter
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
12-1pm
Local Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalists
Conversation – JOURNALISM
Who: Tom Hallman Jr., Nigel Jaquiss, Richard Read / Moderator: Jack Hart
Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
2-3pm
Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
3-4pm
Poets from The Atheneum at Attic Institute
Author Appearance – POETRY | Where: Attic Institute Poetry Stage | D-133
4-5pm
Phillip Margolin, Capitol Murder
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
5-6pm
Kristy Athens, Get Your Pitchfork On!: The Real Dirt on Country Living
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
YA Do or Die at Wordstock – SATURDAY
Get your YA fix! We have an ENTIRE STAGE dedicated to YA authors at Wordstock this year. These are the can’t-miss events on this stage!
10:30-11:45am
Writing Memorable Characters–For Young Writers
Workshop – YA
Who: Joëlle Anthony
Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage A | D-139
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
1-2pm
The “Adult” in “Young Adult”
Conversation – YA
Who: Joëlle Anthony, Steve Brezenoff, Kristen-Paige Madonia / Moderator: Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
2-3pm
Living in a Fantasy World
Conversation – YA
Who: Alex Adams, Lissa Price, Kevin Emerson / Moderator: David Levithan
Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
4-5pm
Tonya Hurley, The Blessed & Lish McBride, Necromancing the Stone
Author Appearance – YA | Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
5-6pm
Keeping It Real
Conversation – YA
Who: Lisa Burstein, Katie Kacvinsky, David Levithan / Moderator: Jen Violi
Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
YA Do or Die at Wordstock – SUNDAY
12-1pm
Teen Thrillers
Conversation – YA
Who: April Henry, Jeanne Ryan, Kimberly Derting / Moderator: Phillip Margolin
Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
1-2pm
Jackson Pearce, Sisters Red & Tamara Ireland Stone, Time Between Us
Author Appearance – YA | Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
4-5pm
David Levithan, Every Day
Author Appearance – YA | Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
5-6p
New Trends in Teen Paranormal
Conversation – YA
Who: Tamara Ireland Stone, Sean Beaudoin, Martha Brockenbrough, Lish McBride / Moderator: Inara Scott
Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
Staff Picks – SATURDAY
It’s tough narrowing down the field. Here are some that we’re not going to miss.
11am-12pm
Peter Zuckerman, Buried in the Sky
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
12-1pm
Sara Levine, Treasure Island!!!
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
1-2pm
Peter Heller, The Dog Stars
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
2-3pm
Jon Raymond, Rain Dragon
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
3-4pm
Amanda Coplin, The Orchardist
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
4-5pm
Truth in Storytelling
Conversation – JOURNALISM / NONFICTION
Who: Peter Zuckerman, Megan Stielstra, James Kunen / Moderator: Jack Hart
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
5-6pm
Kim Fay, The Map of Lost Memories
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
Staff Picks – SUNDAY
11am-12pm
How to Be a Person: The Stranger’s Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself
Author Appearance – NONFICTION
Who: Co-authors Bethany Jean Clement, Christopher Frizzelle, and Lindy West
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
12-1pm
Martha Grover, One More for the People
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
1-2pm
Briefly Knocked Unconscious By a Low-Flying Duck: Stories From 2nd Story
Author Appearance – NONFICTION
Who: CP Chang, Deb R. Lewis, and Megan Stielstra
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
2-3pm
Alex Adams, White Horse
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
3-4pm
The Art of the Ending
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION / YA
Who: Brian Doyle, Natalie Serber, Jon Raymond / Moderator: Lee Montgomery
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
4-5pm
Jeff Jensen, Green River Killer
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
5-6pm
Christopher Lord, The Christmas Carol Murders
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
For the Kids – SATURDAY
Got kids? Be sure to take them to Little Word, our children’s stage and discovery place! These are the can’t-miss events on this stage!
11am-12pm
Nonfiction for Kids (Ruth A. Musgrave, National Geographic Kids Everything Sharks & Brenda Peterson, Leopard
& Silkie: One Boy’s Quest to Save the Seal Pups)
Author Appearance – CHILDREN’S
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
12-1pm
Mac Barnett, Chloe & the Lion & Jon Klassen, This is Not My Hat
Author Appearance – CHILDREN’S
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
For the Kids – SUNDAY
12-1pm
Tad Hills, Rocket Writes a Story & John Skewes, Larry Gets Lost in Portland
Author Appearance – CHILDREN’S
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
1-2pm
Keith Baker, 1-2-3 Peas & Matt Holm, Squish #4: Captain Disaster
Author Appearance – CHILDREN’S
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
2-3pm
Christopher Healy, The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom & John Stephens, The Fire Chronicle
Author Appearance – MIDDLE GRADE
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
4:30-5pm
Fractured Fairy Tales
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Christopher Healey and Jackson Pearce / Moderator: Sara Gundell
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
Screen, Stage & Performance – THURSDAY
From Hollywood glamour to Portland theater to live storytelling, get your performance fix with these events.
6:30pm
Opening Night: Poets Slam Workstock
Two of this year’s Wordstock topics, sex and dystopia, equip our word-star opponents with grand slam fodder.
With special guest Anis Mojgani. Hosted by Eirean Bradley.
Where: The Bagdad Theater | 3701 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Cost: $9.95, general admission | Tickets available at cascasetickets.com or Bagdad box office
Screen, Stage & Performance – SATURDAY
11am-12pm
Tell Me a Story
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION
Who: Renee Watson, Robert Rubinstein, Kambri Crews / Moderator: Amanda Delheimer Dimond
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
1-2pm
Dramatic Readings of Missed Connections Ads
Where: Red Chair District, from 11am-5pm.
3-4pm
Life in the Spotlight: Celebrity Memoir
Conversation – NONFICTION
Who: Bettye LaVette, Diane Farr, Randy Fertel / Moderator: Kimberly Witherspoon
Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
Screen, Stage & Performance – SUNDAY
10:30-11:45am
Tell It Out Loud! Performance for Writers
Workshop – FICTION / NONFICTION
Who: Megan Stielstra and Amanda Delheimer Dimond
Where: Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage B | D-140
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
From 12-1pm, choose between:
Live Theater in the Internet Age
Conversation – THEATER
Who: Grace Carter, Olga Sanchez, Brian Weaver / Moderator: Matthew Kern
Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
Book to Screen
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Michael Koryta, Whitney Otto, Daniel H. WIlson / Moderator: John Stephens
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
1-2pm
Briefly Knocked Unconscious By a Low-Flying Duck: Stories From 2nd Story
Author Appearance – NONFICTION
Who: CP Chang, Deb R. Lewis, and Megan Stielstra
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
2-3pm
Dramatic Readings of Missed Connections Ads
Where: Red Chair District, from 11am-5pm.
11am-12pm
The End of the World As We Know It
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Katie Kacvinsky, Peter Heller, Daniel H. Wilson / Moderator: David Oates
Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
12-1pm
Kevin Emerson, The Lost Code & Lissa Price, Starters
Author Appearance – YA | Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
1-2pm
New Nature Writing: Beth Baker, Rick Borsten & David Oates
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
2-3pm
Living in a Fantasy World
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Alex Adams, Lissa Price, Kevin Emerson / Moderator: David Levithan
Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
Our Changing World – SUNDAY
1-2pm
(Almost) Doomsday Journalism
Conversation – JOURNALISM
Who: Brent Walth, Jeff Jensen, Doug Fine / Moderator: TBD
Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
2-3pm
Daniel H. Wilson, Amped & Alex Adams, White Horse
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
3-4pm
David Wolman, The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers–and the Coming Cashless
Society
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
4-5pm
John Daniel, Of Earth: New and Selected Poems
Author Appearance – POETRY | Where: Attic Institute Poetry Stage | D-133
The Art & Craft of Storytelling – SATURDAY
11am-12pm
There’s Nothing Like Your First
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Kim Fay, Lois Leveen, Evan P. Schneider / Moderator: Sara Levine
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
Then, head on over to:
Open Write
Open Write Competition, where you’re given a prompt and a mere nine minutes to write like a banshee on your
way to fame, fortune and possibly a cool prize. No pressure!
Judge: Lisa Zeidner
Where: Hall D, next to The Drinkery
1:30-2:45pm
Triage: A Better Way to Revise
Workshop – FICTION / NONFICTION
Where: Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage B | D-140
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
3-4pm
Amanda Coplin, The Orchardist
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
4-5pm
What Sex Does to a Story
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Anakana Schofield, Lidia Yuknavitch, Yuvi Zalkow / Moderator: Shanna Germain
Where: Faceout Studio Stage Stage | D-135
4:30-5:45pm
Keep Talking: Discovering and Revealing Character through Dialogue
Workshop – FICTION
Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage A | D-139
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
5-6pm
The Side-Kick: Creating Secondary Characters
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Kim Barnes, Martha Grover, Joyce Hinnefeld / Moderator: Pancho Savery
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
The Art & Craft of Storytelling – SUNDAY
11am-12pm
Twisting the Tale
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Kurt Anderson, Jess Walter, Cathi Hanauer / Moderator: Samiya Bashir
Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
12-1:15pm
Obsession x Voice
Workshop – FICTION / NONFICTION
Where: Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage A | D-139
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
1-2pm
Natalie Serber, Shout Her Lovely Name & Catherine Brady, Curled in the Bed of Love
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
2-3p
Open Write
Open Write Competition, where you’re given a prompt and a mere nine minutes to write like a banshee on your
way to fame, fortune and possibly a cool prize. No pressure!
Judge: Lidia Yuknavitch
Where: Hall D, next to The Drinkery
3-4pm
The Art of the Ending
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION / YA
Who: Brian Doyle, Natalie Serber, Jon Raymond / Moderator: Lee Montgomery
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
4-5pm
Tin House
Author Appearance – FICTION / NONFICTION / POETRY
Who: Karen Karbo, Jon Raymond, Willy Vlautin
Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
5-6pm
Debra Dean, The Mirrored World
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
The Wild, Wild West – SATURDAY
12-1pm
Kimberly Jensen, Oregon’s Doctor to the World: Esther Pohl Lovejoy and a Life of Activism & Jewel Lansing &
Fred Leeson, Multnomah: The Tumultuous Story of Oregon’s Most Populous County
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
From 3-4pm, choose between:
Amanda Coplin, The Orchardist
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
Pauls Toutonghi, Evel Knieval Days
Author Appearance – FICTION | McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
The Wild, Wild West – SUNDAY
11am-12pm
Bruce Holbert, Lonesome Animals
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
3-4pm
Dean Adams, Four Thousand Hooks
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
4-5pm
Jeff Jensen, Green River Killer
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage