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April 14
Terrior full day Writing workshops - McMinnville Oregon 9 to 5:30 pm.- I will read in the 2-3 slot-
9 a.m.-5:30 pm April 14, 2012
McMinnville Community Center
600 NE Evans
McMinnville, OR 97128
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Room 102 |
Room 103 |
Room 203 |
Room 201 |
B-6 |
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration and Book Sales | ||||
| 9:00-10:10 | Book Sales | Willy Vlautin-Portland Meadows to the High Desert, finding inspiration in Oregon | |||
| 10:20-11:20 | Book Sales and Signing
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Readings:
Willy Vlautin Charles Goodrich |
Matt Love –
writing creative nonfiction |
Novelists reading: Leanne Grabel
Linda Kuhlmann
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| 11:30-12:30 | Book Sales and Signing | Readings: Matt Love, Molly Johnson | Poetry Workshop:
Charles Goodrich |
Leanne Grabel writing and producing your own play | |
| 12:30-1:00 | Book Sales | Lunch
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| 1:00-1:50
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Book Sales | Chelsea Cain – Writing a best-selling thriller | |||
| 2:00-3:00 | Book Sales and
signing |
2-3:00 Local Poets reading:
Mary Slocum Phoebe Newman Lex Runciman |
Writing memoir: a reading and workshop with Evelyn Hess
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The handmade book, a workshop: Marilyn Worrix (max. 30) | |
| 3:10-4:10 | Book Sales and Signing | Windfall authors, poetry of place: B. Siverly, M. McDowell, and B. Drake | Journaling
with Marilynn Karbonski |
The handmade book continued
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| 4:10- 5:30 | Open Mic and Reception |
Terroir Creative Writing Festival, PO Box 898, McMinnville, Oregon 97128
April 12
Thursday night April; 12- Paper Tiger - 703 Grand Blvd. Vancouver, WA. - 7 p.m. I will be reading from my book, ya'll come!
St. Johns Bookseller- March 28 – Becca Yenser and Mary Slocum
I am pleased to announce Becca Yenser will join me to launch ner own chapbooks- Becca Yenser lives and works in North Portland. She's been published in Knee-Jerk Magazine, Kill Author, Night Bomb Press, Filter Literary Journal and in the anthology Indie Poets of Portland. She is pleased to release a book of micro poems, "Nobody Can Build Castles in That Kind of Sky." You can find fresh writings at beccayenser.wordpress.com. 
Launch Readings for- 60 Years of Lookin- March 22 & 28
March 22, 2012-
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Periscope Books and Tutoring LLC
1920 Pacific Ave.;
Forest Grove, OR 97116
March 28, 20112
Double Book Launch
Becca Yenser & Mary Slocum
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
St. Johns Booksellers
8622 N Lombard St
Portland, Oregon
What people had to say about the book- Greatest Hits:60 Years of Lookin
Raw, honest, nothin' but the truth. That's Mary's way. The poems in her first full-length collection, "Greatest Hits: 60 Years of Lookin," don't hold back. You want to talk about sex and love and the wonderin that goes on where the two shall never meet? Mary doesn't beat around the bush. Manly work, revenge, even the ghosts of dead shoppers are given their page time. Real people roam territories that are everything but pastoral. There is dirt underneath Mary's fingernails, and laughter in her voice. "Greatest Hits" is a knockout.Carla Perry, publisher Dancing Moon Press, poet
Mary Slocum brings to the poetry table poems that reflect a lifetime of challenging jobs as well as challenging private life...She has worked as an electrician for years and shifted to an even more challenging job as a social worker. Mary has a keen eye. She is direct and poignant and avoids any sentimentality or self pity..Mary is open and welcoming with her work but does not pander nor ever drop into a pit of cute or cloying. I find her work heartening and encouraging with a huge range and reading her work makes me feel better...It doesn't get better than that. Verlena Orr,poet Taking it to the Limit
Sixty Years of Looking offers a panoramic view of life from birth through death, with all its attendant triumph and tragedy. These carefully crafted songs of longing and regret are filled with the gallows humor of those who have been hit hardest by the empty promise of American capitalism. Mary Slocum’s devastating reportage of the minute particulars of relationships, childhood memory, and gender discrimination in the workplace suggests how we might survive loneliness, marriage, and the aging process. The melancholy subject matter is offset by her sharp wit and the pleasure to be found in the plainspoken vernacular of everyday working people. Containing everything from astute comparisons of rural vs. urban lifestyle to maddening depictions of the uphill battles fought by social workers, this astounding collection speaks to us all. –Christopher Luna, Printed Matter Vancouver publisher and author of Ghost Town, USA
Book on It’s Way- Greatest Hits: 60 Years of lookin
Two launch events ;
March 22 - Periscope Books ,
1920 Pacific Ave.; Forest Grove, OR 97116- from 6p.m. to 8 p.m.
March 28-
St. Johns Booksellers
8622 N. Lombard St. Portland, OR 97203- 6pm. to 8pm.