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Wendy Ortiz – The Nonfictional Body: Sept. 14

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland

When: Saturday September 14th, 2019:: 10:00 - 4:00 Where: The Corporeal Center; 510 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210 Cost: $300 This workshop will explore the potential of creative nonfiction as a vehicle for experimentation, meaning, and change at various strata of the social fabric. Using the metaphor of the body when it comes into contact with these strata—be it personal relationship, relationship to structures, streets, cities and natural settings, states, territory, and ultimately, the earth as a whole—we will investigate how creative nonfiction “works,” vis-a-vis the genre/body’s response. A variety of forms will be used as examples on our investigation, including brief excerpts from select blogs, chapbooks, journals, storytelling in legal scholarship, and more. Wendy C. Ortiz is the author of Excavation: A Memoir, Hollywood Notebook, and the dreamoir Bruja. In…

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$300

Monthly Poetry Gathering w John Morrison | Second Saturdays | Sep – Jan

Attic Institute 4232 SE Hawthorne, Portland

"If I write, the dark shadows move away from my desk." ~ Donald Murray Here’s a workshop that can flow with the longer rhythms of your writing. A Saturday afternoon of each month, we’ll gather and share one or two poems in a comfortable but focused fashion. You choose the poem to share based on what feedback you are looking for; the poems could range from ones you want ready to submit for publication, to experimental pieces that need a supportive but critical eye. Along the way we’ll talk about craft and how to grow and sustain a fulfilling practice. Come ready to share your poems and insights and to carry generous feedback home to your writing desk. | Maximum: 9 writers Register for this workshop Teacher:…

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$210 – $237
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