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FEAR ICONS Book Launch — Kisha Schlegel with Erica Trabold

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

From Mother Foucault's website: Join us on Friday, October 12, for the release of FEAR ICONS (OSU Press, Oct 2018) by Kisha Schlegel. Kisha is joined by Erica Trabold, author of the forthcoming FIVE PLOTS (Seneca Review Books, Nov 2018). “Who are we to each other when we’re afraid?” Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel asks in Fear Icons, her moving and original debut essay collection. Her answer is a lyric examination of the icons that summon and soothe our fears. From Donald Trump to the Virgin Mary, Darth Vader to the Dalai Lama, Schlegel turns cultural criticism personal with bracing intelligence and vulnerability as she explores what it means to be human, a woman, an artist, and, in particular, a parent: what it means to love a…

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Airstream Poetry Festival

Sou'wester Lodge 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA, United States

From Mother Foucault's website: October 19-21, join publishers, authors, and plain old book lovers for potlucks in the pavilion, parlor games, readings, workshops, walks by the sea, and maybe even some karaoke. It's our 4th Annual Airstream Poetry Festival (prose and prints also welcome). Workshops and Presentations by: Alicia Jo Rabins, Anis Mojgani, Coast No Coast, Entre Rios Books, Expedition Press, Kisha Schlegel, Melissa Stein, NW Film Forum, Rob Schlegel, Sophia Shalmiyev, Tavern Books, University of Hell Press, and more! Tickets for the weekend's activities: $15 Available online: https://motherfoucaultsbookshop.brownpapertickets.com To book lodging at the Sou'wester, call (360) 642-2542

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Kisha Schlegel and Lynn Otto

PSU - Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel’s first book of essays won the inaugural Gournay Prize from Mad Creek Books. She has published essays in the Tin House blog, The Kenyon Review, and Conjunctions and is a recipient of the Richard J. Margolis Award, an Iowa Arts Grant, a Washington State Grant for Artist Projects, a writing residency at the Bloedel Reserve. A graduate of the University of Montana's Environmental Studies Program and the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, she now teaches creative writing at Whitman College. Lynn Otto’s first poetry collection, Real Daughter, won Unicorn Press’s 2017 First Book Award and will be available in early 2019. Lynn has an MFA in creative writing from Portland State University (Oregon) and was a 2015/16 resident associate at the…

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