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Saturday, October 9 Wednesday, October 6 & Sunday, October 10 Multnomah County Library and The Wordstock Book Fair Wordstock present @ the Oregon Convention Center Nonfiction Reading Showcase 777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. @ Central Library 10am – 6pm 810 SE 10th Ave. 6pm Friday, October 1 PNCA & Wordstock present Thursday, October 7 The International Writers Project Oregon Historical Society and Oregon @ PNCA Main Campus Building Encyclopedia present Swigert Commons History Pub! 1241 NW Johnson St. @ McMenamins Kennedy School 6:30pm 5736 NE 33rd Ave. 7pm Monday, October 4 Profile Theater presents Thursday, October 7 Chesapeake: The Playwright Performs Wordstock presents Play reading and Q&A Mortified! with Lee Blessing @ McMenamins Bagdad Theater @ Reed College Mainstage Theatre 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. 8pm 7:30pm Friday, October 8 Tuesday, October 5 Powell’s presents Multnomah County Library and Steven Johnson Wordstock present @ McMenamins Bagdad Theater Young Adult Reading Showcase 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. @ Central Library 7pm 810 SE 10th Ave. 6pm Saturday, October 9 IPRC presents Tuesday, October 5 The 5th Annual Text Ball: Powell’s and Oregon Public “Text Appeal” Broadcasting present @ p:ear Gallery Michele Norris 338 NW 6th Ave. @ McMenamins Bagdad Theater 7pm 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 7pm Saturday, October 9 Live Wire presents Wednesday, October 6 The 6th Live Wire! Oregon Humanities presents Wordstock Extravaganza Seeding a Sense of Place: Science, @ the Aladdin Theater Stories and Smart Forest Policy 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. @ Hoyt Arboretum 8pm 400 SW Fairview Blvd. 6pm wordstock 2010 what happened?

05 welcome 08 authors 18 conversations 34 wordstock for writers 38 wordstock for teachers 39 festival map 40 saturday schedule 42 sunday schedule 44 exhibitor list 45 exhibit hall map 46 sponsors

Wordstock is Portland’s book and literary festival. Unless otherwise noted, the events listed in this guide take place at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., in Portland. Admission to the festival’s book fair is $7 for one day, $10 for both days. Children 13 and under are free. Visit wordstockfestival.com for final details on all Word- stock authors and events. wordstock 2010 executive director: Greg Netzer director of development & marketing: Nancy Ellis operations manager: Eden Bainter author coordinators: Eden Bainter, Sara Gundell, Mead Hunter, Mary Margaret Maitland children's area coordinators: Autumn Linde, Sarah Mussio exhibit coordinator: Gail Zuro emcee & presentations coordinator: Gail Zuro events manager: April Severson festival program coordinators: Abbey Gaterud, Kenny Hanour, Katie Shaw marketing coordinators: Spencer Cushing, Tatiana DeFigueiredo, Ayla Gilbert, Karla Starr stage & schedule coordinators: Melony Beaird volunteer coordinators: Bradi Grebien-Samkow, Megan Wellman, Dehlia McCobb workshop coordinators: Emily Patrice Cable, Aaron Furmanek, Lisa Voltolina wordstock board of directors

Kevin Blada (Treasurer), Delap LLP Alice Cuprill-Comas, Ater Wynne LLP Gregory Dufault (Chair), Wells Fargo Advisors Kerry McClenahan, McBru Communications Regina Perata (President), Restoring Power Chris Price, Regence Josh Simko (Secretary), Nike

Wordstock 810 SE Belmont St., Studio 5 Portland, Oregon 97214 ph: 503.549.7887 I fx: 503.549.7869 wordstockfestival.com wordstock 2010 | 5 wouldn’t you like to know…

In the past, as we’ve promoted the Wordstock Festival to readers and writers like you, we’ve asked you to believe in the power of words, or to read purely, or to read in greater quantities and with more diversity than ever before. But this year, as we began to think of the three areas we’ll focus on at the 2010 festival—short fiction, humor and especially history—we found ourselves thinking more and more about where our desire to read came from. In the end, that motivation kept coming down to one simple, two-word question: What happened?

That’s all we want to know, isn’t it? It’s why we turn the page, why we hang on every word an actor speaks, what we want to know as a co-worker recounts the weekend around the water cooler on Monday morning. We want to know what happened. It’s why we read and, for many of us, why we write.

So this year we’ve filled our program with writers who answer that ques- tion in really interesting ways. This happens quickly in the history, short fic- tion and humor we’re featuring this year, of course, but really, it will happen during every reading, conversation and workshop because we have a great lineup. Thumb through this program quickly and you’ll see what I mean. It’s packed with phenomenal talent from around the world. We hope you enjoy it.

By “we,” of course, I mean all the people listed on the page to the left, and all the people represented by the logos that grace the back cover of this program: our volunteers and sponsors. Simply put, Wordstock would not exist without their passion and dedication. I can’t thank them enough for their tireless work and hope you’ll thank them, too, when you see them at the festival’s many events.

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the wordstock book club: Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It Maile Meloy Powell’s Books Stage, Saturday, 2pm

Rising star Maile Meloy’s latest collection, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It (one of The New York Times’s “10 Best Books of 2009”), both expands and deepens the terrain she explored in her previous books—stories of opposites in collision. As described by the Los Angeles Times, “Meloy’s richest territory is the fork in the road at right and wrong, the moment when a person’s moral compass wavers.” Already the recipient of awards from The Paris Review and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among others, this is a writer coming into her own as a chronicler of America’s maladies and triumphs. Her stories possess “a scope and matu- rity that at their most rigorous attain the grandeur of prophecy,” proclaims Slate magazine. Jonathan Lethem Powell’s Books Stage, Saturday, 3pm

If ever there was an author who resisted easy classi- fication, it’s Jonathan Lethem. Throughout a bound- ary-crossing career that includes speculative fiction, crime fiction and autobiography—sometimes all within the same book—his avowed interest in “the taxonomy of genre” has garnered him a reputation as one of the headiest novelists writing in English © Mara Faye Lethem today. His latest novel, Chronic City, is no excep- tion. As The New York Times sees it, “This exuberant novel set in a drug- addled, alternate-reality Manhattan is at its heart a traditional story of moral and intellectual development.” A recipient of the coveted MacArthur Grant, Lethem is also a prolific essayist and short story writer. wordstock 2010 | 7

opening night! a special wordstock edition of Mortified!

At Wordstock, we’re always looking for new ways to promote stories—the stories we read, the stories we hear, the stories we tell about our loved ones and ourselves. And in the spirit of hearing stories about ourselves, we’re bringing you a special, one-of-a-kind event featuring the national sensation Mortified.

Mortified stars everyday people reading aloud their most embar- rassing, pathetic and private teenage diary entries, poems, love letters, lyrics and locker notes...in front of total strangers. Witness “personal redemption through public humiliation” in a refresh- ing show that is equal parts comedic, cathartic and voyeuristic.

Join us for an evening of sharing—that is, sharing some of the most hilarious moments you’ll ever hear. On a stage, anyway.

Thursday, October 7 at 8pm McMenamins Bagdad Theater 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $18, tickets available at wordstockfestival.com 8 | wordstock 2010 authors

Stage abbreviations: Tim Barnes, Portland Community College teacher, C Columbia Sportswear Stage wrote Definitions for a Lost Language and edits P Powell’s Books Stage the Friends of William Stafford Newsletter. (Poetry) T Target Children’s Stage MW2: Sun, 2pm O The Oregon Education Assoc. Stage M McMenamins Stage WK Wieden+Kennedy Stage Mac Barnett writes the Brixton Brothers mys- WS Wordstock Community Stage teries and picture books, including Guess MW1 Mountain Writers Stage 1 Again! and Oh No: Or How My Science Project MW2 Mountain Writers Stage 2 Destroyed the World. (Children’s) T: Sat, 2pm; T: Sat, 5pm Howard Aaron received an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He teaches creative writ- Dale E. Basye, recovering journalist and adver- ing courses at Washington State University, tising copywriter, has written three books in Vancouver. (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 3pm the Circles of Heck series: Heck, Rapacia, and Blimpo. (Children’s) T: Sat, 2pm Duane Ackerson has published several hun- dred poems, as well as fiction, prose, poetry and Bonny Becker is the author of a number of criticism, in various magazines and anthologies. award-winning picture books and middle-grade (Poetry) MW2: Sat, 4pm novels. She lives in Seattle. (Children’s) T: Sun, 12pm Carl Adamshick won the 2010 Walt Whitman Award. His book Curses and Wishes will be pub- Aimee Bender’s most recent book is The lished by LSU Press. (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 2pm Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. She loves visiting Portland. (Fiction) C: Sat, 12pm; P: Sat, John Addiego has published two novels, 1pm The Islands of Divine Music and Tears of the Mountain. He lives in Corvallis, Oregon. (Fiction) David Biespiel wrote Every Writer Has a WK: Sat, 12pm Thousand Faces and The Book of Men and Women and founded The Attic: A Haven for Kelli Russell Agodon is the author of Letters Writers. (Moderator) P: Sun, 11am; M: Sun, 3pm from the Emily Dickinson Room, Small Knots and Geography. (Poetry) MW1: Sat, 3pm Lucy Jane Bledsoe is the author of several collections and novels, including The Big Bang Steve Almond is the author of eight books, Symphony: A Novel of Antarctica. (Fiction) WS: most recently Rock & Roll Will Save Your Life. Sat, 1pm (Nonfiction) C: Sat, 3pm; M: Sun, 2pm Matt Bors is a nationally syndicated editorial Joëlle Anthony, author of Restoring Harmony, cartoonist and graphic novelist living in Portland. currently lives in beautiful British Columbia, (Nonfiction) M: Sat, 11am; WK: Sat, 3pm where she writes young adult fiction. (YA) T: Sun, 4pm Tom Bremer’s most recent book of poetry is Just Once (2001). (Poetry) MW1: Sun, 12pm Judith Arcana’s most recent book is 4th Period English, a poetry chapbook in the voices of var- Wendy Burden is a confirmed New Yorker who, ious characters. (Poetry) MW2: Sat, 4pm to her constant surprise, lives in Portland. Her wordstock 2010 | 9 book provides the reason. (Nonfiction) O: Sat, 2pm; WK: Sun, 1pm

Suzanne Burns will read from The Widow, prose poems about an army wife whose husband goes missing in Iraq. (Fiction) MW2: Sat, 2pm International Writers Project Gabrielle Burton is the author of the novel Impatient with Desire (The Lost Journal of Tamsen Donner) and This is the second year that the memoir Searching for Tamsen Donner. (Fiction) O: PNCA & Wordstock will host Sun, 12pm; O: Sun, 3pm six writers through the Inter- national Writing Program, Bo Caldwell wrote the national bestseller The which, since its founding in Distant Land of My Father. She’s been published in 1967 at the University of Ploughshares, Story and Epoch. (Fiction) WK: Sat, 12pm Iowa, has brought together Eliza Canty-Jones is editor of the Oregon Historical more than 1,000 rising and Quarterly, a scholarly public-history journal published by established literary stars the Oregon Historical Society. (Moderator) WS: Sun, 3pm from 120 countries to de- velop a community of writ- Bill Carter has written two books: Fools Rush In and ing to enhance international Red Summer. He also directed Miss Sarajevo, an award- understanding. The writers’ winning documentary. (Nonfiction) O: Sat, 5pm week at PNCA includes both immersion in the campus Cecil Castellucci’s two newest books are a young curriculum along with collab- adult novel, Rose Sees Red, and her first picture book, Grandma’s Gloves. (YA) T: Sun, 4pm orative public programming. The experience provides Greg Chaimov lives in Milwaukie, Oregon. His first writers from around the world full-length collection of poetry, Everything is Water, with a sense of American in- is forthcoming from Press 22. (Poetry) MW1: Sat, 2pm novation and openness, and it exposes US readers, writ- Lan Samantha Chang’s books are All Is Forgotten, ers and artists to interna- Nothing Is Lost; Inheritance; and Hunger. She is a 2008 tional perspectives on the Guggenheim Fellow. (Fiction) P: Sat, 1pm; M: Sat, 4pm art and process of writing.

Emily Chenoweth is the author of the novel Hello Friday, October 1 at 6:30pm Goodbye. She publishes commercial and young adult PNCA Main Campus Building, fiction pseudonymously. (Fiction) WK: Sat, 1pm; C: Sun, Swigert Commons 11am 1241 NW Johnson St. Margaret Chula has published six poetry collections. Free and open to the public Her poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Kyoto Journal, Poet Lore, America’s Review and Runes. (Poetry) WS: Sat, 2pm

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Two Special Powell’s Books Events Michele Norris presented by Powell’s Books and OPB Tuesday, October 5 at 7pm

With her new memoir, The Grace of Silence, Michele Norris, host of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, set out to write a book about “the hidden conversation on race”—and in doing so unearthed painful family secrets. Extraordinary for © Stephen Voss Norris’s candor in examining her own complex racial legacy, The Grace of Silence observes the evolving attitudes toward race in America.

Tickets are $24.95 and include admission and a copy of The Grace of Silence that will be distributed at the event.

Steven Johnson Friday, October 8 at 7pm

Wired contributing editor Steven Johnson takes on— in exhilarating style—the question: Where do good ideas come from? With his book Where Good Ideas Come From, Johnson pairs the insight of his best-sell- ing Everything Bad Is Good for You and the erudition of The Ghost Map to address a universal question: What © Nina Subin sparks the flash of brilliance? Answering in his cultur- ally omnivorous style, incorporating his fluency in fields from neurobiology to popular culture, Johnson provides the story of how we generate the ideas that push our careers, lives, society, and culture forward.

Tickets are $26.95 and include admission and a copy of Where Good Ideas Come From that will be distributed at the event.

Both events will be held at McMenamins Bagdad Theater at 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland. Tickets available at Ticketmaster, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom box office, and the Bagdad Theater. wordstock 2010 | 11 sorts of trashy, trashy cultural detritus. stories. He is a 2010 Guggenheim Fellow. (Moderator) M: Sat, 1pm (Fiction) C: Sat, 12pm; C: Sat, 2pm

Nancy Coffelt is an artist and award- Kim Dower’s first poetry book, Air winning writer. Her debut novel is Listen, Kissing on Mars, is described by novel- published by WestSide Books. (YA) T: ist Lisa See as “charming, compelling, Sun, 3pm accessible, profound.” (Poetry) MW2: Sat, 3pm; M: Sun, 12pm Arianne Cohen, 6'3", is a contributing editor at Woman’s Day. Her book The Sex Brian Doyle edits Portland Magazine at Diaries Project comes out in January. University of Portland and has authored (Nonfiction) WS: Sun, 2pm ten books, most recently the novel Mink River. (Fiction) 0: Sat, 3pm; WK: Sat, 4pm Robin Cody is the author of Ricochet River and Another Way the River Has. Monica Drake’s debut novel, Clown Girl, (Fiction) WK: Sat, 4pm; MW1: Sun, 1pm is published by Hawthorne Books. (Panel) WS: Sat, 3pm Larry Colton is a writer, teacher and the founder of Wordstock. (Nonfiction) C: Sat, Tim DuRoche is a writer/artist/cul- 1pm; P: Sun, 3pm tural advocate and currently Director of Programs for the World Affairs Council of Joey Comeau writes the comic A Softer Oregon. (Moderator) M: Sat, 11am World (with photographer Emily Horne). He’s author of One Bloody Thing After Heidi Durrow is the author of The Another. (Fiction) WK: Sun, 11am; C: Sun, Girl Who Fell From the Sky, chosen by 4pm Barbara Kingsolver for the Bellwether Prize. (Fiction) C: Sun, 11am; M: Sun, 3pm Thea Cooper is the co-author of Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Timothy Egan wrote a riveting account Discovery of Insulin and the Making of of the biggest wildfire in American his- a Medical Miracle. She is a writer, edi- tory on its 100th anniversary. (Nonfiction) tor, playwright and teacher. (Nonfiction) P: Sun, 12pm WK: Sun, 2pm Stephen Elliott is the author of The Liz Crain, author of Food Lover’s Guide to Adderall Diaries and founding editor of Portland, is a writer and editor based in The Rumpus.net. (Fiction) WK: Sat, 11am; Portland, Oregon. (Nonfiction) M: Sat, 1pm C: Sat, 4pm

Candace Dempsey is the award-win- Carson Ellis, Portlander, is the illustrator ning Italian-American author of Murder in of The Mysterious Benedict Society, The Italy, about convicted murderer Amanda Composer Is Dead, and, most recently, Knox. (Nonfiction) WK: Sun, 12pm Dillweed’s Revenge. (Children’s) T: Sun, 12pm Susan Denning is a poet and the director of programs at Literary Arts. (Moderator) Andrew Jay Epstein lives in Los WK: Sat, 4pm Angeles. Andrew Jacobson lives four traffic lights away.The Familiars is their Anthony Doerr is the author, most first book. (YA) M: Sat, 3pm; T: Sat, 4pm recently, of Memory Wall, a collection of 12 | wordstock 2010

the 6th Live Wire! wordstock extravaganza

It’s time again for the brilliant wit, bright stars and big laughs of this year’s Wordstock edition of Live Wire! It’s a radio variety show recorded in front of a live audience and broadcast on Or- egon Public Broadcasting (OPB), and it includes original sketch comedy, live music and conversation with some of the fantastic authors joining us at Wordstock. This year’s show will feature comic and The Aristrocrats director Paul Provenza; essayist, hu- morist, and This American Life regular David Rakoff; indie rock icon Kristin Hersh; novelist Jonathan Lethem; and more. This show is always one of the highlights of the festival, and this one is going to be fantastic!

Saturday, October 9 at 8pm Aladdin Theater 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Tickets: $25 for general admission and $35 for reserved seating, available at livewireradio.org. wordstock 2010 | 13

Kristin Hersh Columbia Sportswear Stage Saturday, 3pm

Best known as the lead singer/songwriter for the cult rock bands Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave, Kristin Hersh’s inti- mate songs explore “rage, aggression, and mental chaos.” Her new memoir, Rat Girl, recalls a foundational year in the life of an indie rock icon who would go on to have a remarkably successful music career and help lead the movement for artists’ equity as co-founder of the Coalition of Artists and Stakeholders (CASH). Of Rat Girl, Mary Gaitskill remarks: “It is…awestruck—by music, feeling, perception, wild animals, mystery, dreams…. It is an original beauty.”

David Rakoff Powell’s Books Stage, Saturday, 4pm

David Rakoff is an essayist, journalist, and actor. Known for his humorous, sometimes autobiographical, and keenly observant sto- ries, Rakoff loves words. His latest work, Half Empty, is a collection of essays on mankind’s foibles. Rakoff is a regular contributor to Public Radio International’s This American Life. He adapted the screenplay for and starred in Joachim Back’s film The New Tenants, which won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Live

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Harriet Fasenfest talks about “householding”—the growing and stowing of food as an act of environ- mental stewardship and economic justice. (Nonfiction) Chesapeake: O: Sun, 4pm The Playwright David Filer lives in Portland with his wife, Marlene Performs Anderson, creator of the AIDS prevention program, The Imani Project. (Poetry) MW2: Sat, 5pm Play reading and Q&A with Lee Blessing Becca Fitzpatrick is the New York Times best-sell- Profile Theatre and Reed Col- ing author of Hush, Hush and Crescendo. (Fiction/YA) lege present renowned play- T: Sun, 1pm; C: Sun, 4pm wright Lee Blessing reading Heather Vogel Frederick’s Pies & Prejudice is the lat- his one-man show Chesa- est in her Mother-Daughter Book Club series. Babyberry peake. This “brilliantly off- Pie is her first picture book. (Fiction/YA) T: Sat, 3pm kilter fantasy” (Newsday) is about a performance artist Wayne Garcia is the weeknight anchor for KPTV, at war with a southern sena- Channel 12. (Moderator) M: Sun, 11am tor and Lucky, the senator’s Chesapeake Bay retriever. Martha Gies wrote a portrait of graveyard-shift work- Chesapeake is a hilarious ers called Up All Night, along with many published sto- commentary about subsi- ries and essays. (Nonfiction) MW2: Sun, 4pm dies for controversial art and Michele Glazer’s new book is On Tact, & the Made Up corruption in the US political World. She teaches in and directs PSU’s MFA Creative system. Blessing has been a Writing program. (Poetry) MW2: Sat, 2pm force in American theater for over thirty years. His plays Myla Goldberg is the author of the best-selling Bee have been produced across Season. Her new novel is called The False Friend. the country and have been (Fiction) C: Sun, 3pm nominated for Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize. Pro- Charles Goodrich’s books include Going to Seed: file Theatre showcases one Dispatches from the Garden, Insects of South Corvallis, and . (Poetry) MW1: Sat, 4pm playwright each season, con- The Practice of Home necting the work of the au- Leanne Grabel is a writer, a performance artist, co- thor to what’s seen on stage. founder of Cafe Lena and a language arts teacher in a For more information on this treatment center. (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 12pm event and Profile Theatre’s 2010-11 season, visit pro- James Grabill writes poetry and nonfiction. He lives filetheatre.org. in Portland, Oregon, and teaches writing, literature and sustainability. (Poetry) MW1: Sun, 12pm Monday, October 4 at 7:30pm Reed College Mainstage Theatre Niall Griffiths, born in Liverpool and resident of mid- 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. Wales, has written six novels, three nonfiction col- Tickets: $35, available lections, and travel pieces and reviews. (Fiction) O: at profiletheatre.org or Sat, 11am 503.242.0080 wordstock 2010 | 15

Peter Griffiths, born in Wales, lives in Myrlin A. Hermes, author of The Lunatic, Denver. His novel, Tongue Tied, is about the Lover, and the Poet and Careful What what it means to be Welsh. (Fiction) You Wish For, lives in Portland. (Fiction) WS: Sat, 1pm Tom Grimes, the author of Mentor: A Memoir, directs the MFA Program in Kristin Hersh is a songwriter and guitar- Creative Writing at Texas State University. ist who founded and plays in two bands. (Nonfiction) O: Sat, 1pm; 0: Sat, 3pm Her memoir, Rat Girl, was published last year. (Nonfiction) C: Sat, 3pm Sara Gundell is a Wordstock author coordinator and a webmaster for the YA Nina Hess is the author of A Practical lit fan site NovelNovice.Com. (Moderator) Guide to Monsters, a New York Times C: Sun, 4pm bestseller. (Children’s) T: Sun, 11am

Cindy Williams Gutiérrez performs Charles Heying, author of Brew to Bikes: poems of place about encounters Portland’s Artisan Economy, is associate with strangers. Publications include professor of urban studies and planning Borderlands, Calyx, Harvard’s JFSR, at Portland State University. (Nonfiction) Portland Review, ZYZZYVA. (Poetry) MW2: M: Sat, 1pm Sun, 11am Tad Hills lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Courtenay Hameister is a freelance two kids and dog named Rocket who writer and the host and head writer of can’t read...yet. (Children’s) T: Sat, 1pm Live Wire! Radio. (Moderator) M: Sun, 2pm Kerry Cohen Hoffman is the author of Diane Hammond, author of critically Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, Easy, acclaimed novels Seeing Stars, Hannah’s The Good Girl and It’s Not You, It’s Me. (YA) Dream, Homesick Creek, and Going to T: Sat, 3pm Bend, lives in Bend, Oregon. (Fiction) WS: Sat, 11am Matthew Holm, Portland native, is the co-creator of the award-winning Graham Hancock is known for best- Babymouse series of graphic novels selling investigations of historical mys- from Random House Children’s Books. teries. His first novel is the fantasy- (Children’s) T: Sat, 1pm adventure epic Entangled. (Fiction) C: Sun, 5pm Karen Holmberg’s poems from her fin- ished manuscript, “Axis Mundi,” have Lesley Hazleton, aka The Accidental appeared in Southern Poetry Review, Theologist, works at the volatile inter- Quarterly West, West Branch and section of religion and politics, narrative Subtropics. (Poetry) MW1: Sun, 2pm history and current events. (Nonfiction) C: Sat, 11am Jeff Houghtaling is an author/artist/pug owner living in Portland, Oregon. Jeff April Henry is the New York Times best- researches design, color and applica- selling author of mysteries and thrill- tion through artistic pursuits. (Children’s) ers for adults and teens, including Girl, T: Sat, 11am Stolen. (Fiction) T: Sun, 3pm 16 | wordstock 2010

Lan Samantha Chang Powell’s Books Stage, Saturday, 1pm

Lan Samantha Chang is the very definition of “fast out of the gate.” Her earliest short stories (later collected in Hunger) were published in such cel- ebrated publications as The Atlantic Monthly and New House. Her second book, Inheritance, received worldwide exposure, was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and won the PEN Beyond Margins Award

© Miranda Meyer for the Novel from the PEN American Center. Since then, Chang has received numerous awards for her elegant, spare prose, and in 2006 she became the director of the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Chang brings her latest book to Wordstock—All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost—a profoundly elegiac story of three poets whose paths to artistic and personal fulfillment take divergent routes.

Aimee Bender Powell’s Books Stage, Saturday, 1pm

To read the surreal fiction of Aimee Bender is to find yourself worried for the fates of potato children, royal swans, finger-sized men in cages and in her most recent novel, a young girl who can taste the emotions of her food. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, Bender’s fourth book, came out in June and was an Indiespensable pick for Powell’s. Her short fiction has been published in Granta, GQ, McSweeney’s, Tin House, The Paris Review and more, as well as heard on Selected Shorts and This American Life. She lives in Los Angeles and teaches creative writing at USC. wordstock 2010 | 17

Trevor J. Houser’s stories have appeared in Story Quarterly, ZYZZYVA and Pindeldyboyz, among others. He lives in San Francisco. (Fiction) M: Sat, 4pm

Amanda Howells is the author of the young adult A Special Wordstock novel The Summer of Skinny Dipping. (Fiction/YA) WK: Conversation Project: Sat, 1pm; T: Sun, 2pm Seeding a Christopher Howell’s most recent book, Dreamless Sense of Place: and Possible: Poems New and Selected, was published in 2010. (Poetry) MW2: Sat, 3pm Science, Stories and Smart Rhonda Hughes is an editor and publisher at Forest Policy Hawthorne Books. (Panel) M: Sun, 4pm Join Oregon Humanities and Tim Hunt, in Fault Lines, writes poems where the rocks Gail Wells for a special Word- and thistle are not yet digital. Hunt is a fourth-genera- stock event on Wednesday, tion Californian. (Poetry) MW2: Sat, 12pm October 6. Wells, an award- Scott Jacobson is an Emmy-winning writer and found- winning writer and editor ing member of comedy writing group The Pleasure specializing in history and Syndicate. (Nonfiction) P: Sun, 4pm natural-resource science, will lead a conversation about Dave Jarecki is a 2010 Fishtrap Fellow, facilitates writ- the meanings we build into ing workshops and features interviews with poets and places individually and col- writers on DaveJarecki.com. (Poetry) MW1: Sun, 3pm lectively through storytelling and public policy. Oregon Jessica Francis Kane is the author of the story col- Humanities connects Ore- lection Bending Heaven and novel The Report, just gonians to ideas that change published by Graywolf Press. (Fiction) O: Sun, 12pm; O: Sun, 3pm lives and transform com- munities. For more informa- Karen Karbo is the author of The Gospel According to tion about our program and Coco Chanel, plus a bunch of other books. (Nonfiction) publications, please visit M: Sun, 3pm; M: Sun, 12pm oregonhumanities.org

Jesse Katz is author of The Opposite Field, a mem- Wednesday, October 6 at 6pm oir of fathers and sons, good love and failed love and Hoyt Arboretum, baseball. (Nonfiction) C: Sun, 2pm Bill deWeese Classroom 4000 SW Fairview Blvd. Marianne Keddington-Lang is an acquiring editor at Free and open to the public University of Washington Press and managing editor of the Oregon Encyclopedia. (Nonfiction) WS: Sun, 3pm

Chris Keil, a novelist living in Wales but travelling widely, is interested in memory, desire, loss and imag- ination. (Fiction) O: Sat, 11am 18 | wordstock 2010 conversations

A listing of all the places at Wordstock where writers will convene to discuss top- ics in contemporary literature.

Stage abbreviations: Three writers discuss the challenges involved C Columbia Sportswear Stage with getting that laugh-out-loud moment in print. P Powell’s Books Stage T Target Children’s Stage Why Write Short? O The Oregon Education Assoc. Stage Anthony Doerr, David Vann, Aimee Bender M McMenamins Stage WK Wieden+Kennedy Stage (moderated by Meg Storey) C: Sat, 12pm WS Wordstock Community Stage Pop culture says that you’re not really a writer MW1 Mountain Writers Stage 1 till you’ve published a novel, but many writers MW2 Mountain Writers Stage 2 find themselves drawn to short fiction’s artistic challenge and intensity. From the Front Lines Matt Bors, Tatjana Soli, Kilong Ung (moder- The State of the Story ated by Tim DuRoche) M: Sat, 11am Trevor Houser, Maile Meloy, Mary Rechner, Wartime stories must successfully explain the Lan Samantha Chang (moderated by Joel chaos of war—shifting landscapes, conflicting Lovell) M: Sat, 4pm viewpoints and historical facts—without eclips- Four contemporary writers at various stages of ing their main character’s personal journey. their careers talk about the popularity and impor- tance of the short story in the literary culture. Writing Good History Larry Lipan, Marianne Keddington-Lang, Bill Capturing the Regional Voice Lang (moderated by Eliza Canty-Jones) WS: Robin Cody, Matt Love, Benjamin Percy, Brian Sun, 3pm Doyle (moderated by Susan Denning) WK: History is no longer written only by the winners, Sat, 4pm making stories of the past more compelling and Sometimes a town, a river or a mood emerges as complex than ever before. What succeeds, and a major character in a narrative. Four Northwest what doesn’t? writers discuss how they express our region.

Imagining the Past First Book, First Person Joseph Skibell, Gabrielle Burton, Jessica Wendy Burden, Sarahlee Lawrence, Gemma Francis Kane (moderated by Myrlin A. Whelan (moderated by Andrew Proctor) WK: Hermes O: Sun, 12pm Sun, 1pm Authors use larger-than-life historical events—the A revealing look at the process of writing a first Donner Party, Freud and a WWII subway explo- novel and the trusted first person narrator each sion—to weave together fact and fiction and tell of these debut novelists found to bring their story an entirely new story. to life.

Cracking Up Is Hard To Do YA Gets Real Steve Almond, Jess Walter (moderated by Patrick Ness, L.K. Madigan, Conrad Courtenay Hameister) M: Sun, 2pm Wesselhoeft (moderated by Lisa Writing humor takes work. As a writer, humor Schroeder) M: Sat, 12pm rests exclusively on the power of your words. Forget about vampires and boy wizards. Hear wordstock 2010 | 19 from three young adult authors who tackle seri- Status Update ous, real-life subject matters and how they relate Matt Stewart, Kaleb Nation, Cheryl Strayed to teens. (moderated by Liz Prato) WK: Sun, 4pm What are the advantages and pitfalls when Creature Feature authors use social media to self-promote? Most Becca Fitzpatrick, Rick Yancey, Joey Comeau no longer wrestle over whether they should use (moderated by Sara Gundell) C: Sun, 4pm these tools, but which tools are best. The supernatural is huge these days. We’ll talk to three authors about why the supernatural Writer, Editor & Agent: How a Book is Made is so popular and how they make their stories Larry Colton, Richard Pine, Sydny Miner C: believable. Sat, 3pm An author, his agent and his editor discuss the Literary Lives long road from writing to selling to publishing. Monica Drake, Viva Las Vegas, Willy Vlautin Receive a behind-the-scenes look at the process (moderated by Kevin Sampsell) WS: Sat, and all that is involved before you read a book. 3pm Portland is a largely under-the-radar spot to build What Works for Me a literary career—and that’s why these three Karen Karbo, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Heidi W. authors choose to call Stumptown home. Durrow (moderated by David Biespiel) M: Sun, 3pm The Rules of Writing Nonfiction Creatively Three authors discuss their daily routines, tech- Craig Welch, Douglas Perry, Ander Monson niques and superstitions for getting the words (moderated by Wayne Garcia) M: Sun, 11am on the page. This genre is currently defined by its lack of established conventions. While it uses literary Selling the Movie Rights elements and embellished style instead of just Phil Margolin, Jon Raymond, Adam Jay reporting facts, where is the line between cre- Epstein, Andrew Jacobson M: Sat, 3pm ative nonfiction and fiction? The ins and outs of selling your book to Hollywood. Authors discuss this exciting and Modern Memoir sometimes frustrating negotiation. Glenn Rockowitz, Tom Grimes (moderated by Robin Romm) O: Sat, 12pm The Ghosts with the Most Memoir is one of the most popular genres of Amanda Howells, Emily Chenoweth, Vanessa writing today. How does an author decide that Veselka (moderated by Pema Teeter) WK: Sat, his or her personal story is better than fiction— 1pm and how do authors craft their story in a way that The secret’s out: ghostwriting can be lucrative, rings true with their readers? fun and even tone creative muscle. Hear how three successful ghostwriters traded bylines for Brave New World profit while continuing to write their own books. Lauren Kessler, Rhonda Hughes, Kevin Smokler (moderated by Richard Meeker) M: Writing for Children Sun, 4pm Mark Williams, Mac Barnett, Renee Technology is impacting all aspects of publish- Watson T: Sat, 5pm ing—the way books are published, distributed, Kids are picky about everything—their food, their sold and read. An author, a publisher and an clothes and their books. Three children’s authors entrepreneur discuss how technology affects will discuss what it takes to write a book that publishing and literature. kids will love. 20 | wordstock 2010

conversations continued The Long Story Joel Lovell, Randy Gragg C: Sun, 1pm Welsh Identity in Literature: From Dylan In long-form narrative journalism, the writer’s Thomas to Doctor Who talent and the reporter’s skill combine to create Niall Griffiths, Chris Keil, Harrison Solow, a unique work of narrative art. It’s a vibrant part Peter Griffiths (moderated by Ceri Shaw) O: of American journalism, particularly in national Sat, 11am magazines. What is its future? What is Anglo-Welsh literature and why should anyone care? How Wales strives to reinvent Food & Craft its cultural identity with every new generation. Liz Crain, Charles Heying (moderated by Kelly Clarke) M: Sat, 1pm The Future of Reading Growing numbers of Portlanders make specialty Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Schaub, Matthew foods and crafts from scratch and make them Stadler (moderated by David Biespiel) P: works of art. Learn about these lively artisan Sun, 11am communities by authors of two recent works Is reading on the decline? Many think so. on the subject. Writers, booksellers, librarians and reviewers all have a stake in the evolving culture of reading, Vern Rutsala: The Poet and His Work however no one has more to gain or lose than (moderated by Peter Sears) MW1: Sat, 5pm readers. A National Book Critics Circle panel. A conversation by regional poets, hosted by Peter Sears, will follow Rutsala’s reading. Writers in the Schools (introduced by Mary Rechner) O: Sun, The Bear Deluxe Speaks 11am Jim Lynch, Jon Raymond C: Sun, 12pm Writers in the Schools (WITS) is a program of In celebration of the Doug Fir Fiction Award, Literary Arts that cultivates young writers and Orlo welcomes Jim Lynch (2010 judge) and supports Oregon authors through semester- Jon Raymond (2009 judge), who will read cur- long writing residencies in the Portland public rent work and discuss “place-based writing.” high schools.

Writing in Communities Steve Lieber, Stephen Elliot (moderated by Jeffrey Selin) WK: Sat, 11am Members of The Grotto, San Francisco’s famous writers’ community, and Periscope, a Portland comic artist community, discuss their shared experience of creation, procrastination and collaboration that counters the typical lone- liness of writing.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Book Promotion But Were Afraid to Ask Karen Karbo, Kim Dower M: Sun, 12pm It takes more than talent and a great book to gain an audience these days, but what does it take? A writer and publicist/poet discuss the steps, stumbling blocks, downfalls, and suc- cesses to making a book a hit. wordstock 2010 | 21

Karl Marlantes Powell’s Books Stage Saturday, 12pm

Karl Marlantes began his novel about a ter- rified 21-year-old soldier in Vietnam not long after leaving the military and finished it the year he turned 32. Now he’s 65. What happened in the intervening 33 years? Marlantes, a Yale graduate and Rhodes Scholar who was awarded the Navy Cross,

© Devin Boswell the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valor, two Purple Hearts, and ten air medals for his service in Vietnam, kept rewriting and revising, and the final result—Matterhorn—is an exceptional first novel. Don’t miss this riveting story that The Washington Post claims “reads like adventure and yet…makes even the toughest war stories seem a little pale by comparison.”

Mona Simpson Powell’s Books Stage Saturday, 5pm

Mona Simpson tackles the difficult sub- jects of dysfunctional family relationships with powerful, simple and often beautifully poetic prose. A former editor of The Paris Review, Simpson wrote her first novel, Anywhere But Here (a modern mother- daughter classic), at the age of 29, which

© Gaspar Triangle won her literary acclaim and a wide follow- ing. The Lost Father, A Regular Guy, and Off Keck Road followed. The long-awaited My Hollywood—classic­ Simpson, this time from the perspective of the mother—is her first novel in ten years. 22 | wordstock 2010

Lauren Kessler, narrative nonfiction writer, is author of six books including My Teenage Werewolf, Dancing with Rose and Stubborn Twig. (Nonfiction) C: Sun, 2pm; M: Sun, 4pm History Pub! Ger Killeen’s books of poetry include A Stone That Will Leap Over the Waves and Signs Following. (Poetry) From the 40-year struggle MW2: Sat, 12pm to gain the right to vote to the campaign for ratifica- Barbara LaMorticella co-hosts KBOO’s Talking Earth. She participates in Portland poetry from a perch in a fir tion of the Equal Rights outside the city. (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 11am Amendment, Oregon’s po- litical and civic landscape Bill Lang, history professor at Portland State University, has been shaped by women. is author of six Northwest history books, including Two On October 7, historian Kim- Centuries of Lewis and Clark. (Nonfiction) WS: Sun, 3pm berly Jensen, political scien- tist Melody Rose and activist Sarahlee Lawrence, after traveling and earning an MS and former Oregon legisla- in environmental science and writing, returned to her tor and both county and city ranch in hometown Terrabonne, Oregon. (Nonfiction) commissioner Gretchen Kaf- WK: Sun, 1pm; O: Sun, 4pm oury will tell the stories of the Ursula K. Le Guin has published 21 novels and received political challenges Oregon accolades including the National Book Award. She lives women faced and the vic- in Portland, Oregon. (Panel) P: Sun, 11am tories they won at a special edition of History Pub. Each Jonathan Lethem is the author of Chronic City and month, the Oregon Historical Motherless Brooklyn. (Fiction) P: Sat, 3pm Society, Holy Names Heri- tage Center and Oregon En- Todd Levin was a writer for The Tonight Show with cyclopedia organize history Conan O’Brien, and we all know how that turned out. talks at McMenamins Ken- P: Sun, 4pm nedy School in Northeast Steve Lieber is an award-winning comic book artist Portland, Cornelius Pass and co-founder of Periscope Studio in Portland, Oregon. Roadhouse in Hillsboro and (Panel) WK: Sat, 11am Edgefield in Troutdale. Join us for beer and history! Lawrence Lipin is professor of history at Pacific University and an overly satisfied resident of Portland’s Thursday, October 7 at 7pm Sellwood neighborhood. (Nonfiction) WS: Sun, 3pm McMenamins Kennedy School 5736 NE 33rd Ave. Jack Lorts, author of The Meeting-Place of Words, has Free and open to the public published widely, if infrequently, in magazines. He’s also mayor of Fossil, Oregon. (Poetry) MW2: Sat, 1pm

Matt Love, author of Gimme Refuge: The Education of a Caretaker, won the Stewart H. Holbrook Award in 2009. (Nonfiction) M: Sat, 2pm; WK: Sat, 4pm wordstock 2010 | 23

Joel Lovell has been editor at The New forthcoming from Airlie Press in October York Times, Harper’s and GQ. He teaches 2010. (Poetry) MW1: Sun, 11am in the University of Pittsburgh MFA pro- gram. (Nonfiction) M: Sat, 4pm; C: Sun, 1pm Richard Meeker is publisher of Portland’s award-winning newsweekly Willamette Jim Lynch has written two novels, Border Week and author of Newspaperman: SI Songs and The Highest Tide, which won Newhouse and the Business of News. the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award. (Moderator) M: Sun, 4pm C: Sun, 12pm Maile Meloy has written four books, Annabel Lyon’s The Golden Mean is an most recently the story collection Both award winner and bestseller. She lives in Ways Is the Only Way I Want It. (Fiction) British Columbia with her husband and P: Sat, 2pm; M: Sat, 4pm children. (Fiction) WK: Sat, 2pm Jane Mendle is the author of Kissing L.K. Madigan is the author of The in Technicolor, Better off Famous?, and Mermaid’s Mirror and Flash Burnout, win- My Ultimate Sister Disaster. (Fiction/YA) ner of the 2010 Morris YA Debut Award. T: Sat, 4pm (Fiction/YA) M: Sat, 12pm; T: Sun, 1pm Paul Merchant is the William Stafford Karl Marlantes, graduate of Yale Archivist. He was a finalist for the 2007 University and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford Oregon Book Award in Poetry. (Poetry) University, served as a US Marine in MW1: Sat, 12pm Vietnam. (Fiction) P: Sat, 12pm Nathan Meyer is a working writer, Phillip Margolin is the New York Times 40-year-old father of four, unabashed best-selling author of Supreme Justice fanboy of reading in all its forms. and fourteen other legal thrillers and a (Children’s) T: Sun, 11am former criminal defense attorney. (Fiction) M: Sat, 3pm; WK: Sat, 5pm Sydny Miner is Vice President, Executive Editor of Crown Archetype. She edited No Guy Maynard is a writer and editor liv- Ordinary Joes by Larry Colton. (Panel) ing in Eugene, Oregon. The Risk of Being C: Sat, 1pm Ridiculous is his first novel. (Fiction) M: Sun, 1pm Gary Miranda, a Northwest native, has published four collections of poetry and a Win McCormack is currently the editor translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino in chief of Tin House magazine. He has Elegies. (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 3pm written for publications including The Nation. (Nonfiction) M: Sat, 5pm Ander Monson is the author of five books, most recently The Available Adrienne McDonnell has taught at the World and Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir. University of California, Berkeley. The (Nonfiction) C: Sat, 4pm; M: Sun, 11am Doctor and the Diva is her first novel. (Fiction) WK: Sun, 2pm Judith H. Montgomery is the author of Passion (Oregon Book Award for Carter McKenzie teaches, edits and pub- Poetry, 2000), Red Jess, and Pulse & lishes poetry. Her book Out of Refusal is Constellation. (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 1pm 24 | wordstock 2010

Target Children’s Stage and Activity Area

The Target Children’s Stage and Activity Area at Wordstock invites kids to celebrate reading and writing through engaging activities that encourage all levels of readers to develop and explore the writer’s craft. In addition to hosting readings by children’s authors and illustrators, kids can cozy up with a book in our Story Cor- ner, write a great tale of adventure at the Young Author’s Writing Table or participate in a wide variety of other activities including bookmaking, word games, puzzles and much more!

In addition, we have special events featured all weekend:

Cosmic Monkey Comic Workshops (Sat/Sun): Come check out these com- ics workshops for kids, led by Christina “Blue” Crow and Katy Ellis O’Brien! Blue and Katy have been offering a series of workshops for kids at Cosmic Monkey Comics and are excited to share their passion for helping kids create at Wordstock this year! Essential materials are provided, but bringing addi- tional materials (such as a sketchbook or collage materials) is encouraged.

Mother-Daughter Book Club (Sat): Cindy Hudson is the author of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs (Seal Press, October 2009). She will be here to share her expertise on how moth- ers can get started with their own mother-daughter book club, including advice and activities on who to invite, where to meet, how to run the meet- ing and how to choose the books.

Dave Hall (Sat): Come take a rollicking ramble down the hootenanny highway with David Hall, Portland’s favorite family musician! Described as “Woody Guthrie meets Raffi on sugar,” David writes, records and performs a variety of original folk songs to entertain and educate children and parents alike.

Read to the Dogs (Sun): Help your child gain skills and confidence by read- ing to a relaxed, non-judgmental, furry friend! Delta Society Pet Partners teams, sponsored by DoveLewis, will be available for your child to experi- ence the joy of reading in a supportive environment. wordstock 2010 | 25

Becca Fitzpatrick Target Children’s Stage, Sunday, 1pm

One might say Becca Fitzpatrick was born to tell sto- ries. Despite a detour in college (she got her degree in health), Fitzpatrick has gone from making up plotlines late at night with her older sister to penning the New York Times best-selling young adult novel Hush, Hush. Released at the peak of the supernatural romance buzz in YA, Hush, Hush—the story of a human who © Ali Eisenson falls in love with a fallen angel—was met with huge success. In fact, one might say that fallen angels are the new vampires. Readers’ desires for more from the characters in Hush, Hush helped fuel its sequel, Crescendo, and if the shocking ending is any indication, a third book is likely on the way, as well.

Patrick Ness Columbia Sportswear Stage, Saturday, 5pm

After conquering audiences in his adoptive home in England, American-born author Patrick Ness is about to take the world by storm. With a huge following overseas, his audience of readers in the US is quickly growing and will only continue after the release of Monsters of Men, the final book in his best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy. A dystopian thriller in the clas-

© Debbie Smyth sic sense, the series has drawn widespread compari- sons to Suzanne Collins’s best-selling Hunger Games trilogy and has been called “one of the outstanding literary achievements” of this century by London’s The Guardian. Anyone who reads Ness’s Chaos Walking series will quickly agree that it is soon to become a modern liter- ary masterpiece. 26 | wordstock 2010

Susan Morris is a fantasy book writer and editor based in Washington. Her other loves are coffee, acrobatics and debate. (Children’s) T: Sun, 11am

John Morrison’s Heaven of the Moment won the 2006 Gorsline Poetry prize and was finalist for the 2008 The 5th Annual Oregon Book Award. (Poetry) MW1: Sun, 3pm Text Ball MrsP.com is an award-winning interactive digital sto- The Text Ball is Portland’s rybook website for children starring TV actress Kathy celebration of all things text, Kinney. (Children’s) T: Sun, 12pm where attendees are encour- aged to come dressed with Joanne B. Mulcahy, author of Remedios: The Healing , has published essays in numer- text-influenced evening at- Life of Eva Castellanoz ous journals and anthologies. (Nonfiction) WS: Sun, 12pm tire. This year’s theme is “Text Appeal,” so expect some cre- Kaleb Nation is the author of the Bran Hambric series ative and sexy costumes. and lives in southern California. (Fiction/YA) WK: Sun, Along with live music, danc- 4pm; T: Sun, 5pm ing and text-based refresh- ments, attendees can enjoy Patrick Ness is the author of the multi-award-winning word games, giant crossword Chaos Walking trilogy. Raised in Puyallup, Washington, puzzles and “Speech-e-oke,” he currently lives in England. (Fiction/YA) M: Sat, 12pm; as well as a costume parade C: Sat, 5pm with literary prizes for best Lars Nordström works as a translator and author, and outfits. Wordstock attend- farms wine grapes in Beavercreek, Oregon. (Prose) ees can purchase discounted MW1: Sat, 1pm tickets for $8. Otherwise, tick- ets are $12 in advance and Joseph O’Neill’s works include Netherland, which won $15 at the door. To buy tick- the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction,This Is the Life and ets or view photos from last The Breezes. (Fiction) P: Sun, 2pm year’s ball, visit iprc.org. Cos- tumes are encouraged but not Benjamin Percy was raised in central Oregon. He required. All proceeds ben- writes for Esquire, and his most recent novel is The . (Fiction) C: Sat, 2pm efit the IPRC’s mission to fa- Wilding cilitate creative expression, Douglas Perry is an award-winning writer. His latest identity and community by book is The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the providing access to self-pub- Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago. (Nonfiction) M: lishing tools and resources. Sun, 11am; W: Sun, 12pm

Saturday October 9, 7–11pm Paulann Petersen’s latest collection of poems is The at p:ear Gallery Voluptuary from Lost Horse Press. She is Oregon’s sixth 338 NW 6th Ave. Poet Laureate. (Poetry) MW1: Sat, 11am Tickets: $8–$15, available at iprc.org Richard Pine, founding partner of InkWell Management, Sponsored by Portland Wine has been responsible for nurturing the careers of a Storage number of best-selling authors. (Panel) C: Sat, 1pm wordstock 2010 | 27

Andrew Proctor is the executive director Threshold, won the 2009 Crab Orchard of Literary Arts. (Moderator) WK: Sun, 1pm Series Open Competition and was pub- lished in April 2010. (Poetry) MW1: Sat, 4pm Robert Michael Pyle, Burroughs Medalist and Guggenheim Fellow, writes Richard Robbins grew up in Southern essay, poetry and fiction along Gray’s California and Montana. His new book of River, deep in southwest Washington. poems is Other Americas, published by (Nonfiction) O: Sun, 5pm Blueroad Press. (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 5pm

Julia Quinn is the #1 New York Times Glenn Rockowitz is a writer, come- best-selling author of twenty historical dian and four-time cancer survivor. His romance novels. (Fiction) M: Sun, 5pm memoir Rodeo in Joliet is his first book. (Nonfiction) O: Sat, 12pm; WK: Sun, 11am David Rakoff is the author of, most recently, the book Half Empty. He lives John G. Rodwan, Jr., is the author of in New York City. (Nonfiction) P: Sat, 4pm Fighters & Writers, a collection of essays. He lives in Portland, Oregon. (Nonfiction) Joanna Smith Rakoff’s best-selling M: Sat, 2pm novel, A Fortunate Age, won the 2010 Goldberg Prize for Emerging Fiction. Jason Roeder is a staff writer for The (Fiction) O: Sat, 4pm Onion. He has also been published in The New Yorker, Salon, McSweeney’s Ted Rall, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy and elsewhere. P: Sun, 4pm Journalism Award and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, is a political cartoonist, opinion Larry Rohter, author of Brazil on the columnist, graphic novelist and war cor- Rise, spent 14 years in Brazil reporting respondent. (Nonfiction) WK: Sat, 3pm for The New York Times and Newsweek. (Nonfiction) C: Sat, 11am Jarold Ramsey’s four poetry books and most of his prose are grounded in Robin Romm is the author of two books, the Oregon range country east of the The Mother Garden (short stories), and Cascades. (Poetry) MW1: Sun, 5pm The Mercy Papers (memoir). (Nonfiction) P: Sat, 11am; O: Sat, 12pm Jon Raymond is the author of The Half- Life, a novel, and Livability, a collection Vern Rutsala’s twelve poetry collections of stories. (Fiction) M: Sat, 3pm; C: Sun, include A Moment’s Equation, a National 12pm Book Award finalist, andHow We Spent Our Time. (Poetry) MW1: Sat, 5pm Mary Rechner is a fiction writer who lives and works in Portland, Oregon. Scott Sadil lives with his family in Hood (Fiction) O: Sat, 1pm; M: Sat, 4pm River, Oregon, where he writes, teaches and navigates a fishing life. (Fiction) WS: Susan Rich’s three collections of poems Sun, 11am include The Alchemist’s Kitchen. Her work appears in Poetry International Kevin Sampsell is an influential figure and The Southern Review. (Poetry) MW1: in small press publishing and the author Sat, 3pm of the memoir A Common Pornography. (Nonfiction) P: Sat, 11am; WS: Sat, 3pm Jennifer Richter’s first poetry collection, 28 | wordstock 2010

Michael Schaub is the managing editor Moon and The English Disease. (Fiction) of Bookslut.com and a book reviewer for O: Sun, 12pm; O: Sun, 1pm NPR. (Panel) P: Sun, 11am Floyd Skloot has won three Pushcart Penelope Scambly Schott’s Crow Prizes, two PNBA Book Awards, two Mercies won the first Sarah Lantz prize Oregon Book Awards and a PEN USA from Calyx Press. Schott received a 2008 Literary Award. (Poetry) MW1: Sat, 2pm Oregon Book Award for Poetry. (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 4pm Sledgehammer Writing Contest: Listen to this year’s word-crafting champions Matt Schumacher’s second book, The read the stories that won the latest Fire Diaries, and first book,Spilling the 36-hour challenge. Don’t miss the prize- Moon, were published by Wordcraft of package unveiling! (Group) WS: Sat, 12pm Oregon. (Poetry) MW2: Sat, 11am Barry Smith is a retired college professor Jeffrey Selin is a writer and the founder living in Iowa. He just published his first of the Writers’ Dojo. (Moderator) WK: Sat, novel, Only Milo. (Fiction) WS: Sun, 11am 11am Kevin Smokler is co-founder and CEO David Shannon is the internationally of BookTour.com, which provided afford- acclaimed creator of more than 20 picture able tools for authors promoting books. books, including No, David!, a Caldecott He lives in San Francisco. (Panel) M: Sun, Honor Book. (Children’s) T: Sat, 12pm 4pm

Heather Sharfeddin is the author of Mary E. Soden has lived in Oregon since four novels: Mineral Spirits, Windless the 1960s. She lives in Mosier, where Summer, Sweetwater Burning and the she writes and watches the river. (Prose) upcoming Damaged Goods. (Fiction) O: MW2: Sun, 1pm Sun, 1pm Tatjana Soli’s debut novel is The Lotus Ceri Shaw, graduate of University Eaters. Her short stories are cited in BAAS College Cardiff, South Wales, former and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. teacher and Welsh ex-pat, resides in (Fiction) M: Sat, 11am; WK: Sat, 2pm Portland, Oregon. (Moderator) O: Sat, 11am Harrison Solow is a Pushcart Prize–win- ning author, university professor and writer Scot Siegel, urban planner and author in residence. Her newest book is Felicity & of three poetry books, is known for his Barbara Pym. (Fiction) O: Sat, 11am innovative lyricism and engaging read- ing style. (Poetry) MW2: Sat, 5pm Ana Maria Spagna, of Stehekin, Washington, is the author of Test Ride Mona Simpson is author of Anywhere on the Sunnyland Bus and Now Go Home. But Here, The Lost Father, A Regular Guy, (Nonfiction) M: Sat, 5pm Off Keck Road and My Hollywood. (Fiction) P: Sat, 5pm Brie Spangler is an author-illustrator from Portland, Oregon. When not draw- Joseph Skibell is the author of the nov- ing pictures or writing words, she avoids els A Curable Romantic, A Blessing on the direct sunlight. (Children’s) T: Sat, 1pm wordstock 2010 | 29

Wordstock at the Library

Join Wordstock and the Multnomah County Library for two free festival “sneak-peek” events at the Central Library. Young Adult Reading Showcase Tuesday, October 5 | 6pm | Central Library | 810 SW 10th Ave.

Three of Portland’s most popular young adult authors will read from their newest books.

• Heather Vogel Frederick, Pies & Prejudice • Amanda Howells, The Summer of Skinny Dipping • Nancy Coffelt, Listen

Nonfiction Reading Showcase Wednesday, October 6 | 6pm | Central Library | 810 SW 10th Ave.

Join Wordstock founder Larry Colton and friends for new nonfiction readings by Portland’s finest writers of the craft.

• Larry Colton, No Ordinary Joes: The Extraordinary True Story of Four Submariners in War and Love and Life • Wendy Burden, Dead End Gene Pool: A Memoir • Kevin Sampsell, A Common Pornography: A Memoir 30 | wordstock 2010

Kim Stafford is founding director of the Kilong Ung is a Cambodian genocide Northwest Writing Institute and author survivor, Reed College alumnus, author, of a dozen books of poetry and prose. founder of Golden Leaf Education (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 5pm Foundation and much more. (Nonfiction) M: Sat, 11am; WS: Sat, 2pm Matt Stewart’s first novel,The French Revolution, has been called “wildly David Vann’s Legend of a Suicide won imaginative” and “brilliant.” It originally seven awards, is translated into nine lan- debuted on Twitter. (Fiction) M: Sun, 1pm; guages, and is a New Yorker Book Club WK: Sun, 4pm book. (Fiction) C: Sat, 12pm; O: Sat, 1pm

Loretta Stinson, recipient of an Oregon Jodi Varon is author of Drawing to an Literary Fellowship in 2008. Her first Inside Straight: The Legacy of an Absent novel, Little Green, was published by Father, translator, teacher and editor. Hawthorne Books. (Fiction) O: Sat, 4pm (Prose) MW1: Sat, 1pm

Cheryl Strayed is the author of the novel Viva Las Vegas is a stripper, author, Torch and the forthcoming memoir Wild. actor, breast cancer survivor and Williams (Panel) WK: Sun, 4pm College graduate. She is beloved, dynamic, insightful. (Nonfiction) WS: Sat, Anita Sullivan has tuned pianos, 3pm; WS: Sun, 2pm arranged literary events, gardened and written poems and essays in the Vanessa Veselka, Portlander, has been Willamette Valley since 1981. (Poetry) published in Bust, Bitch, Yeti Magazine MW1: Sun, 11am and Tin House. Zazen, her first novel, is forthcoming. (Fiction) WK: Sat, 1pm Ron Talney has published five poetry books, most recently A Secret Weeping Willy Vlautin, born and raised in Reno, of Stones from Plain View Press. (Poetry) Nevada, has published three novels, The MW1: Sat, 2pm Motel Life, Northline, and Lean on Pete. (Fiction) WS: Sat, 3pm; WK: Sun, 3pm Pema Teeter is a story coach, editor, copywriter, blogger, playwright, imagi- Voicecatcher is a nonprofit women’s narium. (Moderator) WK: Sat, 1pm collective that provides the local writing community with publishing opportuni- TIME OUT™: The Mother of all Comedy ties, writing scholarships and editorial Shows is a fresh entertainment alterna- guidance. (Group) WS: Sun, 1pm tive for moms to perform intelligent com- edy. (Group) WK: Sun, 5pm Jess Walter has been a National Book Award finalist, an Edgar Allan Poe Karen Braucher (K.B.) Tobin is the Award winner and America’s worst cat- author of Poetic License To Kill, a humor- tle rancher. (Fiction) P: Sun, 1pm; M: Sun, ous murder mystery set in Portland, 2pm Oregon. (Fiction/YA) MW2: Sun, 12pm Renée Watson, author, teaches creative Zoe Trope published her high school writing in New York and facilitates cre- memoir, Please Don’t Kill the Freshman, ative arts workshops with children who when she was 17 years old. (Prose) MW1: have experienced trauma. (Children’s) T: Sun, 5pm Sat, 11am; T: Sat, 5pm wordstock 2010 | 31

Paul Provenza Powell’s Books Stage, Sunday, 5pm

Paul Provenza spent decades as an actor and stand-up comic, with stints on TV shows like Northern Exposure and West Wing. But with his turn as producer and director of the now- classic The Aristocrats, Provenza discovered he was quite good at interviewing other com- ics. He started doing so in green rooms at festivals around the world, and this year Showtime began airing The Green Room, a series in which Provenza interviews the likes of Martin Mull, Sandra Bernhard and Eddie Izzard. In his new book—Satiristas: Comedians, Contrarians, Raconteurs and Vulgarians— Provenza interviews some of the best satirists to critique American culture, like Margaret Cho, Stephen Colbert, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin and George Carlin.

Jess Walter Powell’s Books Stage, Sunday, 1pm

Spokane’s Jess Walter is that rare writer whose work seems so effortless that it’s hard to imag- ine how it can be so funny. At least that’s the case with his latest novel, The Financial Lives of the Poets, in which the main character, hav- ing gambled his family’s livelihood on a ridicu- lous website that dispenses financial advice in blank verse, decides the way out of his mas- sive debt is to deal pot to his middle-aged friends. Hilarity ensues, but that’s not to say that hilarity is Walter’s only talent: His noir novel, Citizen Vince, won the 2005 Edgar Award, and his post-9/11 satire, The Zero, was a finalist for the National Book Award. 32 | wordstock 2010

Joseph O’Neill Powell’s Books Stage, Sunday, 2pm

The Irish-born writer Joseph O’Neill, who was raised in Mozambique, South Africa, Turkey, Iran and Holland, and now makes his home in New York City, is perhaps more attuned to the subtle- ties of cultural identity than the rest of us. These sensibilities are on brilliant display in Netherland, his PEN/Faulkner Award–winning novel of expa- triates in America in the shadow of 9/11. He now trains that sensibility on his own forebears in

© Lisa Ackerman Blood-Dark Track, a family history that centers on his grandfathers—one an Irish farmer and mem- ber of the IRA, the other a Turkish hotelier jailed by the British on suspicion of being a spy. The result is a compelling exploration of politics, ethnicity and family.

Ted Rall Wieden+Kennedy Stage, Saturday, 3pm

Ted Rall, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time win- ner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for outstanding coverage of the problems of the disadvantaged, is a well-known political cartoon- ist, opinion columnist, award-wining graphic nov- elist and occasional war correspondent. Called “the most controversial cartoonist in America,” Rall is fearless and keeps the public informed and aware of difficult issues that effect their lives. © Ted Rall © Ted Publishers Weekly states, “Rall is known first and foremost for his political cartoons, but, man, he knows how to tell a story, too.” His 2010 book, Anti-American Manifesto, arguably his most radical book published in decades, argues that it is up to us—not those prepared to fill the power vacuum from a collapsing US for their own benefit—to effect change, opening our minds to the possibility of creating a radically different form of government and economic infrastructure. He is currently reporting from Afghanistan. wordstock 2010 | 33

Kary Wayson’s poems have appeared in Crazyhorse, Poetry Northwest, The Nation, The Best American Poetry and the Pushcart Prize anthology. (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 11am

Robert Weaver taught poetry writing at Oregon State University for a number of years and found travel shaped his poetry. (Poetry) MW2: Sun, 1pm Comics at the Crossroads Craig Welch is the author of the nonfiction detec- tive story Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the In recent years comics have Hunt for Nature’s Bounty. (Nonfiction) M: Sun, 11am; moved from the cultural WS: Sun, 12pm fringes into the artistic and literary mainstream. Here Conrad Wesselhoeft is the author of Adios, Nirvana. He in the Pacific Northwest, a lives with his three children and poodle in west Seattle. growing community of comic (Fiction/YA) M: Sat, 12pm; T: Sun, 2pm artists, including more than half a dozen major comic Gemma Whelan is an award-winning director, screen- publishing houses and many writer and educator. Fiona: Stolen Child is her first novel. (Fiction) WK: Sun, 1pm; O: Sun, 2pm smaller ones, are making a major impact on the genre. David Wiesner is the Caldecott medal–winning author The exhibition Comics at of Tuesday, The Three Pigs and Flotsam. He lives near the Crossroads: Art of the Philadelphia. (Children’s) T: Sat, 12pm Graphic Novel examines this vibrant and evolving art form Crystal Williams is a poet and a native of Detroit, with a focus on 40 Northwest Michigan. (Poetry) MW1: Sun, 1pm artists who are established stars and emerging lights in Mark London Williams writes YA fiction and is a con- the comic art universe. tributor to the anthology Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out. (Children’s) T: Sat, 11am; T: Sat, 5pm See a selection of the pieces from Comics at the Cross- Laura Winter’s love for improvised music informs roads in the Stumptown her use of language and performance. Her work is widely published, translated and set to music. (Poetry) Comics Garden at the Word- MW1: Sun, 4pm stock Book Fair. On view now through Patty Wixon’s chapbook, Airing the Sheets, is forth- coming from Finishing Line Press. She’s a researcher in November 15, 2010 the William Stafford Archives. (Poetry) MW1: Sat, 12pm at Maryhill Museum of Art 35 Maryhill Museum Drive Elizabeth Woody (Navajo/Warm Springs/Wasco/ Goldendale, WA 98620 Yakama) has published poetry, short fiction and essays; www.maryhillmuseum.org she is also a visual artist. (Poetry) MW1: Sat, 12pm

Rick Yancey is the author of the award-winning The Monstrumologist Series. (Fiction/YA) C: Sun, 4pm; T: Sun, 5pm

For more Wordstock information, including extended author bios, photos and the most current schedule, go to wordstockfestival.com. 34 | wordstock 2010 wordstock for writers

Wordstock for Writers is a series of workshops on the craft of writing that will take place during the book festival on Saturday, October 9, and Sunday, October 10, at the Oregon Convention Center. Writers of all levels of experi- ence and all genres will have the opportunity to work with some of the finest writers in the country.

All Wordstock for Writers workshops will be in Oregon Convention Center rooms B117–B119, just outside the main exhibit hall.

COST: $35 for the first workshop, $60 for two, and $20 each additional. Register for workshops and see times and locations at wordstockfestival.com.

saturday workshops Point of View: You, Me & Everyone We Know The Writing Life: A Serious Pursuit of Liz Prato Self-Definition In this information-packed talk we’ll examine Harrison Solow contemporary examples of the ways POV In this seminar, we will address writing works in fiction and nonfiction, opening up under a variety of conditions, about a new worlds that will transform your writing. variety of subjects, under the guise of 10:30–11:45am, Room B119 ourselves and alter egos, in company and in isolation. 15 Techniques: The Secrets to Better 9–10:15am, Room B118 Protagonists Janice Hussein Write Yourself into Fiction She’ll show you 15 techniques of Heidi Durrow characterization, so that your readers The old adage says “write what you empathize with your protagonist and know,” but it can be tricky to build a fiction continue to turn the pages of your novel. structure on real life experiences and 12–1:15pm, Room B118 emotions. How do you fictionalize life? 9–10:15am, Room B119 Meaningful Repetition: Tropes in Fiction and Nonfiction Starting a Series: What You Need to Ben Percy Know Before You Sit Down to Write Consider the orange. In The Godfather, April Henry every time one appears, bad things Come learn her secrets for setting up a happen. In this workshop, we’ll examine series that will continue to work three, five tropes as the building blocks of plot, or even eleven books down the line. character and thematic development. 10:30–11:45am, Room B118 12–1:15pm, Room B119 wordstock 2010 | 35

Writing from Experience seriously and relies on solid facts. Stephen Elliott 4:30–5:45pm, Room B119 We’ll talk about the meaning of honesty, who owns your story and the difference sunday workshops between being honest and letting the truth get in the way of the story. Crafting a Writing Life 1:30–2:45pm, Room B118 Lauren Kessler This workshop will help you get serious How to Pitch a Magazine Story about your writing life, from figuring out a Joel Lovell daily schedule to keeping self-sabotage This course covers how to send story at bay. queries to magazine editors, including 9–10:15am, Room B118 considering the magazine’s audience, framing and presenting your idea and more. Every Word Matters! Making 1:30–2:45pm, Room B119 Sentences that Scream Matt Stewart Where Stories Converge In this workshop, you’ll learn the strategies Ana Maria Spagna and techniques to turbocharge your We’ll explore the advantages of sentences so they’ll leap off the page. telling multiple stories to create 9–10:15am, Room B119 unexpected connections, both actual and metaphorical, that add depth and Funny Is the New Deep resonance to your work. Steve Almond 3–4:15pm, Room B118 Writing funny doesn’t mean sacrificing depth. We’ll look at the work of Simon Jumping Tracks: Character and Rich, Ian Frazier, George Saunders and Authority in the Narrative Voice others to show how you can be funny and Vanessa Veselka break hearts while doing it. Authentic character voice goes well 10:30–11:45am, Room B118 beyond dialogue and descriptive flair; it lies in how characters order their thoughts Creative Nonfiction: The Literature and what they think of next. of Fact 3–4:15pm, Room B119 Jesse Katz Participants will be invited to employ the Writing Naked: Memoir Writing for the techniques of the finest fiction—character, Brave plot, setting, dialogue, suspense—while Kerry Cohen Hoffman adhering to rigorous standards of truth Get to the exposed, gritty truth in your and observation. stories and get feedback to help to isolate 10:30–11:45am, Room B119 strengths and areas to improve. 4:30–5:45pm, Room B118 Omigod! I Just Self-Published! (Is That Allowed?) Fair but Biased: Fact-Based Opinion Steve Almond Writing in the Age of Blogs In this session, we’ll discuss the risks Ted Rall and opportunities afforded by the print- Writers have the opportunity to rise to the on-demand revolution and what it means top of their field—by presenting their points to build a readership from the bottom up. of view in a way that takes opponents 12–1:15pm, Room B118 36 | wordstock 2010

wordstock for writers cont. Words Alive! Jumping from Page to Stage like A Pro The Poet’s Palate VoiceCatcher Willa Schneberg Want to present your work during a literary We will feed our poetic appetites and event? Join us to learn how to prepare and awaken our palates on the page. We’ll use practice so that your performance delights poems by major contemporary poets to every audience! create new poems good enough to eat. 4:30–5:45pm, Room B118 12–1:15pm, Room B119 The Actor’s Studio Method of Character Fund Your Project: Grant Writing for Development: Knowing Your Characters the Literary Artist Inside-Out Gigi Rosenberg Joanna Smith Rakoff Literary artists learn to write compelling We’ll look at an approach to character and lively grant applications to fund their development informed by Method acting, writing projects. Discover how to research in which the writer strives to get to know her funding, decode application questions characters as deeply and fully as possible. and let the grant-writing process focus 4:30–5:45pm, Room B119 career goals. 1:30–2:45pm, Room B118 Please note that times listed below are subject to change. Go to wordstockfes- Writing Dialogue in the Novel tival.com for the most current schedule Chris Keil and room assignments. This workshop contains lecture, discussion, examples and participation in writing—all focused on technical characteristics of dialogue in order to intensify mood, express emotional connections and more. 1:30–2:45pm, Room B119

From Blog to Book Deal Candace Dempsey In this workshop, learn how to create a blog that will get you noticed, secure a literary agent and choose the book deal that’s right for you. 3–4:15pm, Room B118

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Texts, but Were Afraid to Ask: or Five Keys to Textual Healing Joseph Skibell This workshop will cover definition of dramatic action, working in scenes, consistent point of view, starting near the end and plot vs. narrative. 3–4:15pm, Room B119 wordstock 2010 | 37

Larry Colton Powell’s Books Stage, Sunday, 3pm

Professional baseball player. High school teacher. Weekly columnist. Pulitzer nominee. (And, of course, founder of Wordstock.) Portland’s Larry Colton has already lived his share of lives, but as spectacular as they have been, none compare to those of the four soldiers he chronicles in No Ordinary Joes: The Extraordinary True Story of Four Submariners in War and Love and Life. In his first book since Counting Coup in 2000, Colton shares the remarkable history of four men changed forever by their time together in the extreme circumstance of war. As devastating as it is heartening, No Ordinary Joes cements Colton’s stature as a master of character study and a born storyteller. Colton will be interviewed by Dr. Jack Ramsay, a WWII vet- eran and former coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, along with Tim McCoy, the last surviving soldier Colton writes about in his book

Timothy Egan Powell’s Books Stage, Sunday, 12pm

A winner of both the National Book Award (for his book on the Dust Bowl, The Worst Hard Time) and a Pulitzer Prize (during his time as a reporter), as well as a columnist for The New York Times and a regular contributor to the BBC, Timothy Egan is one of the most productive and celebrated writers in the US. His newest book, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, trains © Sophie Egan his eye for narrative history on one of the formative events of the Pacific Northwest. Don’t miss this chance to hear from one of the most astute chroniclers of contemporary America. 38 | wordstock 2010 wordstock for teachers presents: Classroom Publishing

Classroom publishing involves more than printing a book. It allows students to use their individual talents to create something that can actually support their community. In this one-day conference, educators and publishing experts from around the country will show how publishing is within reach for students of all grade and skill levels. These workshops will showcase hands-on lessons to make reading and writ- Erick Gordon ing exciting for everyone.

Teachers will have the opportunity to work with publishing, education and artistic professionals who use their chosen mediums—comics, poetry, pho- tography and art—to create one-of-a-kind publishing experiences for stu- dents. The instructors will discuss strategies to encourage students to write with purpose and for an audience. The keynote speaker will be Erick Gordon, nationally recognized classroom-publishing expert and founder of the Student Press Initiative at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Friday, October 8 (Oregon Statewide In-Service Day) 8am–4pm The Ambridge Event Center 1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Portland, OR 97232

Cost: $225, which includes a copy of Classroom Publishing: A Practical Guide for Teachers, lunch and more. Eight seat hours; one-credit option available through University of Oregon. Space is limited. For more information or to register, go to wordstockfestival.com.

Wordstock for Teachers is a professional development program designed to help K–8 teachers improve their writing instruction and their students’ writ- ing achievement. Since 1997 it has helped over 1,700 teachers throughout Oregon and southwest Washington. Wordstock for Teachers is sponsored by the Oregon Education Association. wordstock 2010 | 39 wordstock book festival map

The Wordstock Exhibit Hall holds all exhibitors and three stages: Target Children’s Stage (T) Powell’s Books Stage (P) Columbia Sportswear Stage (C)

Six stages are located in meeting rooms located just outside the Exhibit Hall: C123 — McMenamins Stage (M) C124 — Wieden + Kennedy Stage (WK) C120–C121 — Oregon Education Association Stage (O) C122 — Wordstock Community Stage (WS) C126 — Mountain Writers Stage 1 (MW1) C125 — Mountain Writers Stage 2 (MW2)

Wordstock for Writers workshops will be held in meeting rooms B117–B119, located outside the Exhibit Hall.

wordstock exhibit hall B119 B118 B117

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C126 C123 C125

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Columbia Powell’s Books Target Children’s Sportswear Stage OEA Stage (O) Stage (P) Stage (T) (C)

Welsh Identity in Literature Jeff Houghtaling, Lesley Hazelton & Kevin Sampsell & Niall Griffiths, Chris 11:00 Renee Watson & Larry Rohter Robin Romm Keil, Harrison Solow, Mark Williams Peter Griffiths Mod. Ceri Shaw

Why Write Short? Modern Memoir Anthony Doerr, David Wiesner & Glenn Rockowitz, 12:00 David Vann, Karl Marlantes David Shannon Tom Grimes Aimee Bender Mod. Robin Romm Mod. Meg Story

Writer, Editor & Agent Aimee Bender & Tad Hills, Matt Holm David Vann & 1:00 Larry Colton, Lan Samantha & Brie Spangler Mary Rechner Sydny Miner, Chang Richard Pine

Anthony Doerr & Dale E. Basye & 2:00 Maile Meloy Wendy Burden Benjamin Percy Mac Barnett

Kerry Cohen Steve Almond & Hoffman & Tom Grimes & 3:00 Jonathan Lethem Kristin Hersh Heather Vogel Brian Doyle Frederick

Jane Mendle, Adam Stephen Elliott & Joanna Smith Rakoff 4:00 David Rakoff Jay Epstein & Ander Monson & Loretta Stinson Andrew Jacobson

Writing for Children Mac Barnett, Renee 5:00 Patrick Ness Mona Simpson Watson, Mark Bill Carter Williams Mod. Dana Plautz

* Items in red denote a panel or conversation. See page 18 for complete listings. ** All times and stages subject to change. Please visit wordstockfestival.com for complete and up-to-date information. wordstock 2010 | 41

McMenamins Wieden+Kennedy Wordstock Stage Mountain Writers Mountain Writers Stage (M) Stage (WK) (WS) Stage 1 (MW1) Stage 2 (MW2)

From the Writing in Front Lines Communities Matt Bors, Tatjana Kary Wayson & Steve Lieber, Diane Hammond Paulann Petersen Soli, Kilong Ung Matt Schumacher Stephen Elloit Mod. Tim Mod. Jeffrey Selin DuRoche

YA Gets Real Patrick Ness, L.K. John Addiego & Patty Wixon & Ger Killeen & Madigan, Conrad Sledgehammer Bo Caldwell Paul Merchant Tim Hunt Wesselhoeft, Mod. Anne Osterlund

The Ghosts with Food & Craft the Most Myrlin A. Hermes Liz Crain, Charles Amanda Howells, Jodi Varon & Roger Weaver & & Lucy Jane Heying Emily Chenoweth, Lars Nordström Jack Lorts Bledsoe Mod. Kelly Clarke Vanessa Veselka Mod. Pema Teeter

Matt Love & John Tatjana Soli & Margaret Chula & Floyd Skloot & Suzanne Burns & G. Rodwan, Jr. Annabel Lyon Kilong Ung Greg Chaimov Michele Glazer

Selling the Literary Lives Movie Rights Monica Drake, Kim Dower & Phillip Margolin, Matt Bors Viva Las Vegas, Susan Rich & Kelli Christopher Jon Raymond, & Ted Rall Willy Vlautin Russell Agodon Howell Adam Jay Epstein, Mod. Kevin Andrew Jacobson Sampsell

State of Story Regional Voices Trevor Houser, Robin Cody, Matt The Attic Writers Mary Rechner, Love, Benjamin Charles Goodrich Judith Arcana & Workshop: Maile Meloy, Lan Percy, Brian Doyle & Jennifer Richter Duane Ackerson A Showcase Samantha Chang Mod. Susan Mod. Joel Lovell Denning

Win McCormack Scott Siegel & & Ana Maria Phillip Margolin Vern Rutsala David Filer Spagna 42 | wordstock 2010 wordstock sunday schedule

Columbia Powell’s Books Target Children’s Sportswear Stage OEA Stage (O) Stage (P) Stage (T) (C)

The Future of Reading Nina Hess, Emily Chenoweth & Ursula K. Le Guin, Writers in the 11:00 Susan Morris & Heidi Durrow Michael Schaub, Schools Nathan Meyer Matthew Stadler Mod. David Biespiel

Imagining the Past Orlo/Bear Deluxe’s Joseph Skibell, Doug Fir Fiction Bonny Becker, Gabrielle Burton, 12:00 Award Jon Timothy Egan Carson Ellis & Jessica Francis Kane Raymond & Mrs. P Mod. Barbara Jim Lynch Mahony

The Long Story L.K. Madigan & Joseph Skibell & 1:00 Joel Lovell & Jess Walter Becca Fitzpatrick Heather Sharfeddin Randy Gragg

Lauren Kessler & Conrad Wesselhoeft Gemma Whelan & 2:00 Joseph O’Neill Jesse Katz & Amanda Howells Kathleen Wakefield

Larry Colton Gabrielle Burton (with Dr. Jack Nancy Coffelt 3:00 Myla Goldberg & Jessica Francis Ramsay and Tim & April Henry Kane McCoy)

Creature Feature Becca Fitzpatrick, Scott Jacobson, Joelle Anthony & Saralee Lawrence & 4:00 Rick Yancey, Joey Jason Roeder & Cecil Castellucci Harriet Fasenfest Comeau Todd Levin Mod. Sara Gundell

Kaleb Nation & 5:00 Graham Hancock Paul Provenza Robert Michael Pyle Rick Yancey

* Items in red denote a panel or conversation. See page 18 for complete listings. ** All times and stages subject to change. Please visit wordstockfestival.com for complete and up-to-date information. wordstock 2010 | 43

McMenamins Wieden+Kennedy Wordstock Stage Mountain Writers Mountain Writers Stage (M) Stage (WK) (WS) Stage 1 (MW1) Stage 2 (MW2)

Writing Nonfiction Creatively Barbara Craig Welch, Glenn Rockowitz Scott Sadil & Carter McKenzie LaMorticella & Douglas Perry, & Joey Comeau Barry Smith & Anita Sullivan Cindy Williams Ander Monson Gutierrez Mod. Wayne Garcia

Book Promotion Candace Joanne Mulcahy Tom Bremer & K.B. Tobin & Karen Karbo & Dempsey & & Craig Welch Jim Grabill Leanne Grabel Kim Dower Douglas Perry

First Book, First Person Judith Matt Stewart & Wendy Burden, Crystal Williams & Voicecatcher Montgomery & Guy Maynard Sarahlee Lawrence, Robin Cody Gemma Whelan Mary Soden Mod. Andrew Proctor Cracking Up Is Hard To Do Thea Cooper Jess Walter, Arianne Cohen & Ron Talney & Carl Adamschick & Adrienne Steve Almond Viva Las Vegas Karen Holmberg & Tim Barnes McDonnell Mod. Courtenay Hameister

What Works for Me Writing Good Karen Karbo, History Joanna Smith Willy Vlautin Larry Lipan, Dave Jarecki & Gary Miranda & Marianne Rakoff, Heidi W. & Jim Lynch John Morrison Howard Aaron Keddington-Lang, Durrow Bill Lang, Mod. Mod. David Biespiel Eliza Canty-Jones Brave New World Status Update Lauren Kessler, Matt Stewart, Martha Gies Rhonda Hughes, Laura Winter & Kaleb Nation, & Penelope Kevin Smokler Elizabeth Woody Cheryl Strayed Scambly Smith Mod. Richard Mod. Liz Prato Meeker

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Our mission is to use the power of writing to effect positive change in people’s lives.

Founded in 1997 as Community of Writers by author Larry Colton, Wordstock’s programs include:

Wordstock for Teachers, a professional development program for K–12 teach- ers that seeks to improve student writing performance by training and support- ing teachers of writing.

Wordstock for Kids, our creative writing instruction program for K–8 students that works in the tri-county public schools. Wordstock is proud to be the liter- ary arts provider for the Regional Arts & Culture Council’s Right Brain Initiative to reintegrate arts education into public elementary schools.

Wordstock for Communities, our series of workshops on the craft of writing for practicing writers and community members.

Wordstock’s Books-to-Film Festival, an annual weekend screening of movies adapted from literary works.

Wordstock’s Red Chair Reading Series, a traveling series of spontaneous read- ings by writers, local celebrities and enthusiastic novice readers for impromptu audiences, such as gatherings of middle school students.

Wordstock Festival, our annual book and literary festival in Portland, by far the largest such event in the Northwest, known nationwide simply as Wordstock. We believe this showcase of contemporary writers’ accomplishments is one of the most compelling examples of writing’s power that we can provide. Thank you! None of Wordstock’s programs would happen without your support. A core group of about 30 volunteers, listed by name with the Wordstock board and staff on page 4, is responsible for booking authors, coordinating volunteers, designing promotional materials, announcing the festival to the community, scheduling workshops and much more. Over 200 volunteers work the Book Fair each year, escorting authors, answering questions and running the show, really. Please join us in thanking the best volunteers in the Northwest and our generous sponsors and community partners for helping Wordstock celebrate writing in our classrooms and in our community all year long. Thank you!

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To find out about sponsorship opportunities or to donate in-kind goods or services, please contact Wordstock’s Director of Development & Marketing at [email protected].

To support Wordstock’s mission and celebrate the release of Wordstock founder Larry Colton’s new book No Ordinary Joes, attend Wordstock’s Literary Feast and Book Release Party, Friday October 8, 2010, 6–9pm. Visit www.wordstockfestival.com for details. Become a Charter Member of Wordstock That’s right! Wordstock will kick off our new member benefits program at this year’s festival. Now you can show your support for Wordstock all year round! Help us promote the power of writing to effect positive change in people’s lives. Visit the Wordstock table at the Book Fair, October 9–10, 2010, to find out about special benefits for charter members.