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by Jeanne Walleman Residing in northern California has a maddening amount of rewards, and one of them is the wealth of poets and writers (actually, artists of all kinds) living around us. In the last of our interviews with WordFire 2014 presenters, poet Susan Wooldridge speaks of poetry, living in northern California, and writing. Wooldridge … Continue reading
by Pavan Atwal Talented writers are easy to find, but writers who are talented and have an immeasurable amount of passion are much more difficult to come by. I received the honor of interviewing the accomplished and intelligent Zu Vincent on April 21, 2014 . Vincent has written numerous short stories and novels, including her … Continue reading
by Chloe Butcher Kathryn Gessner will be a poetry workshop leader at the Wordfire 2014 creative writing conference at Butte College, Saturday, April 26. She received her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas, and then moved to the west coast to become a teacher at Shasta College. Gessner’s poetry has appeared in … Continue reading
by Pavan Atwal On April 18, 2014 I was given the honor of interviewing the brilliant Carrie Gordon Watson, who will be leading the “I Know Vampires, And You, Sir, Are No Vampire” workshop at this year’s Wordfire Conference on April 26th at Butte College. Watson has many accomplishments under her belt, with many more to … Continue reading
Wednesday, 4/23/2014, Eating Well Cafe This Wednesday, April 23, the Eating Well Cafe (1908 N. Beale Rd. ste. B, Marysville) will host a World Book night reading event from 4:30-6:00pm. World Book Night was started as an effort to promote reading among non-readers and very light readers. The event will feature readings from the literary … Continue reading
by Chloe Butcher The other day I had the pleasure of conversing with the extremely talented Dan O’Brien. He is an editor, writer, and publisher. Saturday, April 26, O’Brien will be a workshop leader and panelist at the WordFire creative writing conference, hosted by Butte College. Before O’Brien became the founder and editor-in-chief of Amalgam … Continue reading
“All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma” -Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go Do you agree with Ishiguro? Which is more traumatic, being deceived as a child and learning about it later? Or not being deceived, and dealing with some harsh realities about the world at a very … Continue reading
There is a new app that will make your writing bold and clear like Ernest Hemingway. The app ( http://www.hemingwayapp.com) essentially highlights sentences that you need to either shorten or simplify. Let us know: Do you like or hate the idea? Is technology going to far in its effort to make life easier? Or is this … Continue reading
By Kate Scowsmith The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich is an autobiographical account of the author’s experiences dealing with grief in the open planes of Wyoming. After losing someone dear to her, Gretel sets out to love life again by abandoning her creature comforts in the city. Working as a sheepherder, Gretel was … Continue reading
While poetry has played many roles over the centuries, at its best, it weaves history, politics, love, hate, fear, every aspect of life into a singular moment, a single conceit, a unified epic, complexity through simplicity. In honor of Poetry Month, and the role that we believe poetry can play in contemporary life, The Haberdasher … Continue reading
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