Eco-eating & Eco-poetics, writers of beauty

Trista Cornelius & Jim Grabill

Two published writers, two CCC instructors

Reading their latest

Jim is the author of a number of books, including An Indigo Scent after the Rain andPoem Rising Out of the Earth and Standing Up in Someone. His new poems have been published or will soon appear in The Common Review, The New York Quarterly, The Chariton Review, The Hamilton Stone Review, ecopoetics, Many Mountains Moving, Pemmican, The Bitter Oleander, and others.

	Trista spent last year on sabbatical, reading about food, writing about it, growing it, and eating it.  From the torment of quitting caffeine to the thrill of cracking open coconuts, Trista believes great adventure can be had through food.  While not eating, she took a few classes and remembered what it’s like to be a student—definitely not as easy as pie!

Free

RR220

Tuesday, Nov. 3^rd, noon

For more info, contact Kate Gray, English dept. 503-657-6958, ext. 2371, orkateg@clackamas.edu

Oregonians Choose CCC Poets!

Poetry Northwest has published Oregon 150 Poetry Book List: 150 Books for 150 Years of Statehood, and three of CCC’s best are on the list! No surprise there. Diane Averill’s For All That Remains and Beautiful Obstacles, Jim Grabill’s An Indigo Scent After the Rain and Poem Rising Out of the Earth, and Kate Gray’s Another Sunset We Survive are five of the Northwest’s BEST books of poetry! These three are among some good company too—check the list out for yourself!

Congratulations Diane, Jim, and Kate!

American Lit. Fall 09!

 

We will read four excellent books in this course:

The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (Dover Thrift Ed.) ISBN: 0486280616

The Scarlet Letter (Dover Thrift Ed.) ISBN: 0486280489

The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 7^th ed., Volume B (1820-1865) ISBN: 0393927407

The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 7^th ed., Volume C (1865-1914) ISBN: 0393927415

ALL these books can be found online at discount prices!

If you have any questions, please contact Ryan Davis, ryand@clackamas.edu, 503.657.6958 x5137.

Matt Briggs: May 27

Novelist and short story writer Matt Briggs will read in CCC’s Literary Arts Center (Rook 220) at 8 pm on May 27.  The event is open and free to the public.

Briggs is the author of  four collections of short stories, The Remains of River Names, Misplaced Alice, The Moss Gatherers and The End is the Beginning. His first novel, Shoot the Buffalo, won the American Book Award in 2006.  He lives in Seattle with his wife and daughter.

Paulann Petersen & Willa Schneberg: May 15

Poets Paulann Petersen and Willa Schneberg will read at noon on Friday, May 15 in Rook 220. The event is free and open to the public.

Petersen’s books of poetry are The Wild Awake (Confluence Press), Blood-Silk (Quiet Lion Press), and A Bride of Narrow Escape (Cloudbank Books), which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. A fourth collection, Kindle, came out in 2008 from Mountains and Rivers Press.

Schneberg received the Oregon Book Award in Poetry for her second collection, In the Margins of the World. Her most recent volume of poetry is Storytelling in Cambodia (Calyx Books).

May 5: Gary Thompson & Rick Robbins

Poets Gary Thompson and Rick Robbins will read in the Literary Arts Center (Rook 220) at noon on Tuesday, May 5. This event is sponsored by the Clackamas CC English Department and open/free to the public.

2009 Writers Club Contest

Do you like to write? Enter your poem, fiction, non-fiction or screenplay in the 2009 Writers Club  contest! Contest entries will be collected March 20th 2009.

Submit all entries on a CD or floppy disk, along with a hard copy, to the Writers Club, Teacher: Tobias Peterson, RR 228. (Contact info. ext 2113, tobiasp@clackamas.edu)

The CD or floppy must have the student ID number written on it, as well as the title(s) and category of the entry.

Participants should identify their hard copy by placing their student ID number on each page.  Please one-and-a-half space all fiction and nonfiction (12 pages maximum; 3000 word limit). Include a cover page listing of the entrant’s name, student ID number, phone number, and address, category of entry (poetry, fiction, screenplay or creative non-fiction) and title of the submitted piece.

Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each category as well as publication in the Writers Club book.

William Stafford reading: January 22

Inauguration Day in Poetry and History: Jan 20

You are all invited to an exciting event commemorating Barack Obama’s inauguration on Tuesday, January 20 from noon to 1:30 in the McLoughlin Auditorium. The inaugural address will be shown via video feeds from Washington D.C.; Dean Darris and Jackie Flowers from CCC’s Social Sciences department will give talks on the socio-historic importance of the inauguration; and English department faculty Kate Gray will host an open mic poetry reading.

For more information, email Kate at kateg@clackamas.edu, or call 503-657-6958, x2371.

Click here to download the event flier

Creative Writing: Nonfiction – WR 240

CREATIVE WRITING:

NONFICTION

 

WR240 – 173298

Winter 2009 – 4 CR.

MW 10:15-11:20 A.M. plus online hours

 

Questions? Contact Ryan Davis at

ryand@clackamas.edu or 503.657.6958 x 5137