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.

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).

Fall 2008 Lit & Creative Writing Classes

The English Department has a solid offering of interesting literature and creative writing courses for Fall term, including:

Mystery Fiction
American Film
Literary Criticism
Shakespeare
Celtic Mythology
American Literature
Literature of War
Vampire Literature
Art of Dialogue
Intro to Writing Creatively
Fiction Writing
Editing and Publishing
Screenwriting
Digital Video Editing

For days, times and instructor contact information, click here to download the full listing.