Northwest Voices
Brings successful writers to Lower Columbia College and the Longview Public Library to discuss their craft and read from their work. All events are free and open to the public.
Scheduled Speakers
Fall 2010
Monday, October 18
Naseem Rakha is an award-winning journalist and author of The Crying Tree, a novel about a mother's grief and how forgiveness can produce unexpected results. Naseem's stories have been heard on NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace Radio, Christian Science Monitor, and Living on Earth. Prior to journalism Naseem taught Holistic Resource Management to farmers, ranchers and tribes throughout the US and Canada. Naseem is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale where she received her degree in Geology. She now lives in Oregon with her husband, son, and many animals.
Workshop: 3 - 4:30 pm
Main Buiding, Rm 119
Reading: 7:00 pm
Longview Public Library
Winter 2011
Monday, January 31
Lana Hechtman Ayers, local poet from Kingston, Washington, will lead an afternoon writing workshop and read from her poetry in the evening.
Workshop: 3 - 4:30 pm
Reading: 6:30 pm
To celebrate the late poet William Stafford's birthday, the audience is invited to read poems by Stafford, or their own work. Lana will conclude the evening by reading from her own books, including A New Red, What Big Teeth, and Chicken Farmer I Still Love You.
Past Speakers
Spring 2010
Local author Ken Scholes
Sholes is a Writers of the Future Contest winner. His first novel, Lamentation, won the RUSA Reading List Award for Best Fantasy of 2009. His short story collection, Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Strange Journeys was a 2008 Endeavor Award finalist. Learn more about Ken Scholes.
Novelist Ken Scholes visits library Monday, The Daily News, April 14, 2010
Winter 2010
Author Jamie Ford
Ford's Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, a New York Times bestseller, is an extraordinary story of commitment and enduring hope set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history.
Learn more about Jamie Ford
Library Corner: Jamie Ford's book is entertaining, relevant to today, The Daily News, February 27, 2010
This event was part of an array of activities for students and their families held during the 2010 Celebration of Literacy week, February 28 - March 6, 2010. It was sponsored by local libraries, service organizations and LCC Transitional Studies, ECED and HOFL Programs.
Poet Floyd Skloot
Skloot's fifteen books include seven collections of poetry. His Selected Poems: 1970-2005 won a Pacific NW Booksellers Award and a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Silver Award. His most recent collection is The Snow's Music, published in 2008 by LSU Press. Skloot's awards include three Pushcart Prizes, the PEN USA Literary Award, two Oregon Book Awards, and two Pacific NW Booksellers Awards. His work has been included in The Best American Essays, Best American Science Writing, Best Food Writing, Best Spiritual Writing, Best of the Best American Science Writing, the Penguin Book of the Sonnet, and many other anthologies. Learn more about Floyd Skloot.
Portland Poet to lead free workshop Monday in Longview, The Daily News, January 20, 2010
Fall 2009
Investigative Journalist Nena Baker
Baker's recent book The Body Toxic spells out surprising answers every consumer wants to know (but chemical companies would rather you didn't). The Body Toxic is powerful argument for urgent reforms to our nation's notoriously toothless toxics laws, and a clarion for greener, cleaner chemicals in consumer products. A writing workshop was held at LCC on October 20, followed by an evening reading at the Longview Public Library.
Author, former investigative reporter Nena Baker to give writing workshop, reading at LCC, The Daily News, October 8, 2009
Spring 2009
Literary Award Winner John Daniel
Oregon's John Daniel has won many literary awards including two Oregon Book Awards in Literary Nonfiction. His latest novel,The Far Corner: Northwestern Views on Land, Life, and Literature, is a collection of personal essays. A reading was held at the Longview Public Library on May 18, and a writers workshop was held at the LCC Admissions Center on May 19, 2009.
Portland Fiction Writer Molly Gloss
Molly Gloss's recent novel, The Hearts of Horses, was this year's Cowlitz Reads choice. A writing workshop and author reading was held at the Rose Center for the Arts on March 9, 2009. See also: Molly Gloss promotional poster
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English Instructor
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English Instructor