Conferences

March 2-4                                           Whidbey Island, WA

Whidbey Island Writers Conference http://www.writeonwhidbey.org/Conference/

Poetry as Addition and Subtraction, March 3, 8-8:50 am 

Poets bring a richness to language. One might say they add to it. They also gather words only to leave obvious gaps for the imagination to fill; they subtract something. The addition technique allows the reader to clearly see the images; the subtraction technique provides spaces between the images. Activist and poet Muriel Rukeyser would say that subtraction allows for the “triadic relationship” of poet, poem, and reader. Examples provided; participant styles examined.

September 11-14, 2008                           Portland, OR

Poetry Makes Something Happen: Writing the Political Poem

Building Cultures of Peace: 6th Annual Conference of the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), in conjunction with the Peace and Conflict Studies Consortium. At Portland State University.

June 3-7, 2009                           Washington, DC.

Fellow to the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) annual seminar for community college faculty and administrators: Global Peace and Security in Community Colleges and the Communities They Serve.  Examination of international peace and security and how community colleges can relate this to their students and local communities.  

October 1-3                                           Edmonds, WA
Write on the Sound Writers’ Conference 
http://www.ci.edmonds.wa.us/ArtsCommission/wots.stm
Keynote Speaker: Natalie Goldberg

“Turning Story Into Poetry,” Sunday, Oct. 3, 11-12:15 (Sarah Zale)

Turning experience into words is the task of a poet. We will examine the styles of different poets and discuss how they tell a story. We will decide what poetic tools work best to make a story the most powerful. We will each write a poem of story, share that poem, and receive feedback.