The Writing Life: A Fiction Writing Workshop

Dates: September 28-November 30, 2009
Day/Time: Mondays, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Location: UO in Portland, White Stag Block, Room
Presenter: Ryan Blacketter
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Examine the writing life from the perspectives of five writers-Ernest Hemingway, Annie Dillard, Francine Prose, John Gardner, and Anne Lamott. They all seem to agree: although the writing life is risky and impossibly difficult, it is nevertheless exciting and always worth the effort. Apart from discussing these authors' books participants will also commit to a daily habit of reading and writing. Each student will present one short story for workshop.

Ryan Blacketter's short stories are published in Image, Crab Orchard Review, Quick Fiction, Alaska Quarterly Review, Clackamas Literary Review, and Other Voices. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is a recipient of a Haystack Writing Award and a Tennessee Williams Scholarship. He has received a literary grant from Oregon Regional Arts and a prison teaching grant from Idaho Humanities Council. His novel-in-stories, Horses All Over Hell, was a finalist for the 2006 Bakeless Prize in Fiction and a runner-up for the 2008 Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction. Ryan has taught creative writing at University of Iowa, Boise State University, Lane Community College, and University of Oregon. He is a 2009-2010 Writer-in-Residence for Portland's Writers in the Schools Program.

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Fees
General Public: $250 before September 23; $280 after that date.
Current OLLI members: $50

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