Join us at The Workhouse the first Saturday of every month as we roll up our sleeves and dig deep into the process of creative writing. We'll practice a ne
We'll practice a new element of craft and style each session, designed to help you forge the indelible fiction, creative non fiction, and poetry bubbling inside you. Stare down that blank page and give it your best stuff.
06/17/2024
It's Fathers Day. Here's audio of american dream, a sonnet tiara for my dad:
American Dream, A Sonnet Tiara Listen to American Dream, A Sonnet Tiara by Irene Cooper on
06/06/2024
Exciting! OSU-Cascades MFA Creative Writing colleague, Kim Johnson, has a fresh book coming out this month!
The Color of a Lie – Author Kim Johnson – Underlined Read Excerpt + Goodreads The Color of a Lie By Kim Johnson Coming 06.11.24 Amazon Barnes & Noble BAM Bookshop.org Target Other In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught between two worlds, a teen boy puts his family at risk as he uncovers r...
06/05/2024
This graphic narrative about the history of m.v.s.l. (Matha's Vineyard Sign Language)!
https://electricliterature.com/mvsl-marthas-vineyard-sign-language-by-kirsten-elizabeth/?mc_cid=efbca50db7
06/04/2024
More surreal than some of the poems in this new poetry collection is the fact that they exist in collection and are available for preorder from Airlie Press, as is my pressmate's Daneen Bergland's gorgeous book, The Goodbye Kit. Small presses are the very actual best.
https://www.airliepress.org/irene-cooper-even-my-dreams-are-over-the-constant-state-of-anxiety
https://www.airliepress.org/daneen-bergland-the-goodbye-kit
Apply now for fall!
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Apply now for fall! www.theforgewritng.com
04/12/2024
An excerpt from Alice Notley's "Are Loyal" on Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine's poem-a-day magically expresses the joy of collaboration at Blackfish Gallery last night. Thank you, Valerie Witte and Airlie Press for putting my name in. Artist dream date.
"we are the primal particles.
I saw how we connected to make a shape
in the eyes of the beholder who chose it: But we
are not that. What I see is free to change its outline.
My story: the shadow of one. Why did I
shrink into a story? It’s easier to talk
as a person, but why? I guess we decided to, talking."
04/11/2024
Tonight Blackfish Gallery in PDX: art & poetry, poetry & art! I'll be repping Airlie Press with work in collaboration with artist and poet Ebony Frison. 7PM!
04/10/2024
We so appreciate the testimony of our The Forge Writing Program alumni, and love to read their writing in the world! Apply now for our September start date. And read A.'s flash here: https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2022/09/21/flash-fiction-guest-by-anastasia-lugo-mendez/
04/08/2024
Ann Lauterbach has the best author photo
Poem of the Day: Eclipse with Object Today, there will be a total solar eclipse visible across much of North America beginning on the west coast of Mexico at 11AM central time.
04/06/2024
An invitation from my friend, Krayna Castelbaum:
Hey y'all! I'm so jazzed! Scalehouse is now offering the Playshop tomorrow for a $5.00 - $50.00 donation. It's gonna be bangin'! I'm so eager to share the process I've designed. Join us if you can. Please share this.
With big love and gratitude, K
PS -When you click "order tickets," you'll see the $5.00 - $50.00 donation option. The same is true now for my friend Ann Gordon's workshop. Dig it!
A Creative Writing Playshop: Pile As Metaphor For Family
Join me for a creative exploration of family and an imaginative romp. During the expedition, we'll dive into writing prompts that free up energy for spontaneous experimentation. Curiosity required; writing experience optional. Small group; register now.
Sponsored by Scalehouse, a multidisciplinary contemporary arts center, in conjunction with their current exhibit, Mt Pile.
DATE: Sunday, April 7th from 10:30 - 12:00.
LOCATION: Scalehouse Arts Collaborative Gallery, Bend, OR.
DONATION: $5.00 - $50.00
REGISTER & DONATE: Right here
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Krayna Castelbaum: Conversation & Creativity Instigator | Artist & Writer
Pronouns: She/Her
03/27/2024
Honored and excited to be participating in ekphraestival, by which "Soliloquy fine arts + The Writers' Block present a collaboration between artists and peots to celebrate National Poetry Month in April"—multiple locations in PDX, over multiple dates:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b7cc8553-281b-3a7f-95f0-65d39d3bc858