Community Writes Gears Up for Busy New Year
Many years ago, Sinclair Lewis was badgered into conducting a guest lecture to a group of aspiring writers at Wesleyan College. There, he grumpily asked students to raise their hands
Have You Seen Our Poetry Kiosk?
Since August 2020, the Hoffman Writing Program has featured a monthly poem by a writer with strong connections to the North Oregon Coast on the back (and sometimes front) side
The Colors of Childhood–Megan Lucas
Memoir: I attended Irvington grade school in Portland in the 80’s, and we lived nearby on the cobbly Tillamook Street. It was lined with Chestnut trees; in the fall I’d
Why There is no Brown in the Rainbow–Lynn B. Connor
Fiction: The Sun chased the Clouds from the sky. “The earth below needs my rays to warm the days and make things grow. I should rule the sky,” said the
Synesthesia–Iris Sullivan Daire
Memoir: Color has had a hold on her for as long as can be remembered. From a young age it was noted that she often changed clothes several times a
Season’s Greetings–Tom Lackaff
Oh spring, I pray you will endure Another ode to your allure; Still shadows harbor ice and snow, But loyalists to winter show Their colors when the heat is on,
My History of Wall Paint–Kathie Hightower
Memoir: I grew up with white walls. And I wonder now, didn’t everyone back in the 1950’s and 1960’s and 1970’s? Or was it because we lived in government housing,
Blue Heart-Andy Barker
Fiction: Lucius is unmoored, unanchored, untethered. Nothing holding him to his life where it should be. He lies awake, alone in the dark. There’s that time, sailing with the kids
The Blue Door-Ellis Conklin
Memoir: A couple of newspaper reporters talking, Seattle, 1994. It’s June. They’re sharing a small table by the coffee pot in the corner of the newsroom. A lemon-iced sheet cake
Manzanita Writers’ Series to celebrate launch of North Coast Squid 8th edition
The literary journal, featuring some of the region’s most talented writers and artists, goes on sale Oct. 1 The Hoffman Center Writing Programs will celebrate the launch of the 8th