Literary Arts Annual Report 2020-22

LITERARY ARTS

ANNUAL REPORT 2020–2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS 03 Words from the Director 04 Development & Financial Activities 05 Introduction to Our Programs Director of Public Programs Amanda Bullock in conversation with authors Liz Crain and Megha Majumdar at the Portland Book Festival.

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Portland Arts & Lectures

Oregon Book Awards

The Archive Project

Oregon Book Awards Author Online Events

ENGAGE READERS

Everybody Reads 2021 Portland Book Festival Delve Readers Seminars

SUPPORT WRITERS

Booth Emergency Fund @LiteraryArts Events Oregon Literary Fellowships Writing Classes

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INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION College Essay Exchange Writers in the Schools Residencies Author Visits, Everybody Reads, and Students to the Schnitz Workshops and Events #Virtualandia!

12 Our Supporters Left to right: Author Eman Hassan reading at Portland Art Museum; Portland Arts & Lectures author Madeline Miller; #Virtualandia workshop facilitator Alex Dang.

16 Our Sponsors 18 Who We Are

On the cover: 2020 Oregon Book Award winner Kesha Ajose Fisher reads at Portland Art Museum; Portland Arts & Lectures author Joy Harjo; 2021 #Virtualandia entrant Jazlynn Davis from Parkrose High School.

Cover illustration by Maria Regine. Born in the Philippines and raised in Hawai’i, Maria is a multidisciplinary individual. A maker and lover of all things art and design equipped with technical knowledge and skills, Maria is an advocate for underserved and underprivileged communities.

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WORDS FROM THE DIRECTOR Dear Friends, Thank you. Thank you to everyone who made a contribution to Literary Arts.

Thank you to those who joined us for events or classes. Thank you to those who joined the conversation and helped us all process this strange and difficult year. Thank you to all the writers who taught this year, who reached people, young and old, and helped empower them to tell their story. Thank you to those who served on advisory councils and to our incredible Board, who as volunteers, showed up with wisdom, patience, insight, and humor to guide us through these perilous months. Thank Executive Director Andrew Proctor spent much of the year presenting Literary you to the staff who worked long hours Arts’ programming from the Proctor Family Attic. to adapt all our programs so they could be accessible to our whole community; thank you for always putting our community first. And thank you to all the writers whose words helped us every day to grow, grieve, reflect, adapt, be angry, laugh, remember, forget, look back, look forward, and be present. Your words “I can’t thank you enough— mean more to us readers than we can ever thank you for.

In this report you will find how we delivered on the promise of our mission throughout the year and the thousands of people who joined us. You will also find the names of the many people and organizations who contributed to make the work possible. We are grateful for the support, and the faith this support showed in our talented and dedicated staff.

For many of us, this was the most difficult year of our professional (and perhaps personal) lives. I can attest it was a very challenging one for me and my family. Part of what kept me going was knowing that literature—stories, essays, novels, and poems, all of it—is what brought our community together, brought us connection, perspective, understanding, and humanity. Because of your support, we are here, and we can now begin to look forward. We will bring all that we have learned, lost, and gained to a brighter year ahead, in community with you and with your support. Thank you again.

I am moved by your support. We remain committed to continue building an organization to meet the moment now, and in the future.

With gratitude,

this was such a radiant spot in a very bleak year!”

— Portland Book Festival attendee

“Thanks for continuing the high quality of content and instructors online! It has been a much-needed island of safety, rejuvenation, and human connection this past year.

I am deeply grateful.”

— Writing Class student

“Professor Kendi’s school visit was a phenomenal event. I was blown away by the incredible content, and this type of engagement in a virtual environment is inspiring.

Thank you for creating space for this opportunity and for emphasizing accessibility.”

— Ayn Frazee, Franklin High School librarian

ANDREW PROCTOR Executive Director andrew@literary-arts.org

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DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

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Understand how your contribution impacts Oregon’s readers and writers.

INCOME Earned income ■ Ticket sales: 20% ■ Classes: 7% Contributed income ■ Individual: 40% ■ Corporate: 8% ■ Foundation: 11% ■ In-kind: 4% ■ Government: 10%

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1,883 people contributed $1,205,722 in gifts and pledges. THANK YOU!

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20,000 individuals enjoyed Literary Arts’ programming.

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EXPENSES ■ Programming: 65% ■ Fundraising: 14% ■ A dministration and office overhead: 21%

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I’ve been enjoying the [online] Portland Book Festival this year. I usually read books from the library so I wanted to support your organization through a donation. Thank you for making these days special.

— Literary Arts donor

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OUR PROGRAMS Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.

16,000 READERS ENAGED From virtual lectures to intimate discussions, world-renowned authors engaged with our communities. Our season of events featured more than 150 authors whose lectures, readings, and discussions centered on important issues, including the relationship between humans and the wider natural world, the history of racism and how to engage in anti-racist work, and the practice of finding delight in the daily.

Children’s author Emily Arrow performing at the 2020 Portland Book Festival.

1,700 WRITERS SUPPORTED Literary Arts remained connected to writers and publishers through online classes and events all year long. Our Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships program continues to celebrate and recognize the remarkable work being created by writers and publishers in Oregon. And we were able to provide some relief to writers impacted by the pandemic by issuing emergency grants from the Brian Booth Writers’ Fund.

2021 Oregon Book Awards nonfiction winner Nicholas Buccola.

3,200 YOUTH INSPIRED Our Youth Programs continued to engage high school students with a variety of literary programs, almost entirely online—in Zoom classrooms, our virtual concert hall, and on digital stages.

Students experienced the value literature can offer firsthand with semester-long creative writing residencies taught by local writers, school visits with world-renowned authors, and other opportunities.

Spoken word artist Brianna Renae teaching the fundamentals of slam poetry.

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16,000 READERS ENGAGED PORTLAND ARTS & LECTURES

THE ARCHIVE PROJECT

In a season like no other, featured speakers joined us from as far away as England and as near as Portland.

In addition to their virtual lectures, our featured authors engaged with readers and writers of all ages in virtual forum discussions with professional writers and public high school students.

Our radio show and podcast The Archive Project rebroadcasts a wide range of Literary Arts programming, including recordings from Portland Arts & Lectures, Portland Book Festival, Everybody Reads, special events, and Verselandia!

15,000 monthly listeners on the radio and online • 250+ episodes

EVERYBODY READS 2021 Literary Arts board member Chabre Vickers in conversation with Portland Arts & Lectures author Ibram X. Kendi.

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annual subscribers • 1,120 students attended for free • $49,671 raised for Youth Programs during the subscription renewals period.

In partnership with Multnomah County Library and the Library Foundation, this year’s Everybody Reads program featured Ross Gay and The Book of Delights.

During his virtual time in Portland, Gay met with students at Woodburn, Grant, and Reynolds high schools via Zoom before his online lecture.

I am so very grateful to be able to maintain this beloved social outlet during our season of separation!

— Portland Arts & Lectures subscriber 6

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Every shared moment of curiosity, hope, and intelligent discussion is an antidote to the anxiety of the times. Thank you so much.

— Portland Book Festival attendee

PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL The 2020 Portland Book Festival, presented by Bank of America, moved from downtown Portland to a custom-built online platform. The Festival featured more than 50 live virtual events, took place over 15 days, and was attended by more than 10,000 people from all over the world.

The author lineup featured a mix of more than 100 writers, including Ayad Akhtar, Margaret Atwood, Mac Barnett, Brit Bennett, Jericho Brown, Carson Ellis, Carl Hiaasen, Oliver Jeffers, Jill Lepore, Shayla Lawson, Raven Leilani, Marie Lu, Naomi Novik, Claudia Rankine, Karen Russell, Joe Sacco, Jess Walter, Renée Watson, Isabel Wilkerson, Charles Yu, and Lidia Yuknavitch.

Pop-up events featuring local authors were pre-recorded at Portland Art Museum and broadcast on YouTube and IGTV, and partnerships with OPB and LiveWire Radio meant there were more than 80,000 views and listens for Portland Book Festival events.

OPB’s Tiffany Camhi in conversation with author Shayla Lawson.

Writer and filmmaker Juan Antonio Trujillo recording a pop-up reading at Portland Art Museum.

DELVE READERS SEMINARS Our Delve Readers Seminars engaged a community of passionate readers and seminar guides. Delve participants read literature by William James, Greek philosophers, Joy Harjo, Julia Alvarez, Thomas Hardy, and others. As well as participants from Portland, our online seminars brought people from Astoria, Corvallis, Eugene, and Mexico together for discussions of contemporary and classic literature.

205 readers participated in 23 online Delves.

“Delve seminars have offered me a compelling focus on something other than pandemics and the sky falling. I was able to get absorbed in the intellectual stimulation and the experience of a community of readers who each made their unique contribution to experience.”

— Delve participant

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1,700 WRITERS SUPPORTED OREGON BOOK AWARDS The 2021 Oregon Book Awards finalists included 35 titles in seven genres, selected from 173 submissions. Since we were unable to host an in-person awards ceremony, the winners were announced during a special episode of The Archive Project that aired May 2, 2021 on OPB Radio. The episode was hosted by Omar El Akkad and Elena Passarello, and featured an interview with CES Wood Recipient Molly Gloss, archival audio from treasured Oregon writer Barry Lopez, and winners reading excerpts from their nominated books. Though usually a ticketed event in Portland, this partnership with OPB allowed people across Oregon the opportunity to be a part of the audience for the Oregon Book Awards ceremony.

Ken Kesey Award for Fiction: Vanessa Veselka of Portland, The Great Offshore Grounds Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry: Anna Elkins of Rogue River, Hope of Stones Frances Fuller Award for Nonfiction: Nicholas Buccola of Portland, The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction: Sierra Crane Murdoch of Hood River, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country Angus Bowmer Award for Drama: Conor Eifler of Portland, You Cannot Undo This Action Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature: Kathryn Ormsbee of Eugene, The Sullivan Sisters Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children’s Literature: Jen Reese of Portland, A Game of Fox and Squirrels

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OREGON BOOK AWARDS AUTHORS ONLINE EVENTS The Oregon Book Awards Author Tour was suspended in 2020/21, due to statewide restrictions on in-person gatherings. Instead, we connected authors to readers in virtual settings with partners across the state such as the First Draft Writers Series in Pendleton and Springfield Library’s “Oregon Celebrates Authors” series.

Green Bean Books featured our finalists in the Children’s Book award category in a reading that aired on Independent Bookstore Day on April 24, and Portland Center Stage hosted a panel discussion with finalists in the Drama category, moderated by PCS Associate Artistic Director Chip Miller. All readings and events with our 2021 Oregon Book Awards finalists were also posted on our YouTube channel.

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featuring Oregon Book Award finalists and winners • 250 attendees watched live, with more than 200 views and counting of the recordings.

OREGON LITERARY FELLOWSHIPS We received 408 applications from writers and 17 applications from publishers for the 2021 fellowships.

Out-of-state judges spent several months evaluating these applications, using literary excellence as the primary criterion.

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publishers awarded fellowships of $3,500 each • 2 writers were awarded Oregon Literary Career fellowships of $10,000 each, for a total of $65,500 fellowships awarded.

BOOTH EMERGENCY FUND In response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, Literary Arts allocated a significant amount from our Brian Booth Writers’ Fund to create the Booth Emergency Fund for Writers. The Fund provided meaningful financial relief to Oregon’s writers, including cartoonists, spoken word poets, and playwrights.

Applications were evaluated by Literary Arts staff and members of the Oregon Book Awards and Fellowships Advisory Council. Literary Arts prioritized funding for writers identifying as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

Literary Arts distributed a total of $150,000 to 150 writers • 67 applicants were BIPOC writers • All eligible BIPOC applicants received funding.

“As we all struggle towards a better future together, it's nothing less than miraculous to find support from within the community we all love and reflect in our art, music and writing. Thank you!”

— Booth Emergency Fund recipient

Authors Tommy Pico, Morgan Parker, Kristen Arnett, and Elissa Washuta.

@LITERARYARTS EVENTS Although our downtown event space remained closed, we were able to partner with local and national organizations to present free online literary events to a wide audience.

In April, we partnered with Ooligan Press and Portland State University’s English Department to present the Oregon BIPOC Writers Publishing Event, and we also launched a bi-monthly BIPOC reading series.

1250 total audience attended 39 online events, with 9 community partners and 95 presenting artists.

WRITING CLASSES Students from all levels of experience and backgrounds attended online classes this year to start their memoirs, finish their novels, try new revision skills, and join a community of inspired writers. In addition to Portland participants, students attended online from Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Hood River, McMinnville, Salem, and other Oregon towns, as well as towns in California, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Canada.

508 students participated in 62 online classes.

This was a great event, I appreciate that it was free and focused on BIPOC voices/encouraging BIPOC writers. These types of events are needed, especially during the isolation of the pandemic.

— BIPOC publishing event attendee ANNUAL REPORT | 2020–2021

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3,200 YOUTH INSPIRED WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS RESIDENCIES We partnered with 22 educators at ten public high schools throughout the year. While we worked in many English and writing classes, WITS also had writers-inresidence contribute to other subjects, such as digital media, pre-nursing, and social studies. At McDaniel High School, journalist and community organizer Bruce Poinsette worked in Jesse Gardener’s Hip Hop Literature class, where students wrote profiles of local hip hop artists and emcees such as Mic Crenshaw, Karma Rivera, and Jacque Dixon, and had excerpts of their work featured in We Out Here magazine.

“I didn’t know I liked to write so much before the WITS experience, so I think that was my favorite part—discovering that I liked to write and also getting to learn new skills. The only thing I would say was I’d wish it was longer.”

—Roosevelt High School student

COLLEGE ESSAY EXCHANGE The College Essay Mentorship Project was renamed to the College Essay Exchange (CEE) to better reflect our programming model. We pivoted CEE online and continued to pair public high school students with community volunteers to review and offer individualized feedback on college and scholarship application essays.

Literary Arts also produced a new six-part video series on our YouTube channel to offer quick writing exercises that aid students, near and far, in the writing process.

CEE partnered with Parkrose, Grant, Woodburn Wellness, Business and Sports School, and McDaniel (formerly Madison) in the fall and Open School East, Parkrose, Franklin, Gresham, and Roosevelt high schools in the spring.

Special thanks to our partners at Portland State University, First Tech Federal Credit Union, The Standard, and Nike, as well as our vital community volunteers, for sharing their expertise and empathy with students.

178 students received 1:1 support with their essays.

713 students served in 28 classes • 26 professional writers hired, including 2 apprentices • 52 students

were published in the 2019/20 WITS anthology The Seeds to Plant the Future

“It was very insightful and reassuring to hear that I was doing well and getting corrections when needed. I definitely lost my touch with literature ever since lockdown, so thankfully I started to regain it, little by little, with the mentor. It gave me big relief when I was finished, knowing I did way better since I had support from other individuals” —Woodburn Wellness, Business and Sports School student

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It’s a good feeling… It feels nice to be heard.

I’m proud of my poem and I’m glad I’m going out of my senior year with a bang!

— Jordan Wolmut, #Virtualandia! 2021 and Verselandia!

2019 Champion, and Benson High School student

AUTHOR VISITS, EVERYBODY READS, AND STUDENTS TO THE SCHNITZ Thousands of students engaged with six award-winning authors in the virtual concert hall and classroom throughout the year for the 2020/21 Portland Arts & Lectures season and Everybody Reads. 1,213 students attended virtual lectures. 590 students attended author visits—300 of which attended two incredible online author visits with The Book of Delights author, Ross Gay.

“I remember reading passages that I loved out loud to my friends at lunchtime, and crying in my bed at midnight when I finished the book. Three years and five rereads later, I’m still in love,” —Lincoln High School student, Lia, on her favorite book The Song of Achilles, which she mentioned while introducing the author, Madeline Miller.

1,071 books provided to students who attended lecture events and author visits.

WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS Our workshop offerings expanded in the 2020/21 school year, and we were thrilled to offer four workshops at Portland Book Festival for educators and students, grades 3–12.

Anis Mojgani congratulates Jordan Wolmut, the 2021 #Virtualandia champion on her win.

#VIRTUALANDIA We reimagined #Virtualandia!, an educational digital slam poetry series-turned-championship event in light of ongoing distance learning. Inspired by Verselandia!, 25 youth slam poets from 12 schools entered the virtual slam poetry competition by submitting a video performance of their original work. Finalists had their performances professionally recorded, and Anis Mojgani, Oregon’s Poet Laureate and Literary Arts Board member, served as Master of Ceremonies for the championship event. Tickets to the event were free for students and educators. #Virtualandia! 2021 also included a month-long workshop and 1:1 coaching session series with slam poets. 19 students attended seven events and two youth-facilitated workshops.

Lucy Anderson, a Gresham High School student, was hired to design our logo.

We also hosted our first youth panel at Portland Book Festival, Make Art & Take Action: Youth Panel on Writing Creatively in Extraordinary Times, featuring three dynamic Oregon high school students from Woodburn, Salem, and Portland.

29 students and 11 educators attended our virtual classrooms • 19 students attended 7 events and 2 youth-

10 finalists from 6 schools performed to a peak audience of 225, and 385 total live views.

facilitated workshops.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Director's Circle $25,000+ David & Courtney Angeli Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke Rocky & Julie Strasser Dixon Sue & Ed Einowski Ann & Mark Edlen Family Susan Hammer & Lee Kelly Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth Jan & Steve Oliva Sustainer's Circle $10,000-24,999 Jill & Ken Abere Anonymous Tim & Mary Boyle Ginnie Cooper Rebecca & Michael DeCesaro Sarah & Kurt Gibbon Betsy & Tom Henning Ross M. Lienhart Phillip M. Margolin Anne Mendel & Mark Henry Deidra Miner Katherine O'Neil & Toby Graff Diane Ponti & Ward Greene Amy Prosenjak & Steven Guy Halle & Rick Sadle

Bob Speltz John & Sandra Swinmurn Dan Wieden & Priscilla Bernard Wieden Jackie & William Willingham Carl Wilson & Evan Boone Tom & Marcia Wood

Contributor's Circle $5,000-9,999 Don & Mary Blair Nancy & Roderick Boutin Amy Donohue & Paul McKean Eberwein Family Dean & Alison Freed Bob Geddes Nancy & Ronald Gronowski Mary E. Hirsch Cecelia & Robert Huntington Barbara & Jock Kimberley Maurice & Dori King Corrine Oishi & Lindley Morton Andrew & Veronica Proctor Dennis Steinman Donald & Roslyn Sutherland Amy Wayson & Ken Moran Sue Wright

Supporter's Circle $2,500-4,999 Ray & Jean Auel Jodi Delahunt Hubbell & Todd Hubbell Emi & Brett Donis Theo & Nancy Downes-Le Guin Edward & Marilyn Epstein Cheryl Francis Patricia Frobes & Richard Smith Joshua Gibbons Cynthia & Byron Grant Sara & Andrew Guest Debra Turner Hatcher William Hatcher Jonathan & Jennifer Hill David Johnson Charles Le Guin Carolyn & Larry McKinney Lora & Jim Meyer Anis Mojgani Joanna Rose Joseph Soldati Geoffrey Tichenor & Stephanie Engelsman Michelle & Warren Tubbs Chabre Vickers Kristi Wallace Knight & Eric Wallace Susan & Jim Winkler

INDIVIDUALS $1,000+ Kim & Daniel Bissell Peter & Ellen Bragdon Loulie J. Brown & Brannon Lamp Mary Brown & Craig Ruble Shelly & Paul Buchanan Karyle Butcher Matt Chrisman Patricia Cliff & Karl von Frieling Rachel & Thomas Cody Joseph & Lydah DeBin Kelly Sue DeConnick Jonathan & Naomi Deitz Gun Denhart Ann & Ron Emmerson Monica Enand & Sanjay Natarajan David & Kendra Farris Nancy Fishman Bennett & Patricia Garner Thomas & Elizabeth Gewecke Kenneth Golsan John Graff Linda & Ronald Greenman Kristin & Avery Guest Missy Hall Susan Hathaway-Marxer & Larry Marxer Laura & Rocky Henderson Pamela Smith Hill Earl Hines Steve & Casey Holwerda Terri & Robert Hopkins Ann Hudner William & Paula Inwood

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David & Apricot Irving Susheela Jayapal Teri Jensen Freeman Peter Johnson Jon Levine Linda Lucas Julie Mancini & Dennis Bromka Brenda Meltebeke John Miller Philip Miller & Colleen Cain Susan Moore & Phil Ottum Jessica Mozeico Anne Marie Murphy Steven C. Neighorn Justice Adrienne Nelson Melanie Nelson Josh Oliva Matt Oliva Christina Orr Ramón & Sandy Pagán Irene Parikhal & Ian Yolles Emily Powell Connor Per Ramfjord Jim & Natasha Reinhart Lori & Dave Rhodes Ms. Betsy A. Russell Marjorie Sandor & Tracy Daugherty Barb & Norm Sepenuk Miriam Shearing Robyn & Kemp Shuey Bonnie Pomeroy Stern Dan & Lisa Trisler Kim Weyler Janet Macomber Williamson Steven & Deborah Hewitt Wynne

Dr. Candace Young

$500+ Geri Abere Anonymous Marc Baker Robert & Julia Ball Kim & Rosie Batcheller Jennifer Beal Robert & Leslie Bentley Carmen Bernier-Grand & Jeremy Grand Sandra & Ben Bole Pamela Brown & Wayne Potter Amanda Bullock Lisa & Royce Bullock Ramona & Bruce Cahn Jane Carlsen Amy Carlsen Kohnstamm & Kevin Kohnstamm Jessica Cattelino & Noah Zatz Brent & Barbara Chalmers Becky Chinn Connie Christopher & Kermit Chamberlin Howard & Rosemary Cohen Anne Conway Deborah & Jim Coonan Joan Corcoran Marian Creamer Alice M. Cuprill-Comas & Richard M. Short Marian Davis & Peter Librizzo Shelley Devine Andrew Dickson

Mike & Cheri Donohue Kelly Douglas & Eric Schoenstein Ellen Fader Edmund Frank & Eustacia Su Deborah & Bruce Habel Laura Hadden Candace A. Haines Pat & Kelley Harrington Jan Harvey Sarah & Kyle Haverly Molly Hiro & Lars Erik Larson Natalie & Michael Hirt Janet Hofman & John Harland David & Apricot Irving Molly Jones Aphra Katzev John Kohnstamm Paula Kurshner Frank Langfitt & Mary Janet Steen Helen Langley Theresa Lee Juliette Levy Jody & Steve Little David & Suzi Maddocks Kathryn Mahaffy John Matzka Sally McPherson Richard Meeker & Ellen Rosenblum Susan & Peter Mersereau Violet Metzler Sarah Miller Meigs & Andrew Meigs Glenn Moore Madeline Babcock Moore Meghan Moran & Kirk Masterson Marjory S. Morford

Mona Mozeico Paul Mueller Robert Nimmo Peter Northrup Katelyn Oldham Milo & Beverly Ormseth Charles Pankey Jollee Patterson Judy & Mark Peterman Nancy & Dick Ponzi Lorraine Prince Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Pyles Valeria I. Ramirez Shelley & Mary Reece Patricia Reser Carol Schnitzer Lewis Marcy & Richard Schwartz Peter & Penny Serrurier John Shipley Nell & William Simkoff Shirley Skidmore & Ron Quant Dedrick Sprick Ann M. Stinson Patricia & Marvin Straughan Von & Barbara Summers Victor Trelawny Anna Truxes Jane E. Unger Vera H. Vacek Stephanie & John Volkman Ellen Walkley & Brian Myers Barbara Wayson Lorie Wigle Julie Wilson Carl Wolfson & Gary Thill Beverly S. Wong Lisa Wyatt Morton & Audrey Zalutsky

$250+ Rukaiyah Adams Angela Allen & Jan van Santen Joan & Brian Allen Anonymous Elizabeth Ash & David Morganstern Wendy Baross Leah Benazzi Alexei Bien & Lauren McNerney Kathleen Birch Mayno Blanding Eileen & Miroslav Bobek Randy & Kimberley Boehm Miche Bolsey & Swati Adarkar Tom Booth & Megan Holden Christine Bourdette & Ricardo Lovett Richard Brown & Ruth Robbins Dr. Sonia Buist Karie Burch Deborah Burke Kelley Burkett Elizabeth Carnes Julie & Jim Carter Nancy & Richard Chapman Joon Chattigre Brian Christiansen Fred Coccodrilli Liana Colombo Rick Comandich Pam Crow & Gaby Donnell Linda Czopek Marcia Darm Marvin Dawson Susan Denman Terrence Dolan & Catherine Blosser

Anne E. Draper Ken & Ann Edwards Shauna Ensminger Margianne & Arthur Erickson Celeste Espinoza Lyceum Agency Bobbie Foster Ruth Frankel Jodi Freeman Mark Frinell Jennifer Froistad Sheryl Fullerton Mary Wills Fulton Elizabeth Gemmill Barbara Giesy Emily Gilliland Neelam Gupta Susan Gurley Lloyd & Nancy Gurney Heather Guthrie Mary Patt Hawthorne Diane Herrmann Joseph Hooyboer Joe Hull & Elicia Harrell Patricia Hurst Alexis Ingram Jim & Melinda Jackson Mitchell Jackson Sandra Jackson Anne & Peter Jarvis Barbara Jennings & Richard Teutsch Candace Jennings Wallace & Judith Jones Carla Kelley & Andrew Asher Mai Kiigemagi Lawrence Kirkland BettyLou Koffel Eva Kripalani Jason & Jennifer LaPier Hana Layson Sara Ledoux Robert & Susan Leeb Linda Leslie Kathryn Madison Jane Maland Barbara & Michael Maloney Katherine McCoy Mary McGlone Carolyn McMurchie Sandra I. Menashe Wendi Menashe Judith Meredith Judy S. Moore Clint & Donna Moran Timothy Morgan John C. Morrison & Kim Anne Thomas Deanna & Wilfried Mueller-Crispin Thomas J. Murphy Jamie Newell Katharine O’Dell Wendy Beth Oliver Nancy Orr Jo Ellen Osterlind Meda-Lou Padden Tami Parr & Anna Joyce Sandy Polishuk Andrea Porfirio Maria Rapin Jon Raymond Karen & Cal Reno Judith Rice David Riveness & Monique Barton Alysa Rose & David Finkelman Charlie Rosenblum

Rosemarie F. Rosenfeld Charlotte Rubin Ellen Rubinstein & Joshua Baudhuin Catherine Samson Bob Scanlan Katharine Schuyler Elizabeth R. Scully Jocelyn Segall Donna Shu & Tom Kane Brad Simpson Susan Singer Jaymi Sladen Annelisa Smith David Staehely Laura Stepp Lisa Stevens Brandon Stewart Lee Stewart & Chris Sherry Melissa Stewart David F. Stout & Sue Ann Higgens Cheryl Strayed & Brian Lindstrom Elizabeth Stucky Britton Taylor Christine Tell Marjorie Terdal Beverly Terry Margaret Tuchmann Angel Tucker Kate Tuominen Julia & Bill Wayne Debra Weekley Kathleen Wilson Colleen Winters Vince & Patty Wixon Anne Woodbury

$100+ Matt Abere Jane & James Adams Carol Adelson Frances Adler Martha Afifi Leonie & Karim Alaeddine Steven Albert & Janie Goldenberg Beverly Aldinger & Kirk Gibson Henry Alley Brijesh & Ann Anand Christine Andersen Sally & John Anderson Sheri Anderson Linda & J. Scott Andrews Michael & Adelaide Andrews Naomi Angier & Dave McTeague Nichole Anglin Anonymous Lulani & Tara Arquette Nancy Arvesen Anne Ashford Karen Babbitt David Baca Laura & Art Baden Jessica Baker Lynn Baker & Eve Lonnquist Marilyn Ballinger-Berti Thia Bankey Karin Barber Rebecca Barkin Thomas W. Barritt Sharon & Joe Barthmaier Molly Bartlett Rhonda & L. Rudolph Barton Keith & Madge Bauer Amelia Bauerly Tim & Lisa Bazemore Jerome Beatty & Sally Campbell Danielle Beauvais

Marcia Bechtold & Brian Carroll Howard Beckerman Francesca Bell Benjamin Benjamin Kathi & Brad Berens Colleen & Richard Blohm Joe Blount Linda Boise & Steven Goldberg Rebecca Boley Aletha Bonebrake Beth Bonness Michelle Bonnice Kimberly Boothe Anne Bothwell Luke & Leslie Boyd Josh Boykin Amyra Braha Valance Brenneis & Raymond Lee Stacy Brewster Larry & Marie Brigham James Brillisour Alice Brocoum Simone Brooks Heather Brown Larry & Jan Bruton Joy & Tyler Bullen Rachel Bullock Julie Bunker Paul J. Burkhart Diane Burnet Joan K. Burns & Thomas B. Seibert Jocelyn Butler Judy Butler Ellyn Bye Joanna Cain & Norm Turrill Michael R. Campbell Gloria Candanoza Kim Carlson & James Berry Christine Carr Ann Carter & Tom Palmer Faris Cassell Diane Cherry Andrea & Stephen Chiapella Donna Childs Linda Christensen Paula Ciesielski Mindy Clark Rebekah Clark Lance Cleland Janie and Richard Cohen Candice Coleman Paul Coleman & Sarah Warren Trudy Coler Susan Collard Sonja Connor Elizabeth Cook Erin Cooper Therese Cooper & Jefferson Ranck Linda Craig Louis Craig Jack Crowder Geri Cullers Martha Hunt Curry Howard Cutler & Pamela Echeverio Martin & Anne Davidson Michael Davidson & Jaqueline Becklund Sasha Davies Katherine De La Forest & Zach Reichert Ashleigh de Villiers Becky K. Denham, M.D. Dev & Sumathi Devarajan Diane Dickey Ruth Dickey Shannon & Alberto Diez

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INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS CONTINUED Steven Dodge Linda Doherty Margaret Doherty Sarah Dougher DeeAnn Dougherty India Downes-Le Guin Brendan Doyle Brian & Mary Doyle Barbara Drake & William Beckman Lee Draper Susan K. Driver & Craig J. Dorsay Michele Ducharme Anne Dujmovic & Jay Austin Justin Dune & Carol Sanders Erica Dunn & Philip Harris Marie Eckert Tina Edlund & Sydney Edlund-Jermain Andrew Edwards Rachel Effros Susan Ehrman Susan Elizabeth & John Painter Kathie E. England Leslye Epstein & Herman Taylor Lainie Ettinger Erin Fairbairn-Stammer Megan Fairbank Pamela Fairchild & Ted Lamb Mary Ellen Page Farr Judith Fejta Jeanette Feldhousen Sarah Felix & Susan Fry Jacqueline Fitzgerald Timothy & Pamela Fleischmann Deborah Flynn-Hanrahan & Timothy Hanrahan Jerry Fong Alan L. Ford Ellen Fortin & Michael Tingley Sheryl Fuller Abby Furukawa Kate Gale Morris J. Galen Patricia R. Gallagher Sharon Gavora Mika Gentili-Lloyd Elaine Gilbert Bob and Lesley Glasgow Molly Gloss Barbra Goering Elinor Gollay Jose Gonzalez Jane Gragg Virginia & Jeffrey Graham Susan Grauer & Devon Webster Frances Gray Kate Gray Lydia Greenlee Cathy Griffin Emily Groth Angela Gusa Cecelia Hagen & Craig Spilman Shauna Hahn Kathleen Haley & Steven Wax James & Linda Hamilton Jon M. Hanifin Ulrich Hardt & Karen Johnson Jennifer Harlan Wayne Harrel Phil Harris Marna Hauk Mary Heffernan & Paul Agrimis Carol Hendrickson

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LITERARY ARTS

Mary Beth Henry Joyce Henstrand & Peter Kiessling Carol & Jim Hibbs Ann Hinnen Alex Ho Lindsay Hoffman Stephen & Felicia Holgate Gudrun Hommel-Ingram Susan & John Hoover Lynette & Donald Houghton Andes Hruby Pam & Bill Hurst Bill & Barbara Hutchison Jill Inskeep Lesley Isenstein Steven Jacobson Natalie Jameson Michael Jamond & Janice Arnold Jan Janice & Mike Hand Fran Jensen Lisa Jensen Casalino Judith Jindrich David Johnson Karen & Dennis Johnson Kathleen & Wayne Johnson Patricia Johnson Yuki L. Johnston Lacee Jones Susan Jowaiszas Farol & Jack Kahle Phillip Kast Claire Kellogg Jodi Kendall Antoinette Kennedy Louise Kincaid Kimberly King Parsons Mary King Ed & Christie Kline James Knoll Morley & Jim Knoll Professor Paul & Susan Knoll Ines Koerner Rao Kolluru Brad & Marla Koslin Ken Kozman Jerilyn Krier & Wallace Roghair Carolyn Kulog Jeanie Lai Jennifer Lalime & Chris Kelly Leon Laptook Kirsten & Christopher Leonard Phyllis Leonard Sydney Levin Richard Lewis & Margaret R. Larson Stacy Lewis Jane & Robert Lightell Elise Lind Marion Littlehales Dennis Lo Angela Louie Gwen Luhta Trina & Ken Lundgren Karen Lyman Carol & Max Lyons Judy Lyons Jenny & Carter MacNichol Pamela Maly Deborah Mandell & Roy Pulvers Heather Mansberger Richard & Elizabeth Marantz Tess & George Marino Julie Marquard

Gail Marten Marsie Martien Abbey Mather Robert Matheson John & Julie McAllister Cathy McBride Melinda & Don McCoy Pete McDowell Charles & Kathy McGee Emily McGrath Murray & Pat McKean Paula Mcnamee Marjorie Mcrae & Jane Peters Margaret McSorley Mary Mears-Haskell Linda Meng Ruth Metz Amber Milavec Jolin Milberg Henry Milczuk Dana Miller Judith H. Montgomery & Phillip Havens Margaret Moody Jil Morby Marianne Morris Margaret Morton Laura Moulton Lynda Mounts Andrea Munoz Catherine Murphy Kathleen Murphy Carolyn Murphy-Brown Rebecca Murray Alex & Eliza Nelson Johanna Nelson & James Bohem Alexander & Lisa Ney Barbara Niedermeyer Kathy & Daniel Norton Mary O’Connell Kristin Ohlson Robert & Bonnie Olds Emma Oliver Irja Orav Carole Orloff Sara Ortiz Jane O’Scannlain & Mike Miller Elsa Ostergaard William Ouellette & Bill Waring Jennifer Owen & Marcel Rodriguez Christine Pallier Kathy Parker K. Patten Lynn Patterson Will Patton Karen Paulino & Eliot Spindel Jane Pedrick Cy Peele Karen Pemberton Marvin Pemberton Cristina Pera Kelly Perlewitz Amanda Peters Elyse Pfeiffer Maria Pope Jonathan Potkin Judy & Alan Potts Emilly Giselle Prado Wally & Bettsy Preble Dr. Nancy Prosenjak Ellen & John Pullen Chelsea Querner Michelle & Jay Rafter

Judith Ranton Vivian Rappleyea Karen Rasmussen Kathleen & Tom Rastetter Mary Ratcliff Jennifer Rawcliffe Mary Rechner & Barry Sims Deborah Redman Regan Reilly Michelle A. Reinglass Wayne & Karen Rembold Leslie Rennie-Hill & Ken Hill David & Sally Rhys Barbie Rice Martha & David Richards Debbie Rink Janine Robben Laura Rogers Julie Rosenoff Paul Rosenthal Ruth Roth Daniel Russo & Joanne Albertsen Jane Sage & Tom Olbrich Jessica Sailor Linda & Michael Salinsky Sue Sampson Charles Sanderson Lesly Sanocki & Manish Chandhok Claudia Sanzone Jeffrey Sapiro Evan Saulino & Brenda Brischetto Stephanie & John Saven Susan Scanlon Diane & Brent Schauer Robin Schauffler Melissa Schellinkhout Barbara Schleuning Kathleen Schmidt Marilyn & Donald Schmidt Mary & John Schmitt Willa Schneberg & Robin Bagai Sharon Schneider Elke Schoen & Emily Schultz Cassandra Scholte Zachary Schomburg Robert Schroeder Susan & Richard Schubert Ann Schwarz Alan Scott Lew & Jill Seager Ann Sentilles Natalie & Joel Serber Mary Shaw Amelia Shelley Susan Sheppard Laura Sherrill Russell Shirai Michael & Kelly Sievers Stefanie Silverman Amelia Simon Robert Siu Leonie & Richard Smith Nancy Smith Virginia Smith & John Bissonnette Joseph Smoyer Martha Soltesz Anne Sparks Kim Stafford & Perrin Kerns Emily & Myles Standish Emilie Stayner Ellen & Charles Stearns Leah & William Stenson Laura F Stockwell

Micah Stolowitz & Shauna Krieger Joanne Stone Carol Stout Nancy Sullivan Sarah Suniga Tree Swenson Kathryn Symmes Mary Szybist & Jerry Harp Harry Tachiki & Bonnie Bonnice Roberta Taussig Meryl Taylor Michelle Taylor Nancy Taylor Robyn Tenenbaum & Miles Ellenby Sylvia Tesh Kathy Teyler Jarrett Mary Theis Catherine Theriault & Daniel Weston Andrew Traisman Alice Trower Kirk Monica Uddin Scott Urbatsch & Jessica Duke Jennifer & John Van Arkel Andrea & Erik Van Hagen Kate Vance Ellen Vanderslice & Scott Parker Kysa Vassily Linda & Larry Veltman Penny & Jim Verdick Constance & Steven Vorenkamp Christina Wagner Sally Walker Annie Walsh Brian & Nikki Weaver Savannah Webber Stephen Weeks Robert Weil Lawrence Weisberg Patricia West & William E. Cummings Janet Westwood Randi Wexler & Malcolm Campbell Carrie Wheadon Clif & Patty White Anthony Wilcox Margaret Willer Robert Willey Janet Williams Bob Wilson Anne & Kevin Winthrop Margaret Winthrop Peter Wong Linda Wood & Barbara Short Susan Woodside Tracey Wyatt & Tom Dummer David & Sharon Wynde Jennifer Xochihua Julie Young Lynn Youngbar Yuvi Zalkow

IN MEMORY OF Peter Abbs Abby Baby Mary Best Sam Blackman Marie J Bonamici-Woodcok Clara Brock Sebastianina & Frank Carozzolo Chandler Elizabeth K. Dart Patricia Dore & Jacqueline Dore Merriwether

Belle G. Douglass Brian James Doyle Richard Fejta Griffin Felt George Floyd Herman Frankel Freckles Mary Gambee Ramona Greenle Susan Hammer Barbara Hauk Evelyn Henstrand Kazumi Heshiki Margo Ice Cynthia Jackson Java Ramiza Koya Jim Lardner Ursula K. Le Guin Barry Lopez James McConkey Midnight Jeanne Mulcahy Julie Mullen Mike Olson & Theresa Ransom Amy Moore Paterson Mary Jo Ranton Jean Rivin Seymour Singer Sarah E. Snider Les Soltesz Harry Tachiki Toby Shimizu Toshiaki Kurt Vonnegut Margaret S. Weil Telsa & William Weintraub Ann Wiens Anne Willer

IN HONOR OF Jill & Ken Abere Maggie Allen The Archive Project Barbara Bonnice Buddha Amanda Bullock Ginnie Cooper Lydah DeBin Jodi Delahunt-Hubbell Pat Franklin Sara Guest Jennifer Gurney Harriet Nick Johnson Joaquin & Esme Lee Leif Brandon Lenzi Literary Arts Staff Allegra Lopez Richard Meeker Denise Norris Mary O’Connell Andrew Proctor Amy Prosenjak Halle Sadle Dennis Steinman Erica Stewart Robert Thomas Teachenor Amy Wayson

LITERARY ARTS’ LEGACY SOCIETY Find Your Story; Leave a Legacy Literary Arts’ Legacy Society is a group of people who have generously named Literary Arts in their estate plans—a statement of great commitment, passion, and trust.

FOUNDING MEMBERS Carole Alexander Jan Baross C. B. Bernard Betty Bradshaw* Rick W. Comandich Ginnie Cooper & Rick Bauman Joseph & Lydah DeBin Jodi Delahunt Hubbell & Todd Hubbell Gale Family Trust Nancy & Ronald P. Gronowski Sara Guest Susan Hammer*

Dorothy D. Hirsch* Ursula K.* & Charles Le Guin Katherine O'Neil & Toby Graff Diane Ponti Amy Prosenjak Halle M. Sadle Bob Scanlan Joseph A. Soldati* Dennis Steinman Carl Wilson Tom & Marcia Wood

*Deceased

LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBER STORY: SARA GUEST Sara Guest lives her passion for literature, so when she moved to Portland in 2004, she quickly became involved with Literary Arts. Since then, she has volunteered or participated in almost all of our programs. Sara is proud to support and “loves the idea of creating experiences for readers and writers that support the whole house of rooms that is the literary experience.”

To read the rest of Sara’s story and to learn more about Literary Arts’ Legacy Society, visit literary-arts.org/legacy-gifts.

If you are interested in making a planned gift or if you have already named Literary Arts in your estate plans, please contact Lydah DeBin, Director of Development, at lydah@literary-arts.org.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS BUSINESSES $20,000+ Angeli Law Group Bank of America First Tech Federal Credit Union The Standard

$10,000+ A to Z Wineworks Hines Warner Kell, Alterman & Runstein LLP NW Natural Powell's Books

$5,000+ AHA Bora Architects The Eberwein Family Morel Ink Stoel Rives LLP Wells Fargo ZGF Architects

$1,000+ Artisan Auctioneers Broadway Books Charles Schwab Chubb D.A. Davidson & Co. Steel Crazy, Inc. Woodruff Sawyer

National Endowment for the Arts Oregon Arts Commission Regional Arts & Culture Council Swinmurn Family Foundation

$10,000+

FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT

Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation Herbert A. Templeton Foundation The Kinsman Foundation PGE Foundation

$25,000+

$5,000+

The Collins Foundation Fred W. Fields Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation Meyer Memorial Trust National Book Foundation

Henry L. Hillman, Jr. Foundation Juan Young Trust Kinder Morgan Foundation Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust The Reser Family Foundation

$1,000+ Adriane T. & Samuel S. Blackman Family Fund Bonnie & Pete Reagan Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation First Interstate Foundation The Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust Kohnstamm Family Foundation Mike Henningsen Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Neilsen Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust The Roundhouse Foundation

$500+ Chris & Katherine Swindell Charitable Fund

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS EVENT SPONSORS Tim & Mary Boyle Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke

Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation

Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth

Angeli Law Group, The Eberwein Family, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, and ZGF Architects

IN-KIND SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THESE PARTNERS

Nectar Literary, The Paris Review, and Portland Monthly

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SPECIAL THANKS TO: COMMUNITY PARTNERS Annie Bloom’s Books Emily Arrow Ars Poetica/Eastern Oregon University Artists Repertory Theater The AV Department Bagley Wright Lecture Series Bay Area Book Festival Alexei Bien Black Mountain Institute, University of Nevada—Las Vegas Broadway Books Lisa Congdon Se-ah-dom Edmo The First Draft Writers’ Series Pendleton First Tech Federal Credit Union Green Been Bookstore Henry V Hong Kong Book Fair House of Anansi Press Mitchell S. Jackson Maurice King Level Headed Press Lewis and Clark College The Library Foundation Live Wire Radio Miami Book Fair S. Renee Mitchell Anis Mojgani Multnomah County Library Multnomah Youth Commission Nike NM Bodecker Foundation Northwest Review Ooligan Press Oregon Public Broadcasting Outside the Frame Portland Center Stage Portland State University Powell’s Books San Antonio Book Festival Seattle Arts & Lectures Slamlandia Springfield Public Library The Standard Karis Stoudamire-Phillips Texas Book Festival Tin House The Loft/Wordplay Festival Third Eye Books Wisconsin Book Festival Write Around Portland Youth Progress

VOLUNTEERS Elise Ammondson Nathan Alter Deborah Arthur Lisa Baldasar Kathi Berens Carmen Bernier-Grand Alex Brehm

Megan Brown Sandra J Childs Liz Crain Jami Curl Tavé Fascé Drake Burt Edwards Celeste M. Espinoza Amelia Diaz Ettinger Lainie Ettinger Anne Flores Karla Forsythe Meg Griffitts Sara Guest Nancy Hoover Cay Horiuchi Abby Hougham Eleanor Howell Kisha Jarrett Michael Jonas Joanne Kahn Annie Knepler Jenn Director Knudsen Katie Lankham Briana Linden Laura Lothrop Mary Manning Bill Merritt Abby Nixt Maureen O’Hagan Lucy Ohlsen Corrine Oishi Ramón Pagán Nicole Parisi-Smith Kevin Pataroque Ami Patel Susan Payne David Peterson del Mar Alley Pezanoski-Browne Marian Pierce Amy Prosenjak Megan Quigley Jennifer A. Reimer Recio Dey Rivers Sarah Rothenfluch Kyna Rubin Eric Sacks Karena Salmond Hoang Samuelson Robert Silverman MacKenzie Evan Smith Alanna Sousa Adam Strong Alicia Tate Jessica Vasek Helen Wagenvoord Amy Wayson Kim Weyler Ann Whitfield Powers AC. Wiggan Carl Wilson Hannah Withers Krystal Wu Emily Zeitman Sanja Zelen

INTERNS Tiffany Watson Charity Yoro

PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS Amy Ambrosio Chloe Avila Paige Battle Andrea Binder Natalie Burton Matthew Boyer Ilsa Bruer Breanne Carlisle Jon Carr Steve Curley Mykhiel Deych Marla Doughty Bryan Dykman Joseph Ferguson Ayn Frazee Jesse Gardner Crystal Ginger Brian Graham LeeAnn Hammett Crystal Hanson Kerryn Henderson Michael Hoang Keri Hughes Ben Hunter Carl Larson Stuart Levy Remy Jewell Grace Junkins Cassandre Lanzas Lori Lieberman Ursula Loret de Mola Chris Mathews Meredith McClanen Anne Meadows Andrew Mockett Doina Moldovan Kate Moore Leigh Morlock Michael Navarro Andrea Denise Patton Mariniah Prendergast Caroline Rex-Waller Justin Ryland Charles Sanderson Bryan L. Smith Josh Stohl Nancy Sullivan Shawn Swanson Amy Taramasso Frank Thomas Betsy Tighe Dana Vinger Kurt Weist MaLynda Wolfer Desi Wolff-Myren Alethea Work Helen Yoon Carissa Young

PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS Chris Frazier Bonnie Hobson Joe Jensen Ricardo Marquez Molly Ouche KD Parman Drake Shelton Adam Skyles Jo Ann Wadkins Curtis Wilson Jr.

WITS WRITERS & APPRENTICES Alex Behr Brian Benson Katie Borak David Ciminello Aliera Dulcinea Zeledon-Morasch Ed Edmo Lisa Eisenberg Elisabeth Geier Carolina Gómez-Montoya Meg Griffitts Cari Luna april joseph Rashmila Maiti Jessica Mehta Monty Mickelson Damien Miles-Paulson Amy Minato Laura Moulton Valarie Pearce Jennifer Perrine Bruce Poinsette Mark Pomeroy Dey Rivers Matt Smith John S. Williams CJ Wiggan

#VIRTUALANDIA! WORKSHOP FACILITATORS Alex Dang Jacque Dixon Julia Gaskill Brianna Renae Jordan Wolmut Jolly Wrapper

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WHO WE ARE LITERARY ARTS STAFF Andrew Proctor, Executive Director Sophie Albanis Maggie Allen Amanda Bullock Lydah DeBin Jennifer Gurney Hunt Holman Olivia Jones-Hall Brandon Lenzi Hope Levy Allegra Lopez Jessica Meza-Torres Susan Moore Jules Ohman Liz Olufson Emilly Prado Valeria I. Ramirez Jyoti Roy

LITERARY ARTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Amy Prosenjak, Chair Jill Abere David Angeli Joan Cirillo Ginnie Cooper Amy Donohue Ann Edlen Sarah Gibbon Betsy Henning Jonathan Hill Mitchell S. Jackson Maurice King Deidra Miner Anis Mojgani Justice Adrienne Nelson Corrine Oishi Katherine O’Neil Ramón Pagán Bob Speltz Dennis Steinman Geoffrey Tichenor Chabre Vickers Amy Wayson

STRUNK & WHITE SOCIETY An honorary society of distinguished advisors Gwyneth Gamble Booth Nancy Bragdon Larry Colton Jodi Delahunt-Hubbell

Theo Downes-Le Guin Bart Eberwein Brian Gard Molly Gloss Carrie Hoops Cecelia Huntington Susheela Jayapal Julie Mancini Brenda Meltebeke Jessica Mozeico Diane Ponti Michael Powell Per Ramfjord Halle Sadle Steven Taylor Jacqueline Willingham Thomas Wood Steve Wynne

DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Bob Speltz, Chair Jill Abere Ann Barden Joan Cirillo Ginnie Cooper Amy Donohue Ann Edlen Sara Guest Maurice King Jan Oliva Andrew Proctor Amy Prosenjak Chabre Vickers Jacqueline Willingham Carl Wilson Ben Wood Thomas Wood

PATRON ADVISORY COUNCIL Katherine O’Neil, Chair Jill Abere Seth Alley Kim Bissell Marian Creamer Kieran Curley Rebecca DeCesaro Sarah Gibbon Mackenzie Harrington Susan Hathaway-Marxer Earl Hines Paula Kurshner Phillip M. Margolin Katherine McCoy Carolyn McKinney

LITERARY ARTS IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY:

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Vanessa McLaughlin Lora Meyer Nancy Ponzi Anna Raman Jim Reinhart Barbara Sepenuk Roslyn Sutherland Margaret Tuchmann Kate Tuominen Kristi Wallace Knight Kim Weyler Marcia Wood

OREGON BOOK AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS ADVISORY COUNCIL Anis Mojgani, Chair Tom Booth Nancy Boutin Julie Dixon Abbey Gaterud Betsy Henning Rhonda Hughes Cecelia Huntington Linda Leslie Meghan Moran Jyothi Natarajan Corrine Oishi Dennis Steinman Armin Tolentino

YOUTH PROGRAMS ADVISORY COUNCIL Jonathan Hill, Chair Carmen Bernier-Grand Sandra J. Childs Jacque Dixon Bob Geddes Andre Goodlow Mary Hirsch Maurice King Briana Linden André Middleton Deidra Miner Anis Mojgani Joanna Rose Karena Salmond Nancy Sullivan Catherine Theriault Amy Wayson Tracey Wyatt Sharon Wynde

PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Joan Cirillo, Chair Edward Ash-Milby Kathi Berens Katie Boland Julie Bunker Liz Crain Sarah Gibbon Kisha Jarrett Elina Lim Josha Nathan Justice Adrienne Nelson Olivia Olivia Katherine O’Neil Steph Opitz Craig Popelars Jon Raymond Sarah Rothenfluch Rob Spillman Alicia Tate Sage Van Wing Lidia Yuknavitch Gail Zuro

VISION PLAN COMMITTEE Ann Edlen, Chair Joan Cirillo Ginnie Cooper Lydah DeBin Amy Donohue Theo Downes-Le Guin Greg Goodman Susheela Jayapal Corrine Oishi Andrew Proctor Amy Prosenjak Jon Raymond Nathan Sasaki Jill Sherman Bob Speltz Dennis Steinman Chabre Vickers Tom Wood

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The First of Us This morning, I dreamed of coyotes.

A pack crossed my mother’s yard last night, dried to the bone by eight-year drought. Endlessly hungry, they killed every rabbit in reach.

This morning, I tried to dream of love, but the animals won out. What does that say about my priorities? How can I witness this world without losing sight of myself? Two more minutes,

Alyssa Ogi 2021 Oregon Literary Fellowship Recipient Oregon Poetry Community Fellowship

and a mother’s child might be next, whoever sits among the palm and lemon, scented by summer, scattered in time; they’ll eat the wet parts first out of habit.

The first days on this earth were hard, I’m certain, yet it was sweetest when we could hold our hands out and expect anything good to happen.

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