Wordstock Festival 2011 View Full Schedule: wordstockfestival2011.sched.org

September 26 • Monday


  7:00PM –  8:30PM P La Luna Nueva Festival - Staged Reading (English) Miracle Theater

September 27 • Tuesday

  7:00PM –  8:30PM P La Luna Nueva Festival - Poets Open Mic Night (Bilingual) Miracle Theater

September 28 • Wednesday

  7:00PM –  8:30PM P La Luna Nueva Festival - Staged Reading (Spanish) Miracle Theater

September 30 • Friday

  6:00PM –  9:00PM T Literal Fun Castaways

October 1 • Saturday

  7:00PM – 11:00PM T The 6th Annual Text Ball: In Poetic Fashion p:ear Gallery
Sponsors: Portland Wine Storage

October 2 • Sunday

  6:00PM –  8:00PM P ShanRock's Triviology Wordstock Lit Quiz East Burn

October 3 • Monday

  8:00PM – 10:00PM P The Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience – Portland* "We Read So You Don’t Have To" Bunk Bar
Speakers: Vanessa Veselka, Jonathan Evison, Sean Beaudoin, James Bernard Frost, Quenby Moone, Gloria Harrison

October 4 • Tuesday

  6:00PM –  7:30PM P Portland Stories Reading Showcase Central Library, US Bank Room

October 5 • Wednesday

  6:00PM –  7:00PM P Children's Literature Reading Showcase Central Library, US Bank Room
Speakers: Ann Cameron, Carmen Bernier-Grand, Carolyn Conahan
  6:00PM –  8:00PM P Think & Drink with Oregon Humanities Rontoms

October 6 • Thursday

  7:00PM –  8:30PM T To Be Heard: A Documentary McMenamins Bagdad Theater
Speakers: Greg Netzer, Joe Ubiles
Sponsors: Comcast, Capital Pacific Bank

October 8 • Saturday

  9:00AM – 10:15AM S From Subjects to Storytelling Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: David Wolman
  9:00AM –  7:15PM S Hit Me Again, I can take it! (Making the Most of Constructive Criticism) Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Carolyn Conahan
 10:30AM – 11:45AM S Kicking Butt & Chewing Bubble Gum: Writing for Teenage Boys Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: D. F. Walker
 10:30AM – 11:45AM S Seven Steps to Writing a Sensational Scene Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Jennifer Lauck
 11:00AM – 12:00PM A Jennifer Richter & Matt Yurdana Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Jennifer Richter, Matt Yurdana
 11:00AM – 12:00PM K Carolyn Conohan & Ann Cameron Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Ann Cameron, Carolyn Conahan
 11:00AM – 12:00PM M Writing Across Cultures McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Bharati Mukherjee, Clark Blaise, Eduardo Halfon, Rahul Mehta
 11:00AM – 12:00PM N How to Win Over Agents & Editors National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Mandy Hubbard, Betsy Amster, Rhonda Hughes, Victoria Blake, David Forrer
 11:00AM – 12:00PM O Remembering Robert Sheckley Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Edward Morris, Gail Dana, Martin Olson
 11:00AM – 12:00PM R Steve Almond & Peter Mountford Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Steve Almond, Peter Mountford
 12:00PM –  1:00PM A Katrina Roberts & John Morrison Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: John Morrison, Katrina Roberts
 12:00PM –  1:00PM K Judy Sierra, Marc Brown, & Nancy Tillman Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Judy Sierra, Marc Brown, Nancy Tillman
 12:00PM –  1:00PM M Clark Blaise & Alexander MacLeod McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Alexander MacLeod, Clark Blaise
 12:00PM –  1:00PM N Julia Glass & Diana Abu-Jaber National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Diana Abu-Jaber, Julia Glass
 12:00PM –  1:00PM O Book Trailers: A Driving Force? Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Linda Kuhlmann, Manuel Muñoz, Vania Stoyanova, Dave Weich
 12:00PM –  1:00PM W My Censor, My Self Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: Ben Moorad, Kerry Cohen, Lidia Yuknavitch, Lynn Connor
 12:00PM –  1:00PM R Ellen Meeropol & Belinda McKeon Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Belinda McKeon, Ellen Meeropol
 12:00PM –  1:15PM S Collaborations in Visual Storytelling: Writing for Comics & Graphic Novels Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: James Lucas Jones, Jill Beaton, Charlie Chu
 12:00PM –  1:15PM S Writers, Inc.: Business Solutions for Writers and Writing Collectives Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Lauren Marie Fleming
  1:00PM –  2:00PM A Cyrus Cassells & Paulann Petersen Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Cyrus Cassells, Paulann Petersen
  1:00PM –  2:00PM K It's a Small World Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Carmen Bernier-Grand, Dana Plautz, Lynn Connor
  1:00PM –  2:00PM M Bharati Mukherjee & Ismet Prcic McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Bharati Mukherjee, Ismet Prcic
  1:00PM –  2:00PM N Jennifer Egan National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Greg Netzer, Jennifer Egan
  1:00PM –  2:00PM O Graphic Novels: Not Just for Geeks Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Darren Davis, Lili Ristagno, Shannon Wheeler, Vera Brosgol
  1:00PM –  2:00PM W Rahul Mehta & Scott Nedelson Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: Rahul Mehta, Scott Nadelson
  1:00PM –  2:00PM R Manuel Muñoz & Jason Skipper Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Jason Skipper, Manuel Muñoz
  1:30PM –  2:45PM S Radical Disclosure (or Can I Really Write That About My Mother-in-Law?) Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Steve Almond
  1:30PM –  2:45PM S Return to Joy: Remembering Why You Love to Write Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Jen Violi
  2:00PM –  3:00PM A Garrett Hongo & Henry Hughes Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Garrett Hongo, Henry Hughes
  2:00PM –  3:00PM K Malie Meloy, Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Maile Meloy
  2:00PM –  3:00PM M Isaac Marion McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Isaac Marion
  2:00PM –  3:00PM N Michael Ondaatje National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Michael Ondaatje, Andrew Proctor
  2:00PM –  3:00PM O Vera Brosgol & Jonathan Hill Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Jonathan Hill, Vera Brosgol
  2:00PM –  3:00PM W The Death of Print & Digital Humanity Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: Tiffany Lee Brown, Anmarie Trimble, Joshua Berger, Mike Merrill, Jon Raymond
  2:00PM –  3:00PM R Every Book is a Start Up Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Liz Crain, Kaie Wellman, Jen Stevenson, Todd Sattersten, Kelley Roy
  3:00PM –  4:00PM A Poets from the Attic Atheneum Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Jodie Marion, Michael Wynn
  3:00PM –  4:00PM K Pseudonymous Bosch & Patrick Carman Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Patrick Carman, Pseudonymous Bosch
  3:00PM –  4:00PM M Craig Thompson McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Craig Thompson
  3:00PM –  4:00PM N Barry Lopez with John Freeman National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: John Freeman, Barry Lopez
  3:00PM –  4:00PM O Read My Lips: Telling Stories Through Food Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Diana Abu-Jaber, Mark Bitterman
  3:00PM –  4:00PM W D.F. Walker & Moira Young Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: D. F. Walker, Moira Young
  3:00PM –  4:00PM R Comics for Social Justice: The Making of Oil and Water Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Mike Rosen, Shannon Wheeler, Steve Duin
  3:00PM –  4:15PM S How to Write HOT Sex Scenes Without Even Blushing! Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Steve Almond
  3:00PM –  4:15PM S In the Beginning: Crafting Compelling Story Openings Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Scott Nadelson
  3:00PM –  5:00PM D “Shelf Life” Room B115
Speakers: Lisa Day
  4:00PM –  5:00PM A Peter Pereira & Elyse Fenton Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Elyse Fenton, Peter Pereira
  4:00PM –  5:00PM K The Murky Ground of Middle Grade Books Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Jonathan Auxier, Lisa Schroeder, Maile Meloy
  4:00PM –  5:00PM M Robert Greer & Pierre Ouellette McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Pierre Ouellette, Robert Greer
  4:00PM –  5:00PM N Isabel Wilkerson National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Isabel Wilkerson
  4:00PM –  5:00PM O Marjorie Sandor & Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Marjorie Sandor
  4:00PM –  5:00PM W Blake Nelson & John Corey Whaley Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: Blake Nelson, John Corey Whaley
  4:00PM –  5:00PM R Pushing the Limits of Form in Fiction Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Jennifer Egan, John Freeman, Elissa Schappell
  4:30PM –  5:45PM S Instant Graphic Novel Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Neal Skorpen
  4:30PM –  5:45PM S Why Stories Get Rejected: Learning to Self-Edit Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Bharati Mukherjee, Clark Blaise
  5:00PM –  6:00PM A The Life & TImes of Allen Ginsberg Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Jerry Aronson, Tim DuRoche
  5:00PM –  6:00PM M Colin Meloy & Carson Ellis McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Carson Ellis, Colin Meloy
  5:00PM –  6:00PM N Eduardo Halfon & Sergio Troncoso National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Eduardo Halfon, Sergio Troncoso
  5:00PM –  6:00PM O Speaking in English--Dreaming in Spanish Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Emma Oliver, Frank Delgado, Joaquin Lopez, Octaviano Merecias, Mary Meredith Drew
  5:00PM –  6:00PM W Teens Facing Fears in Fiction Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: Kimberly Derting, Lauren Oliver, Patrick Carman, Suzanne Young
  5:00PM –  6:00PM R Tracy Daugherty & Keith Scribner Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Keith Scribner, Tracy Daugherty
  7:30PM –  9:30PM T the 7th Live Wire! wordstock extravaganza the Aladdin Theater
Speakers: Steve Almond, Craig Thompson, Isabel Wilkerson, Jennifer Egan
Artists: Wild Ones, Stephanie Schneiderman

October 9 • Sunday

  9:00AM – 10:15AM S A Biographer is a Storyteller Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Carmen Bernier-Grand
  9:00AM – 10:15AM S Building an Online Audience: How to Connect with Readers & the People Who Can Get You in Front of Readers Online Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Elgé Premeau
 10:30AM – 11:45AM S Digging Up Skeletons: How to Mine your Family History for Stories Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
 10:30AM – 11:45AM S Respecting the Reader: What Fiction Writers Can (and should) Learn from Poets Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Alexander MacLeod
 11:00AM – 12:00PM A Emily Warn & Ursula Le Guin Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Emily Warn, Ursula K. Le Guin
 11:00AM – 12:00PM K Lynn Connor, Eric Kimmel, and Carmen Bernier-Grand Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Carmen Bernier-Grand, Eric A. Kimmel, Lynn Connor
 11:00AM – 12:00PM M Deborah Reed & Writing in Multiple Genres McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Deborah Reed, Robert Kroese
 11:00AM – 12:00PM N When Was Your First Time? National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Ellen Meeropol, Jason Skipper, Mary Bisbee-Beek, Scott Sparling
 11:00AM – 12:00PM O Stalking the Elusive Guy Reader Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Peter Mountford, Chelsea Cain, J.C. Geiger, Jonathan Auxier
 11:00AM – 12:00PM W Latin American Writers and their Socio-cultural Realities Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: Isabel Jaén, Fernando Sánchez
 11:00AM – 12:00PM R What's With America's Sexual/Literary Hang-Up? Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Steve Almond, Cheryl Strayed, Lidia Yuknavitch, Viva Las Vegas
 12:00PM –  1:00PM A Chris Anderson & Cecilia Hagen Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Cecelia Hagen, Chris Anderson
 12:00PM –  1:00PM K Doreen Cronin & Marla Frazee Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Doreen Cronin, Marla Frazee
 12:00PM –  1:00PM M Vampires Are So Last Season McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Isaac Marion, Maggie Stiefvater, Suzanne Young, Sara Gundell
 12:00PM –  1:00PM N Attic Institute Showcase National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Cheryl Strayed, Merridawn Duckler, Wendy Willis, Matthew Dickman
 12:00PM –  1:00PM O Johnny Shaw & Scott Sparling Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Johnny Shaw, Scott Sparling
 12:00PM –  1:00PM W Isabel Jaén-Portillo & Fernando Sanchez Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: Isabel Jaén, Fernando Sánchez
 12:00PM –  1:00PM R Move Over, Holden Caulfield Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Anna Solomon, Blake Nelson, Jen Violi, John Corey Whaley
 12:00PM –  1:15PM S The Art of Graphic Narrative—from the single panel to the graphic novel Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Shannon Wheeler
 12:00PM –  1:15PM S Writing for Children’s Books Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Victoria Jamieson
  1:00PM –  2:00PM A Zachary Schomburg & Ingrid Wendt Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Ingrid Wendt, Zachary Schomburg
  1:00PM –  2:00PM K Deborah Hopkinson, Myra Wolfe & Julie Paschkis Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Deborah Hopkinson, Julie Paschkis, Myra Wolfe
  1:00PM –  2:00PM M Dominic Smith McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Dominic Smith
  1:00PM –  2:00PM N Larry Levin & Ceiridwen Terrill National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Ceiridwen Terrill, Larry Levin
  1:00PM –  2:00PM O Redrawing the Universe Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, Ivonne Saed, Alberto Moreno, Catherine Evleshin, Enrique Patlan
  1:00PM –  2:00PM W Suzanne Young & Kimberly Derting Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: Kimberly Derting, Suzanne Young
  1:00PM –  2:00PM R Mean Girls Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Chelsea Cain, Lisa Wells, Moira Young, Karen Karbo
  1:00PM –  3:00PM D “Georgie’s Big Break” Room B115
Speakers: Andy Mingo, Brian Lindstrom, Monica Drake
  1:30PM –  2:45PM S Imagination and Diagnosis: A Workshop on Writing and Medicine Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: George Estreich
  1:30PM –  2:45PM S One Arm Tied Behind Your Back: Harnessing the Hurdles that are Unique to Your Work-in-Progress Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Jonathan Auxier
  2:00PM –  3:00PM A Maxine Scates & Carl Adamschick Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Maxine Scates, Carl Adamschick
  2:00PM –  3:00PM K A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Julie Paschkis, Marla Frazee, Nancy Tillman, Brie Spangler
  2:00PM –  3:00PM M Future Shock: Emerging Trends in Publishing McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Deborah Reed, Kevin Smokler, Patrick Carman, Dave Weich
  2:00PM –  3:00PM N Anne Enright National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Anne Enright
  2:00PM –  3:00PM O Smells Like Teen Spirit Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: John Corey Whaley, Lindsey Leavitt, Lisa Schroeder, Sara Ryan
  2:00PM –  3:00PM W David Rocklin & Anna Solomon Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: Anna Solomon, David Rocklin
  2:00PM –  3:00PM R Banned Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: Ellen Hopkins, Jonathan Hill, Mary Rechner, Nancy Sullivan
  3:00PM –  4:00PM A Jack Straw Writers Showcase Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Nora Wendl, Robert Lamirande, Ann Teplick
  3:00PM –  4:00PM K Lauren Oliver & Jonathan Auxier Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Jonathan Auxier, Lauren Oliver
  3:00PM –  4:00PM M Daniel Woodrell & Chelsea Cain McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Chelsea Cain, Daniel Woodrell
  3:00PM –  4:00PM N Charles Yu & Vanessa Veselka National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Charles Yu, Vanessa Veselka
  3:00PM –  4:00PM O William M. Adler & Christopher Phillips Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Christopher Phillips, William M. Adler
  3:00PM –  4:00PM W David Marin & Jessica O'Dwyer Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: David Marin, Jessica O'Dwyer
  3:00PM –  4:00PM R Ellen Hopkins & Jen Violi Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Ellen Hopkins, Jen Violi
  3:00PM –  4:15PM S The Big Picture: Essential Story Structure Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Johnny Shaw
  3:00PM –  4:15PM S Under Their Skin and Through Their Eyes: Capturing Setting Through Point-of-View Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Jason Skipper
  3:00PM –  5:00PM D “Beyond the Spill” Room B115
Speakers: Mike Rosen, John Waller
  4:00PM –  5:00PM A Scott Poole Attic Institute Stage
Speakers: Scott Poole
  4:00PM –  5:00PM K Lindsey Leavitt & Lisa Schroeder Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Lindsey Leavitt, Lisa Schroeder
  4:00PM –  5:00PM M PlayWrite McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Lyndsay Hogland, Bruce Livingston, Alyson Osborn, Kristin Steele, Paul Susi
  4:00PM –  5:00PM O From Playboy to the Bible: Adapting Writing for Screen and Image Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Andy Mingo, Mark Russell, Nora Robertson, Shannon Wheeler
  4:00PM –  5:00PM W Kerry Cohen Hoffman & Molly McCloskey Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: Kerry Cohen, Molly McCloskey
  4:00PM –  5:00PM R Lidia Yuknavitch & Lisa Wells Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Lidia Yuknavitch, Lisa Wells
  4:30PM –  5:45PM S Narrator, Tell Me Everything You Know. Please. Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: Liz Prato
  4:30PM –  5:45PM S The How of Where: On setting as character in fiction Room C 125 or Room C 126
Speakers: David Rocklin
  5:00PM –  6:00PM K Nitpicky Kids Knowledge Universe Children's Stage
Speakers: Doreen Cronin, Judy Sierra, Nancy Tillman, Steven Engelfried
  5:00PM –  6:00PM M Scott Westerfeld & Maggie Stiefvater McMenamins Stage
Speakers: Maggie Stiefvater, Scott Westerfeld
  5:00PM –  6:00PM N Writer As American Citizen National Endowment for the Arts Stage
Speakers: Steve Almond, Daniel Woodrell, David Biespiel, David Marin
  5:00PM –  6:00PM O Nancy Rommelman & Jennifer Lauck Oregon Cultural Trust Stage
Speakers: Jennifer Lauck, Nancy Rommelmann
  5:00PM –  6:00PM W George Estreich & Kevin Renner Wieden+Kennedy Stage
Speakers: George Estreich, Kevin Renner
  5:00PM –  6:00PM R VoiceCatcher Wordstock Community Stage
Speakers: VoiceCatcher
  7:00PM –  8:45PM T The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg Portland Art Museum, Whitsell Auditorium