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• Encourage • Congratulate FLOWERS SAY YOU CARE... • Thank someone! You select '7'r> up The University Florist 610 E. 13,h Avenue at Patterson o \no\ 485-3655 or toll-free (800) 478-3655 www.eugenesflowerhome.com /' O' y ^ SALSA, MERENGUE EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Ky/<0€6cA?e<i' IN THE RUMBA ROOM FREE CLASS FROM 9-10 LADIES FREE UNTIL 10:30 100 E. BROADWAY EUGENE HARDWARE • Hardware • Electrical • Plumbing • Paint • Housewares • Lawn & Garden • Tools I 342-5191 2825 Willamette Eugene, Oregon We've got sp at vwvw.dailyemerald.com ‘Writing Queer' workshops slated for 3 p.m. Sunday A group of four authors, including University alumni, will teach interactive workshops on gay fiction By Jennifer Sudick Freelance Editor A group of four authors will lead workshops at the University this Sun day as part of its whirlwind seven-stop tour of the Northwest. "Writing Queer," an event featuring interactive workshops, readings and free food, will touch on topics includ ing gender and gay eroticism. Author Trebor Healey, who organ ized the tour, said he is most excited about speaking in Eugene because he will have the opportunity to host work shops as well as read from his book, 'Through it Came Bright Colors." "When I was young, becoming a writer was this big mystery," he said. "I want to encourage people who are writing, and for those who aren't writing, I want to get them to read — to give them some real-world knowledge." Healey and presenting authors Dan Boyle, Marshall Moore and Jim Tushinski met through their joint publisher, The Haworth Press, Inc. The tour begins Saturday in Olympia, Wash., and ends Feb. 16 in Bellingham, Wash. Tushinski said the University is the only stop where authors will host workshops and give readings. "It gives us a chance to try a number of things, which is kind of fun," Tushinski said. "I am interested in hearing what other people have to say." Tushinski will lead a workshop with Boyle entided, "Genre: Memoir vs. Fiction." He said he is looking forward to examining differences CAMPUS B1 ITF1P between memoir and fiction and helping writers examine their per ceptions of gender. "I low easy is it to write in a point of view of gender or from a gender that doesn't even exist?" he said. "That makes you look at gender very differ ently because you are thinking out side the box." Healey, who has hosted work shops at the University of Georgia and Kent State, said he wants to stretch common perceptions of genre so authors don't feel trapped in one style of writing. "Gender is something we should get people thinking about," he said. "I want to take erotica into new areas and deal with it in a way that isn't so obvious." Boyle, author of "Huddle," a novel about nine gay flag football players, said the event's themes revolve around serious social issues. "Gay fiction isn't just pulpy fiction about gay men having sex," the Uni versity alumnus said. "I am going to discuss how to make a novel so it is erotic and not pornographic." Boyle added that although his writ ing falls under the genre of "gay fic tion," he avoids labeling himself as one specific type of writer. "I don't consider myself a gay nov elist," he said. "1 consider myself an Irish Catholic person who grew up in the Pacific Northwest who happens to be a gay writer." Workshops begin at 3 p.m. Sun day in the EMU River Rooms, fol lowed by readings and a question and-answer session at 6 p.m. in the EMU International Lounge. The event is free, and an RSVP is request ed by calling 346-1134. Contact the freelance editor at jennHersudick@dailyemerald.com. Friday IRC Winter Film Festival featuring “El Hijo de la Novia,” 7 p.m., EMU International Lounge. Oregon Ballroom Dance, 7:30 p.m., Room 220, Gerlinger Hall, $4 University students and faculty, $5 general public. Critical theory lecture featuring University of Cali fornia at Santa Cruz historian James Clifford, Room 375,4 p.m., McKenzie Hall. Film, “Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War,” 7:30 p.m., Feb. 8,100 Willamette Hall. Premier Travel 1011 Harlow 1747-0909^=^ I Student Travel Experts Today’s crossword solution Find fun stuff in the ODE classifieds: COMICS YOUR DAILY HOROSCOPE THE CROSSWORD