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Wednesday, January 1, 2020
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Three writers lined up for Fishtrap Fireside
■ Warm up at January’s session featuring Ralph Swinehart, Moll McCarty and Nate Lowe
ENTERPRISE — Fishtrap Fire-
side starts off the new year Jan. 3
with two Wallowa County locals
and a special guest from Union
County.
The evening begins at 7 p.m. at
Fishtrap, 400 E. Grant St., Enter-
prise. Admission is free.
Find a seat by the fi re and hear
readings from Wallowa County’s
Moll McCarty and Ralph Swine-
hart, and from Nate Lowe, Eastern
Oregon University’s dean of the
College of Arts, Humanities and
Social Sciences.
“Fishtrap has developed a
unique partnership with EOU
through Fishtrap College and
Summer Fishtrap,” according to
program manager Mike Midlo. “It’s
an honor to introduce Nate to the
Fireside audience and have him
read.”
An open mic follows where audi-
ence members have a chance to get
up to the podium and share their
stories too.
Fireside is a free monthly event
JAN 3 - 9
ELTRYM
HISTORIC THEATER
1809 1st St, Baker City • eltrym.com
For
showtimes,
please call
(541)
523-2522
or visit
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Show Times: 541-523-2522
Office: 541-523-5439
Ralph Swinehart
for local and regional writers to
read and share their work, held on
the fi rst Friday of the month from
October through April.
January’s Fireside is sponsored
by Ruby Peak Naturals, and the
fi rewood is provided by Jay Zee
Lumber.
RALPH SWINEHART
Ralph Swinehart moved to
Wallowa County in 1972 as part
of the back-to-the-land movement
and still lives on the small farm he
started building then.
He is currently a semi-retired
engineer and a part-time sheep-
herder and is working on becoming
a full-time Luddite. In his spare
time, Ralph works on and drives
his Model As and Model Ts.
NATE LOWE
Nate Lowe is a writer, teacher
and college administrator. His work
has appeared in such journals as
Ascent, South Dakota Review,
Blood Orange Review, Beecher’s
Magazine and The Chattahoochee
Review. In addition, his creative
essays have been listed as “Notable
of the Year” by the Best American
Winter Wear
Nate Lowe
Essays series and nominated for
Pushcart Prizes.
Nate is currently at work on
two books of essays, a chapbook
tentatively titled “The Animals We
Make,” which explores the plea-
sures and failures of early father-
hood, and a full-length collection
that tries to make sense of his rural
childhood through stories of pickup
trucks and the men and women
who drove them.
After 15 years of teaching college
creative writing, in 2017 he was
named EOU’s dean of the College
of Arts, Humanities and Social
Sciences.
Moll is interested in writing
about the intersections of ecology,
philosophy, race and gender. Their
favorite color is currently orange.
MOLL M C CARTY
Filson
Sorel
Bear Paw
2700 Bearco Loop
La Grande
541-963-8898
Moll McCarty is a native
Oregonian and has lived in Wal-
lowa County for eight years. Moll
identifi es as non-binary and uses
they/them pronouns. They love to
read, write, listen to podcasts and
go for moonlit walks.
Moll McCarty