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Thursday, February 18, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Summer Fishtrap: Registration is open now
■ Plans are to be in-person, but the program may switch to online if necessary
WALLOWA LAKE — Registra-
tion is now open for the 34th-annu-
al Summer Fishtrap Gathering of
Writers that will take place in July
at Wallowa Lake Lodge.
With a theme of “Resilience,” this
year the event takes place July
12-18.
Adult workshops cost $855 (or
$770 for Fishtrappers — details
at fi shtrap.org/be-a-fi shtrapper).
Youth workshops are $550.
Participants are urged to choose
a weeklong writing workshop in
their favorite genre: fi ction, nonfi c-
tion, poetry, memoir, lyric essay or
short story.
Plus for the fi rst time, Fishtrap is
offering a special writing workshop
in children’s literature.
Each workshop is limited to 13
participants, giving everyone the
opportunity to build connections
with a world-class instructor and
their fellow writers.
Summer Fishtrap also brings a
one-of-a-kind literary experience
through daily craft talks, discus-
sions, open mics, readings and
a keynote address from award-
winning poet Frank X Walker, all
in the inspiring setting of Wallowa
Lake.
The workshop instructors
include nationally recognized and
award-winning authors JaNay
Brown-Wood, Oregon poet laureate
Anis Mojgani, Beth Piatote, Frank
X Walker, Ellen Waterston, Joe
mer-fi shtrap-2021-workshops to
register and to see the full lineup of
workshops and instructors.
FRANK X WALKER
Frank X Walker
Wilkins and Leni Zumas.
Summer Fishtrap also offers two
Youth Workshops led by Bend cre-
ative laureate MOsley WOtta and
educator Whitney Chandler.
Some workshops fi ll up quickly
and early registration is recom-
mended.
Fishtrap is planning for an in-
person conference at the lake, but
will not put individual health or
the health of the local community
at risk.
Summer Fishtrap was success-
fully converted into a “virtual”
conference in 2020 and if neces-
sary, organizers say that Fishtrap
will work to make it even better in
2021.
Go to https://fi shtrap.org/sum-
Frank X Walker has published
10 collections of poetry, including
“Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of
Medgar Evers,” which was awarded
the 2014 NAACP Image Award for
Poetry.
He is also the author of “Buffalo
Dance: The Journey of York,” win-
ner of the 2004 Lillian Smith Book
Award.
A lover of comics, Walker cu-
rated “We Wear the Mask: Black
Superheroes through the Ages,” an
exhibit of his personal collection of
action fi gures, comics, and related
memorabilia.
Walker coined the term “Affri-
lachia” and co-founded the Affrila-
chian Poets.
His honors include a 2004
Lannan Literary Fellowship for
Poetry, the 2008 and 2009 Denny
C. Plattner Award for Outstanding
Poetry in Appalachian Heritage, as
well as fellowships and residences
with Cave Canem, the National
Endowment for the Humanities,
and the Kentucky Arts Council.
Walker serves as Professor of
English and African American and
Africana Studies at the University
of Kentucky in Lexington.
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