MIXED MEDIUM
THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
Registration open
for 2022 Fishtrap
Outpost workshops
Go! staff
W
ALLOWA COUNTY —
Fishtrap is inviting writers
to “pick your wilderness writing
adventure” by registering now for
its Outpost workshops planned
for 2022.
There are two — the fi rst, in
June, is on the Zumwalt Prai-
rie, and the second is in Hells
Canyon in September. Fishtrap
describes these workshops as
“time to explore a remote, natu-
ral environment as a way to fi nd
solitude, connect to the land-
scape in a meaningful way, and
write about your experience.”
Registration for each week-
long experience includes writing
instruction, meals and camping.
Visit www.fi shtrap.org/outpost
for full details.
OUTPOST ON THE
ZUMWALT PRAIRIE
June 20-25, 2022
CMarie Fuhrman is the
instructor for the June experi-
ence, which takes place on The
Nature Conservancy Zumwalt
Prairie Preserve — a 33,000-
acre grassland in rural Wallowa
County. The theme is “I Come
Into the Peace of Wild Things.”
Registration is is $1,195.
Fuhrman is the author of
“Camped Beneath the Dam:
Poems” and co-editor of “Na-
tive Voices.” She has pub-
lished poetry and nonfiction
in multiple journals including
Emergence Magazine, Yellow
Medicine Review, Cutthroat — a
Journal of the Arts, Whitefish
Review and Poetry Northwest,
as well as several anthologies.
She teaches in the low resi-
dency MFA Program at West-
ern Colorado University and
is the 2021-2023 Idaho Writer
in Residence. She lives in the
mountains of west-central
Idaho. Learn more at www.
cmariefuhrman.com.
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DECEMBER 15�22, 2021
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CMarie Fuhrman
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Joe Wilkins
OUTPOST ON THE SNAKE
RIVER IN HELLS CANYON
Northwest Book Award, “Fall
Back Down When I Die” won the
2020 High Plains Book Award.
Wilkins is also the author of a
memoir, “The Mountain and the
Fathers,” winner of a 2014 GLCA
New Writers Award, and four
collections of poetry, including
“Thieve” and “When We Were
Birds,” winner of the Oregon
Book Award. Born and raised in
Eastern Montana, Wilkins lives
with his family in the foothills
of the Coast Range of Oregon,
where he directs the creative
writing program at Linfi eld
University. Find out more by
visiting www.joewilkins.org.
Sept. 3-8, 2022
Joe Wilkins is the instructor
for the September experience,
which includes rafting through
Hells Canyon with Winding
Waters River Expeditions. The
theme is “Lessons Along the
River: Attention, Language,
Story.” Registration is is $1,995.
Wilkins is the author of
“Fall Back Down When I Die,” a
novel praised as “remarkable
and unforgettable” in a starred
review at Booklist. A fi nalist for
the First Novel Award from the
Center for Fiction and the Pacifi c
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