JANUARY 5, 2017 // 3
Hear from accomplished writers of contemporary literature
Pacifi c University
presents reading
series in Seaside
SEASIDE — The Pacifi c
University Master of Fine
Arts in Writing program
will once again host read-
ings by some of the world’s
fi nest contemporary writers
during its 10-day residency
in Seaside.
Free and open to the
public, the evening readings
begin at 7:30 p.m. and take
place from Friday, Jan. 6
through Friday, Jan. 13 at
the Best Western Ocean
View Resort, located at 414
N. Prom.
This event is a rare
opportunity to hear master
coast
writers read on successive
evenings. Featured authors
include poet Marvin Bell,
recipient of an American
Academy of Arts & Letters
Award in Literature; and
Australian fi ction writer
Cate Kennedy, winner of
the Queensland Literary
Award and the Victorian
Premier’s Literary Award.
The evening reading
schedule is as follows:
• Friday, Jan. 6: Chris
Abani, Judy Blunt and Pete
Fromm;
• Saturday, Jan. 7: Ellen
Bass, Jack Driscoll and
Cate Kennedy;
• Sunday, Jan. 8: Steve
Amick, Craig Lesley and
Joseph Millar;
• Monday, Jan. 9: Frank
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AUTHOR
READINGS
7:30 p.m. Jan. 6 to 13
Best Western
Ocean View Resort
414 N. Prom, Seaside
Free
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Poet Marvin Bell will read
Wednesday, Jan. 11.
Author Cate Kennedy will
read Saturday, Jan. 7.
Gaspar, Mike Magnuson
and Kellie Wells;
• Tuesday, Jan. 10: Claire
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John McNally;
• Wednesday, Jan. 11:
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Marvin Bell, Scott Korb
and Laura Hendrie;
• Thursday, Jan. 12;
Kwame Dawes, Valerie
Laken and David Long;
• Friday, Jan. 13; Sandra
Alcosser and Sanjiv Bhat-
tacharya.
The authors in the
reading series also teach at
the residency where MFA
students participate in
workshops, lectures, classes
and other events in prepa-
ration for the guided study
that follows. Students leave
the residency paired with
a professional writer who
responds to their reading
and writing throughout the
semester, encouraging and
inspiring emerging craft and
voice.
For more information
about the writers or the
MFA in Writing program,
contact director Shelley
Washburn at 503-352-1532
or visit www.pacifi cu.edu/
as/mfa