FEBRUARY 2, 2017 // 3
Portland poet comes to Astoria Public Library
Take part in a
workshop, listen to
a poetry reading
for emerging authors. From
submitting to reputable
chapbook publishers to
creating handmade, locally
printed, limited editions of
your work, the world has
never been more open to
an author’s specifi c vision.
But what’s the best way to
organize and structure your
chapbook, make it read
cohesively and fi nd the right
publishing path?
Williams will aim to
answer those questions with
his hands-on workshop Cre-
ating and Publishing Your
Chapbook, taking place
from 4 to 5:30 p.m. For writ-
ers of both poetry and prose,
the workshop will guide you
all the way from inspiration
to publication.
ASTORIA — As part of its
Meet the Author, a free se-
ries of readings and presen-
tations by Oregon authors,
Astoria Public Library will
host award-winning Portland
writer John Sibley Williams
on Saturday, Feb. 4.
In the afternoon, Wil-
liams will lead a creative
writing and publishing
workshop. Then, he will
give an evening reading.
Both events are free and
open to the public.
There’s currently a small
press renaissance, with
countless publishing options
coast
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
weekend
Following the workshop,
Williams will give a poetry
reading at 6 p.m.
Williams is celebrating
the release of his latest poetry
collection, “Disinheritance.”
The New York Review
of Books said, “At once am-
bitious and enigmatic, these
poems are charged with a
mysterious energy bordering
sometimes on the untrans-
latable.” Today’s Book of
Poetry called it “an epic
cannonade of grief. Reading
it will wring your heart right
out of your chest.”
Williams serves as editor
of The Infl ectionist Review
and works as both a literary
agent and marketing director
of Portland-based Inkwater
Press. He is the editor of two
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Northwest literary antholo-
gies and the author of nine
poetry collections, including
“Disinheritance” and “Con-
trolled Hallucinations.”
Williams is a seven-time
Pushcart nominee and
winner of the Philip Booth
Award, American Literary
Review Poetry Contest,
Nancy D. Hargrove Editors’
Prize, Confrontation Poetry
Prize and Vallum Award for
Poetry, Williams’ publishing
credits include: The Yale
Review, Midwest Quarter-
ly, Sycamore Review, The
Massachusetts Review, Poet
Lore, Saranac Review, Arts
& Letters, Columbia Poetry
Review, Mid-American Re-
view, Third Coast, Baltimore
Review, RHINO and various
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Portland writer John Sibley
Williams will lead two events
at Astoria Public Library on
Feb. 4.
anthologies. He lives in
Portland.
Astoria Public Library is
located at 450 10th St. For
more information about li-
brary programs and services,
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“Disinheritance” is the latest
poetry collection by John
SIbley Williams.
contact library staff at 503-
325-7323 or comments@
astorialibrary, or visit the
Astoria Public Library at
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