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A cornucopia of talent in
college literary magazines
Autumn is a great time to
sing the praises of literary
arts magazines. The Pacific
Northwest boasts several
fine examples, but given
our space limitations, this
column will focus on two
recent college publications.
Talk about educational!
Imagine putting out the
call for material, wrangling
all the contributors, man-
aging the editing process,
the layout, the publishing
operation — it’s all in a
day’s work for the faculty
advisors.
But they would be the
first to note the teamwork
required to pull this off —
beginning with the student
staff and extending to the
essayists and poets, the
short story writers and car-
toonists, the photographers
and artists, all bravely bar-
Blended
Faculty advisors
Lynn Hovde and
Nicholas Schuur
Olympic College
ing their souls and honing
their talents in front of their
classmates, campus and
community.
Rain Magazine
At Clatsop Community
College, the annual literary
effort is called Rain Maga-
zine. This is a surprisingly
hefty offering — thanks to
the support of advertisers
and individual patrons, the
magazine features the work
of more than fifty writers
and artists living around
the mouth of the Columbia
River.
Among the highlights are
crystalline poetry offerings
from Victoria Boone of
Ocean Park, Anne Farley of
Beaverton and John Cimi-
nello of Naselle.
Alyssa Graybeal, a writ-
ing instructional assistant at
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The cover of
Rain Magazine 2017
Rain Magazine
Faculty Advisor
Ryan Hume
Clatsop Community
College
the college, supplies a wry
and wonderful recollection
of a hot springs misadven-
ture.
A thoroughly engross-
ing Passport section tells
stories from farther afield,
incorporating snapshots
taken by Clatsop College
students during a recent trip
to Europe, dispatches filed
by poet/lepidopterist Robert
Michael Pyle from Cuba,
dazzling Latin American
photography by photogra-
phers Wendy Harding and
Martha Clarkson, and more.
Particularly important
is an interview conducted
by CCC advisor (and Coast
Weekend contributor)
Ryan Hume with Irani-
an novelist Aida Moradi
Ahani. A Willapa Bay
Artist in Residence earlier
this year, Ahani almost
had her long-planned-for
residency scuttled due to
President Trump’s initial
immigration ban. In the
end, she was able to come,
and it’s terrific that Rain
Magazine could capture her
thoughtful, and optimistic,
perspective.
Blended
“Blended 2017” is
a magazine published
by Olympic College in
Bremerton. Student staff
member Daniel Chung
designed the cover for this
journal, which features the
image of a strutting cock,
in recognition of this being
the Year of the Rooster
according to the Chinese
calendar.
This zodiac sign
traditionally is viewed
as a symbol of fortune,
fidelity and strength, and
readers who pay close
attention may be able to
identify those qualities as
the thematic basis for the
selection of pieces in this
collection.
The dozen or so literary
works range from poems to
essays that contain person-
al reflections on concerns
such as search for identity
and loss of innocence.
“Blended” also contains
graphic novel-style sketch-
es, a short story, and some
good old-fashioned rhym-
ing verse by poet Matthew
Dean.
One section does a
nice job of pairing phys-
ics-themed haiku with
illustrations in a variety of
media. And true to its title,
there is a blend of other
visual images throughout
— Nessa Broughton-neis-
wanger’s mixed media
piece, “Coming Home,” is
a zippy standout.
The Bookmonger is
Barbara Lloyd McMichael,
who writes this weekly col-
umn focusing on the books,
authors and publishers
of the Pacific Northwest.
Contact her at bkmonger@
nwlink.com.
Open 7am
Daily!
Scandinavian artist teaches
Sami bracelet making
ASTORIA — Augusta Ander-
son, of Nomadic Artistry, is
teaching two-classes on Sami
bracelet making 8 a.m. to
noon Saturday and Sunday,
Oct. 14 and 15, at Bumble
Art Studio (230 10th St.).
She will also be at Finn
Ware (1116 Commercial
St.) that Saturday evening
demonstrating her craft.
Anderson uses tradition-
al and authentic materials
imported from Sweden to
create Sami bracelets for
women and men, according
to her website. Each piece
of this handcrafted jewelry
is meticulously handmade
using centuries-old tech-
niques in order for Nomadic
Artistry to present a very
beautifully authentic and
much-loved piece of Scandi-
navian history and tradition.
Born in 1969, Ander-
son is a second-generation
Swede and a third-genera-
tion Norwegian who grew
up on Mitkoff Island in
Southeast Alaska. Her web-
site is nomadicartistry.com.
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