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22 // COASTWEEKEND.COM The Sou’wester has just your type COURTESY SOU’WESTER LODGE Heather Douglas List, list, O list! SEAVIEW, WASH. — The Sou’wester Lodge hosts “Poetry Through List Mak- ing,” a workshop with Astoria writer and teacher Heather Douglas, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17. Intimidated by the poetry-writing pro- cess? Author Ray Bradbury was known to use the technique of list-making to create his stories because it allowed him to “turn off” the internal editor and unlock pure creativity. In this course, we will create 10 po- ems. You will also leave the class with a custom-made workbook to continue your poetry journey at home. Douglas believes in the transforma- tive power of poetry. She is an educator, illustrator, writer and a recent recipient of the Astoria Visual Arts Writer in Resi- dence. She is a self-published author of two illustrated coloring books, a book of poetry and a frequent contributor to Coast Weekend. The workshop cost is $30, plus a $5 material fee (for the take-home work- book) paid directly to the instructor. Bring a writing utensil and sack lunch or snack. Hot tea and coffee will be provided. This workshop is geared toward adults; a maximum of 20 students will be allowed. RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@ gmail.com or 360-642-2542. The Lodge is located at 3728 J Place, Seaview. SEAVIEW, WASH. — Melissa Favara, a teacher of writing and literature at Clark College, will lead a workshop called “Type/Writing: Experiments in Creative Nonfiction & Zinecraft” at the Sou’wester Lodge 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18. This workshop will consist of focused writing time working with short memoir and creative nonfiction prompts, producing small pieces that can be expanded on later. Participants will be provided with their own vintage manu- al typewriter to use. There will be feedback sessions, and materi- als and guidance for creating one-of-a-kind zines of participants’ favorite pieces from the session. Favara writes non- fiction, creative non- COURTESY SOU’WEST- fiction and poetry. She ER LODGE collects typewriters Melissa Favara and curates the 1,000 Words reading series. Her work has appeared in Street Roots, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and elsewhere. The workshop cost is $30, plus a $5 material fee paid directly to the instructor. Bring a pen, notebook and sack lunch or snack. Hot tea and coffee will be pro- vided. Tweens, teens and adults are welcome to participate; 10 student max. RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360- 642-2542. The Lodge is located at 3728 J Place, Seaview. COURTESY SOU’WESTER LODGE Dare to be unchaste COURTESY SOU’WESTER LODGE Jenny Forrester SEAVIEW, WASH. — The Unchaste Read- ers Series presents “Unchaste at The Sou’wester,” hosted by Jenny Forrester 8 to 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19. The “Unchaste Readers” are women ages 14 to 71 who have read at the Un- chaste Readers Series since April 2012. “Unchaste” is about creating a commu- nity, promoting writing that takes risks, that shows the raw, vulnerable, ecstatic, complicated lives of women, gender non-binary and gender-noncomforming — nearly everyone except cis-men. Forrester has been published in a number of print and online publi- cations, including Seattle’s City Arts Magazine, Nailed Magazine, Hip Mama, The Literary Kitchen, Indiana Review and Columbia Journal. Her work is included in the Listen to Your Mother anthology published by Put- nam. Her debut memoir was published last year by Portland’s Hawthorne Books. The Sou’wester Lodge is located at 3728 J Place, Seaview, Washington.
