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JULY 13�20, 2022
ACE Writing Project partners
with EOU’s Lit Week
JULY 2022 EVENTS IN
Event is Wednesday,
July 20, at HQ
saw, Miles served as a professor of
environmental studies and writing at
Maine’s Unity College from 2001-2015
Go! staff
and has since taught in several grad-
LA GRANDE — This month, Art Cen-
uate schools and low residency-MFA
ter East’s Writing Project is joining La
programs including, most recently, at
Grande Lit Week, a project of Eastern
Green Mountain College, in Vermont,
Oregon University’s Master of Fine Arts
where she was also writer-in-resi-
program.
dence.
The joint event will
Miles is the
ACE WRITING PROJECT
author
of fi ve books:
take place in person
7 p.m. Wednesday, July 20
“Adventures with
at HQ, 112 Depot St.,
HQ, 112 Depot St., La Grande
on Wednesday, July
Ari,” “All Stand-
Also on Zoom
ing,” “Superstorm,”
20, at 7 p.m. Peo-
artcentereast.org
“Quakeland” and
ple can also join by
“Trailed: One Wom-
Zoom. Learn more at
artcentereast.org/events/ace-
an’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah
Murders.”
writing-project.
Her essays and articles have appeared
Award-winning journalist and science
in publications including Audubon, Best
writer Kathryn Miles, PhD, will be the
American Essays, The Boston Globe,
featured reader for the evening.
Down East, Ecotone, History, The New
Miles received a bachelor’s degree in
York Times, Outside, Pacifi c Standard,
philosophy from Saint Louis University
Politico, Popular Mechanics and Time.
and took both her master’s and doc-
She currently serves as a schol-
torate in English from the University of
ar-in-residence for the Maine Human-
Delaware.
ities Council, a faculty member for
A longtime editor of Hawk & Hand-
several MFA programs, and as a private
UNION COUNTY
OREGON
JULY 15TH - 16TH
ACE/Contributed image
consultant available for emerging and
established writers. She lives in Portland,
Maine.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The ACE Writing Project hosts monthly
author readings on the third Wednesday.
Following the featured reading, facilita-
tors open the fl oor to anyone interested
in sharing an original piece. Writers of all
genres are welcome — open mic sign-up
starts at 6:45 p.m. on a fi rst-come basis
(limit 10 readers per night). Please keep a
reading under 5 minutes.
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