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SEPTEMBER 22�29, 2021
Fishtrap Fireside returns Oct. 1
Monthly series will
again be virtual
By Katy Nesbitt
Go! Magazine
E
NTERPRISE — The Fishtrap
Fireside series launches
Friday, Oct. 1, with writers Zanni
Schauffl er, Ginger Berry and
Jim Dameron. Now in its ninth
season, the popular monthly
Fishtrap event will be available
online for literary fans around
the globe.
“We’re off ering Fireside
virtually again this fall,” said
Mike Midlo, Fishtrap’s program
director. “The advantage being
people can take in these read-
ings from anywhere around the
country or the world.”
The Oct. 1 session begins at
7 p.m. Access it at www.fi shtrap.
org and Fishtrap’s YouTube
channel.
FISHTRAP FIRESIDE
7 p.m., Oct. 1
www.fi shtrap.org
Also on Fishtrap's YouTube
channel
ABOUT THE WRITERS
Zanni Schauffl er has a mas-
ter’s in writing from Portland State
University and a master’s in fi ne
arts from the University of Cali-
fornia, Irvine. She left her native
Portland 14 years ago to escape
“the city poetry social scene,”
she said, and came to Wallowa
County to work at Fishtrap. A
published poet and the recipient
of an Oregon Literary Arts Fellow-
ship in Poetry, Schauffl er is a con-
summate artist who is working on
a novel, writing poetry, painting
pictures and always reading.
Ginger Berry
Jim Dameron
Zanni Schauffl er
Jim Dameron splits his time
between Portland and Lostine.
An essayist and poet, his work
has appeared in “The Missouri
Review,” “AGNI,” “Mid-American
Review,” “Northwest Review”
and “Post Road.” Three of his
essays have been cited as no-
table by the editors of The Best
American Essays (2000, 2005
and 2013).
Ginger Berry, a freshman in
high school, lives in Enterprise
and attends Oak Meadow High
School online. With a love of
writing, she has attended the
past three Summer Fishtrap
workshops. Outside her aca-
demic pursuits, she said she en-
joys cooking, reading, dancing
and playing with her two dogs.
have enjoyed a variety of genres
including cowboy poetry, fi c-
tion, nonfi ction, humor, memoir,
sci-fi fantasy, essay, travelogue
and food stories.
Fishtrap, started in 1988, is
a literary organization based in
Enterprise dedicated to clear
thinking and good writing in and
about the West. While provid-
ing educational opportunities
for people around the country,
programs like Fireside were de-
signed to showcase local talent.
ABOUT FISHTRAP
Fishtrap Fireside is a monthly
reading series designed to
feature diverse voices of local
writers. Since the program
launched in 2013, audiences
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