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Jake Bartman Receives Pushcart Special Mention
Congratulations to Jake Bartman (LC English, ’15)! Jake’s “Night Swim,” originally published in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue of Ninth Letter, has received a special mention in the 2022 Pushcart Prize anthology.
Darrius Wallace Portrayal of Frederick Douglass
Show/Performance title: The Starry Road To FreedomPrécis: This show takes us on the journey of what it truly means to be free. From Frederick Douglass as a young boy who is heavily influenced by his grandmother to self realization through the power of the written and spoken word we witness Douglass dramatic discovery of freedom through 7 different characters played by Phil Darius Wallace. He creatively uses song, poetry, monologue and speeches to bring the Frederick Douglass Story to life.
This show is to be held in Evans Auditorium Monday, April 11th from 4:30pm-5:45pm.
Seniors: Submit Fiction to L&C Fiction Award by April 6th
The 2022 Lewis & Clark Fiction Award is open to all graduating seniors currently enrolled full-time at Lewis & Clark College. The winning writer is awarded a cash prize of $100 and the piece can be previously published.
Seniors: Submit poetry to 2022 Vern Rutsala AAP Contest by April 6th
The Vern Rutsala Academy of American Poets Prize Contest at Lewis & Clark College is open to all graduating seniors currently enrolled full-time at Lewis & Clark College. The winning poet is awarded a cash prize of $100 and acknowledgement in the Academy’s newsletter. Poems can be previously published. For more information about the Academy of American Poets visit www.poets.org
Former Poet Laureate Shares Treasure Trove of Poems, Early Writings
Fans of former Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford can get a never-before-seen look at early drafts of his poetry—and the folk art and Americana that informed them—at an exhibition devoted to the Kim Stafford Archive. The exhibition, located in Watzek Library, will be on view from March 18 to August 20, 2022.
Call for Papers: Dorothy Berkson Writing Award in Gender Studies
Submissions due by 5pm, Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Submission may be from any field of study so long as gender is central to the work.
Mary Szybist & Rita Dove: A Discussion of “Home” at the 2021 Portland Book Festival
Rita Dove, a former U.S. Poet Laureate, discusses her new collection Playlist for the Apocalypse with LC professor (and National Book Award Winner), Mary Szybist at the 2021 Portland Book Festival on Wednesday, November 10th at 7:00PM.
The 2022-2023 Dixon Award Application
The Lewis & Clark College English Department is pleased to announce this year’s application process for the Dixon Award. Through the efforts of two of our alumni, Hillary and Adam Dixon, this $2,500.00 award was established in 2002 by the Dixon Family Foundation. It is given to one junior English major each year.
English Department Senior Send-off!
The English Department will celebrate with the graduating seniors and their families in a virtual send-off.
We can’t all be together, but we can still celebrate!
Senior Speaker: Tuse Mahenya BA ’21
Tuse Mahenya BA ’21 will address graduates at the College of Arts and Sciences commencement on May 8.
Theatre Department Explores Gender and Performativity in The Secretaries
The Secretaries, a campy horror-comedy that exemplifies feminist, queer theatre took performativity to extremes by showing violence and intimacy while remaining six feet apart.
Lewis & Clark Alumna Launches Advice Column at The Oregonian
Lizzy Acker BA ’05 is the pen behind The Oregonian’s new column doling out sharp, honest advice on the big and small problems in life. Acker is a trending news reporter at the paper, covering a range of issues relevant to the Oregon community. - EVENTS
Abdulrazak Gurnah: Portland Arts & Lectures 2022/2023 Season
Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021. His novels include Memory of Departure, Pilgrims Way, Dottie, Paradise, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize, and most recently, Afterlives. Born in Zanzibar in 1948, Gurnah immigrated to the United Kingdom in the late 1960s. He is professor emeritus of English and postcolonial literatures at the University of Kent, and lives in Canterbury.
LC English Fall ’22 Reading Series: Audrey Gutierrez
We are delighted to kickoff our LC English Fall ’22 Reading Series by showcasing work by Visiting Instructor and LC alumna Audrey Gutierrez! Audrey Gutierrez is a Cuban-American writer from Lafayette, Louisiana. She earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is a finalist of the 2022 PEN Emerging Voices Fellowship and of the Mary Blodgett Fiction Prize from the University of Iowa.
LC English Fall ’22 Reading Series: Jane Wong
LC English welcomes the poet Jane Wong! Jane is the author of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything (Alice James, 2021) and Overpour (Action Books, 2016). Her debut memoir, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, is forthcoming from Tin House in May 2023.
