News and Events
- NEWS
Cry of Freedom: New Inside-Out Prison Exchange Course
Prof. Molly Robinson will be teaching a new course this Fall at Columbia River Correctional Institution as part of the Lewis & Clark College Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. All interested students should apply!
Literary Review 50th Anniversary: Call for submissions through February 14th, 2023
The LC Literary Review will publish its 50th Anniversary Issue this coming spring! The editorial team is reading submissions now through February 14th, 2023 and will notify writers and artists which pieces they select soon afterwards.Poetry, prose, and visual art submissions are welcome and encouraged from all LC students, faculty, staff, and alumni in the greater LC community.
Students: Apply for the Bates Center Summer Sustainability Internship!
The Bates Center Summer Sustainability Internship Course will provide students with direct access to employers working on issues broadly related to sustainability in Portland, nationally, and internationally.
Digital Exhibit Focuses on Katherine Dunn’s New Posthumous Novel, “Toad”
Watzek Library staff worked with editor Naomi Huffman to create a digital exhibition of Katherine Dunn’s new posthumous novel “Toad,” which examines how the process of editing impacts an author’s vision.
The 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.
Inside-Out Instructor Training: Faculty Grant Applications
We are now taking Inside-Out Instructor Training Faculty Grant Applications for Summer 2023!
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.
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.
- EVENTS
Gender Studies Symposium community meeting & Call for Proposals
All current CAS students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend our community meetings this semester to plan the 43rd annual Gender Studies Symposium, scheduled for March 2024.
We invite submissions for panel discussions, individual papers, interactive workshops, and artistic productions, especially those focused on gender and sexuality in relation to digital technologies.
Please review the Call for Proposals for complete guidelines.
Write Around Portland: Fostering First Year Belonging
A Center for Community and Global Health Colloquium
The Center for Community and Global Health in collaboration with community partner Write Around Portland, is offering writing workshops to First Year students at Lewis & Clark.
The two-hour workshop is an interactive, fun and nourishing way to fulfill a Words or Numbers colloquium requirement and build your community on campus. This event is open to all First Year students.
All you need to bring is yourself. Workshops are great for new and experienced writers. There will be snacks!Interested? We’d love to have you! The event is open to all First Year students and space is limited.
Write Around Portland: Fostering First Year Belonging
A Center for Community and Global Health Colloquium
The Center for Community and Global Health in collaboration with community partner Write Around Portland, is offering writing workshops to First Year students at Lewis & Clark.
The two-hour workshop is an interactive, fun and nourishing way to fulfill a Words or Numbers colloquium requirement and build your community on campus. This event is open to all First Year students.
All you need to bring is yourself. Workshops are great for new and experienced writers. There will be snacks!Interested? We’d love to have you! The event is open to all First Year students and space is limited.
Write Around Portland: Fostering First Year Belonging
A Center for Community and Global Health Colloquium
The Center for Community and Global Health in collaboration with community partner Write Around Portland, is offering writing workshops to First Year students at Lewis & Clark.
The two-hour workshop is an interactive, fun and nourishing way to fulfill a Words or Numbers colloquium requirement and build your community on campus. This event is open to all First Year students.
All you need to bring is yourself. Workshops are great for new and experienced writers. There will be snacks!Interested? We’d love to have you! The event is open to all First Year students and space is limited.
Write Around Portland: Fostering First Year Belonging
A Center for Community and Global Health Colloquium
The Center for Community and Global Health in collaboration with community partner Write Around Portland, is offering writing workshops to First Year students at Lewis & Clark.
The two-hour workshop is an interactive, fun and nourishing way to fulfill a Words or Numbers colloquium requirement and build your community on campus. This event is open to all First Year students.
All you need to bring is yourself. Workshops are great for new and experienced writers. There will be snacks!Interested? We’d love to have you! The event is open to all First Year students and space is limited.
Gender Studies Symposium community meeting & Call for Proposals
All current CAS students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend our community meetings this semester to plan the 43rd annual Gender Studies Symposium, scheduled for March 2024.
We invite submissions for panel discussions, individual papers, interactive workshops, and artistic productions, especially those focused on gender and sexuality in relation to digital technologies.
Please review the Call for Proposals for complete guidelines.
Pauls Toutonghi in Conversation with Jon Raymond at Powell’s City of Books
Join LC Professor of English Pauls Toutonghi when he discusses his new novel THE REFUGEE OCEAN (Simon & Schuster, October 2023) in conversation with Jon Raymond, at Powell’s City of Books. All are welcome to attend and celebrate.
