Delve Program Guide: Christopher Lord

Christopher Lord

Delve Program Guide

Christopher Lord is the author of the Dickens Junction Mysteries, a past recipient of a Literary Arts Fellowship, and has been a frequent Delve Guide for works by Dickens, Hardy, Forster, and the “Golden Age” of Detective Fiction.

PAST SEMINARS

2017/18

From the LGBT Canon: E. M Forster’s Maurice

2016/17

Thomas Hardy—Early and Late Novels: Under the Greenwood Tree and Tess of the D’Urbervilles

2015

Dickens Before and After the Holidays: A Christmas Carol & Great Expectations

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield

2014

Whodunit: Detective Fiction in the ‘Golden Age’

2013

Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend
Guides: Christopher Lord & Judith Stone

2012

Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
Guides: Christopher Lord (Carl Wilson) & Judy Stone

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2019 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony

April 22, 2019

Join Literary Arts’ annual celebration of the state’s most accomplished writers in…

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PDX JAZZ: The Resilience of Jazz

April 24, 2019

Join PDX Jazz for a lecture in their Discover Jazz series. The…

Verselandia! 2019

April 25, 2019

Celebrate Portland’s youth poets during our eighth annual Verselandia! poetry slam. Students…

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One Page Wednesday

May 1, 2019

Writers, escape the solitude of your desk. Readers, come hear great fresh…

Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: Newport

May 5, 2019

An afternoon of reading and conversation with three Oregon Book Awards authors:…

Ooligan Press Writers of Color Spring Showcase

May 22, 2019

Literary Arts and Ooligan Press (part of Portland State’s graduate program in…

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2019 Finalists for Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children’s Literature

April 19, 2019

The following books are finalists for the 2019 Oregon Book Award in children’s literature. Each year, this program honors the state’s finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, drama, literary nonfiction, and literature…

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2019 Finalists for the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction

April 17, 2019

The following books are finalists for the 2019 Oregon Book Award in creative nonfiction. Each year, this program honors the state’s finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, drama, literary nonfiction, and literature…

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2019 Finalists for Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction

April 16, 2019

The following books are finalists for the 2019 Oregon Book Award in general nonfiction. Each year, this program honors the state’s finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, drama, literary nonfiction, and literature…

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Featured Lecture from the Archives

Mitchell Jackson & Jesmyn Ward

April 17, 2019

Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and Whiting Award recipient Mitchell Jackson in conversation at the 2019 Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, sponsored by Literary Arts and Lyceum Agency.

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