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One Page Wednesday – August
Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented writers from everywhere. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read—or come to listen and prepare to be inspired.
Our host is the one and only, Emme Lund. The featured reader for August is tina ontiveros.
Emme Lund
Emme Lund’s debut novel The Boy with a Bird in His Chest was longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her work has appeared in Time, Electric Literature, Romper, The Rumpus, and Autostraddle among other venues. Her sophomore novel Run! Run! Run! will be published by Vintage Originals in Spring 2027. She lives in Portland, where she occasionally teaches creative writing at Literary Arts and Portland State University.
tina ontiveros
tina ontiveros grew up below the poverty line and went to community college. As a writer and a teacher, her work explores class, generational hardship, and marginalization of the poor. Her memoir, rough house, was a PNBA Bestseller, a national Indie Next Pick, an Oregon Book Award finalist, and 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Award winner. tina teaches writing and literature at Columbia Gorge Community College.
