Saturday, November 9, 2019
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Classroom B
Northwest Film Center (934 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR 97205)
$75.00 (tuition includes admission to the festival)
Instructor: Nathan Wade Carter and Zulema Renee Summerfield
Limited to 15 students
Creation Island is a generative writing salon hosted in Portland; Creation Island is a place for experimental and unbridled creative exploration. We lead participants through varied writing prompts and provide practical insight, tips, and tools for building a sustainable writing practice. In this one-day class for the Portland Book Festival, we will focus on how to realistically show up to the page every day, and how to find access points and routines that work for you. Come join us!
Nathan Wade Carter (he/him) is a queer, grey-a, non-binary poet, musician, and artist living in Portland, Oregon. His chapbook is ROYGBIV (Ursus Americanus Press 2017). His poetry can be found in Hobart, Fugue, Gramma Poetry, Poor Claudia, The Fem, and others. He is the editor and founder of SUSAN / The Journal. He writes and performs songs under the name Purrbot. He co-facilitates the generative writing salon Creation Island with Zulema Renee Summerfield. Find him online at nathanwadecarter.com.
Zulema Renee Summerfield is the author of the novel Every Other Weekend. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including Guernica and The Threepenny Review. Her first book, Everything Faces All Ways At Once, is available from Fourteen Hills Press.
