We gather again tonight at 7P to read our new work, read someone else’s work, or come to be in the engaging company of other writers. 4816 Rainier AV S, right next to Subway, across the street from Bank of America, in the 2nd floor lounge of the Columbia City Cinema. It is a setting conducive to an intimate conversation, a rare occasion in these Distracted States of America.
You may want to bring copies of a recent poem of yours to read for gentle critique. We’re averaging 6 folks a night lately, but sometimes more show up, so bring 8. We meet every Tuesday until the end of May.
And April 6, our guest is Flavia Rocha. Bio:
Flávia Rocha was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1974. She has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Fundação Casper Libero and a M.F.A in Writing from Columbia University. She has worked as a reporter and contributor for various magazines in Brazil, including Casa Vogue and Bravo!. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the poetry journal Rattapallax (www.rattapallax.com). Author of the bilingual poetry book “A Casa Azul ao Meio-dia/ The Blue House Around Noon” (Travessa dos Editores, Brazil, 2005), has just finished a second collection, “Quartos Habitáveis”. She has edited anthologies of Brazilian contemporary poetry for magazines Rattapallax (U.S.), Poetry Wales (U.K.) and Papertiger (Australia) and her poems and translations have appeared in various magazines, in print and online. In the area of film, founded with her husband, Steven Richter, the Academia Internacional de Cinema (www.aicinema.com.br), a film school located in Sao Paulo, for which she developed a Creative Writing Program and directed the Communications Department. They moved to Portland last fall, where they are starting to work on new film and literature projects, while enjoying Northwest life with their two lovely daughters.
See you in the living room Tuesday night 7-9P.
