Storytelling, poetry, writing workshops, and panel discussions as well as readings by distinguished authors will be featured at WordFest OC, an annual literary festival at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California, on October 15. Open to the public for free from noon to 5:30 p.m., WordFest OC celebrates multicultural literature and creative writing.
Linked through the theme of Tracking the Past: Memories, Words & Music, sessions will explore recollections of former lives, both fictional and real, as the source of inspiration for memoirs, historically based novels, poems, and essays. Featured writers include Firoozeh Dumas, author of the best-selling memoir Funny in Farsi; Désirée Zamorano, whose historically based novel Dispossessed explores a family impacted by the mass expulsion of Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals from Los Angeles; and Donato Martinez, whose poetry collections explore Chicano life. Musician-writers Jack Grisham, vocalist for the punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) and Wes Geer, former guitarist for the band Korn, will share the role of writing in recovery from addiction. The event will take place in Room 145 of the Health Sciences Building on the campus, 28000 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo, CA.
Further information is available on the festival website: https://sites.google.com/view/wordfestoc...