Time Capsule

The Time Is Now
11.12.15

Imagine that you’ve been chosen to be the representative of your neighborhood and tasked to fill a time capsule that will be sealed and buried for one hundred years. Write a letter to future inhabitants who may unearth and open your time capsule. Describe the items you've included and explain their value and importance in the world today. Would you choose technological products, favorites books, or personal photographs or letters? What would you hope to offer the future through your selections?

Michael Wiegers

Michael Wiegers, editor in chief of Copper Canyon Press, talks independent publishing in the Pacific Northwest.

Savvy Self-Publisher

William Hertling, the self-published author of the best-selling Singularity series, and book publicist Jessica Glenn discuss the opportunities available to independent authors as well as the challenges they face as part of Debra Englander's Savvy Self-Publisher panel.

O'Malley and Proctor

Andrew Proctor, executive director of Literary Arts, and A. M. O'Malley, program director of the Independent Publishing Resource Center, talk resources for writers in Portland.

Liz Mehl

Liz Mehl, cofounder and director of Poetry Press Week, speaks as part of a panel on organizations that support the Portland writing community.

Portland, Oregon: Independent Publishing

The sixth Poets & Writers Live event was held on October 17, 2015, at the Pacific Northwest College of Art's Mediatheque theater. The editors of many of the area's most exciting presses and literary magazines, including Heidi Broadhead of Wave...

Barry Lopez

Award-winning author Barry Lopez delivers the keynote address to kick off Poets & Writers Live: Independent Publishing in Portland, Oregon.

Balanced and Intelligent

Submitted by klarimer on

This far exceeded my expectations. A balanced and intelligent program. Thank you!

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Portland: Independent Publishing audience member

Humbled anbd deeply inspired

Submitted by klarimer on

It was a gathering of such fine writers, I was humbled and deeply inspired.

Attribution: 

Portland: Independent Publishing audience member

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