{"id":641,"date":"2016-09-30T12:04:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T19:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alan-rose.com\/wordfest\/?p=641"},"modified":"2016-09-30T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T19:04:06","slug":"october-wordfest-features-pen-hemingway-finalist-margaret-malone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alan-rose.com\/wordfest\/october-wordfest-features-pen-hemingway-finalist-margaret-malone\/","title":{"rendered":"October WordFest features PEN Hemingway Finalist Margaret Malone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"margaret_malone-2\"<\/a>On Tuesday, October 11, Portland author Margaret Malone<\/strong> will be reading at WordFest, 6:00-8:00 pm, at Cassava Coffee shop, 1333 Broadway Avenue in Longview.<\/p>\n

Margaret\u2019s first collection of short stories, People Like You<\/em><\/strong>, was a finalist for the 2016 PEN Hemingway award and winner of the Balcones Fiction Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including The Missouri Review<\/em><\/strong>, \u00a0Oregon Humanities<\/em><\/strong>, Swink<\/em><\/strong>, \u00a0and Propeller Quarterly<\/em><\/strong>.
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\nCheryl Strayed<\/strong>, author of the national bestselling Wild<\/em><\/strong>, called People Like You<\/em> \u201ca powerful debut by a writer of immense talent. In stories that shimmer and burn with beauty and sorrow, generosity and wit, Margaret Malone reveals the deepest, darkest, and most illuminating truths about what it means to be human.\u201d<\/p>\n

Margaret was recently interviewed on KLTV\u2019s Book Chat<\/strong>. You can watch that interview at http:\/\/alan-rose.com\/bookchat\/september-2016-a-chat-with-margaret-malone\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Musicians Mark Dykstra <\/strong>and Dave Nelmark <\/strong>will discuss their recent collaboration on the song, \u201cI Love You More.\u201d\"dave-nelmark-1\"<\/p>\n

Dave, a school psychologist with the Longview School District, originally wrote the lyrics and asked Mark to put them to music. They will talk about the process they used in working together and how the piece took its final form through their back-and-forth collaboration, and then will perform the song, which was premiered at this past Summerfest at the lake.<\/p>\n

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\"ritabowles\"<\/a>Rita Bowles <\/strong>will be reading excerpts from her novel, The Gods of Clover<\/em><\/strong>, a family saga set in an English village called Clover-on-the-Wold in the 1960s. The story is told through the voices of the women in the family made up of Arthur Davenport, an alcoholic, his depressed yet feisty Irish wife Fiona, and their daughter, Eileen.<\/p>\n

Rita grew up in a small Cheshire village, similar to Clover-on-the-Wold. A graduate of the University of Utah in Creative Writing, she\u2019s written two books\u00a0of poetry, one of which won the Pearle M Olsen Poetry Prize and was published\u00a0by the Utah Arts Council. \u00a0She lived in Washougal for\u00a0ten years before moving to Longview two and a half years ago.<\/p>\n

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There will be an open mic period following the presentations.<\/p>\n

The monthly gathering of readers and writers meets the second Tuesday of each month, 6:00-8:00 PM, at Cassava, 1333 Broadway in Longview. The events are free and open to the public.\"935883_565758236803712_227947471_n\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cassava offers a dinner menu for those who wish to enjoy a meal with the readings, as well as local wines and brews.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, October 11, Portland author Margaret Malone will be reading at WordFest, 6:00-8:00 pm, at Cassava Coffee shop, 1333 Broadway Avenue in Longview. Margaret\u2019s first collection of short stories, People Like You, was a finalist for the 2016 PEN…<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more October WordFest features PEN Hemingway Finalist Margaret Malone<\/span> ›<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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