Book Notes.Byline: The Register-Guard Big-name authors join in Reed College Reed College, at Portland, Oreg.; coeducational; inc. 1908, opened 1911 through a bequest from Mr. and Mrs. Simeon G. Reed. Reed is noted for its program of natural sciences and for its system of tutorial and small-conference instruction. series Tin House Tin House is a literary magazine based in Portland, Oregon and New York City. The journal was conceived in the summer of 1998 by Portland publisher, Win McCormack. He envisioned a journal that would be graphically appealing and free of the stale substance found in many , a Portland literary magazine, will hold a series of events in conjunction with its summer writers workshop at Reed College. The cost is $15 per reading, or $75 for all five. Tickets are available at TicketsWest locations or by calling (800) 992-8499. The readings will be held at Cerf Outdoor Amphitheater, 3203 S.E. Woodstock Blvd., Portland. For information, call (503) 219-0622. Saturday: Anthony Wofford, author of "Jarhead jar·head n. Slang A U.S. Marine. [Perhaps from the shape of the hat the Marines once wore.] ," will read at 7:30 p.m., followed by an interview with author Peter Rock; Todd Haynes - director of "Safe," "Velvet Goldmine" and"Far From Heaven" - will be interviewed by screenwriter Oren Moverman Oren Moverman (born N/A) is an American Screenwriter and former Journalist. He co-wrote 1999's Jesus' Son starring Billy Crudup. Moverman also co-wrote I'm Not There with Todd Haynes. He is set to direct This Side of the Looking Glass starring Ian Holm. at 8 p.m. July 14: Dorothy Allison Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. She was raised in Greenville, South Carolina, the first child of her 15-year-old, unwed mother. She is legally blind in her right eye. , author of Bastard Out of Carolina," will be interviewed by Tin House's Rob Spillman at 8 p.m. July 16: Rick Moody Rick Moody (born Hiram Frederick Moody, III on October 18 1961, New York City) is an American novelist and short story writer best known for The Ice Storm (1994), a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, , author of "The Ice Storm," will be interviewed by Spillman at 8 p.m. July 17: Lorrie Moore, author of "Self Help" and "Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?" will be interviewed by Elissa Schappell at 8 p.m. At 9:30 p.m., there will be a reading of a new play by Denis Johnson by Johnson and Chris Offutt. July 18: Denis Johnson, author of "The Name of the World," be interviewed by Offutt at 8 p.m. Readings & Signings FRIDAY Carola Dunn - Signs copies of "To Davey Jones Below," 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thurston Book Exchange, 5505 Main St., Springfield. Free. (726-7126) Deadlines The Book Notes deadline is 9 a.m. Friday for publication nine days later. Mail to: Book Notes, Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440; fax to 338-2813; or e-mail to rgfeatures@guardnet.com. |
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