Wordstock Festival of Words 2013

Bio:Barbara Drake’s books and chapbooks of poetry include Driving One Hundred, Love at the Egyptian Theatre, What We Say to Strangers, Life in a Gothic Novel, Bees in Wet Weather, and Small Favors.  She is the author of a memoir, Peace at Heart: an Oregon Country Life... Read More →

Bio:Michael McDowell currently writes poetry mostly about “a sense of place” and prose mostly about nature and landscape writing. His poetry appears regularly in Windfall: A Journal of Poetry of Place, which he has co-edited with Bill Siverly since 2002. His prose about... Read More →

Bio:Penelope Scambly Schott is the author of a novel, six chapbooks, six full-length collections of poetry, and four historical narratives in poetry.  Her verse biography A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth received the 2008 Oregon Book Award for... Read More →

Bio:Bill Siverly was born and grew up in Lewiston, Idaho, and he has lived in Portland, Oregon, since 1972. He holds a Master of Arts degree from San Francisco State University. He taught Native American and World literatures, composition, and creative writing at Portland... Read More →