Wordstock Festival of Words 2013

Bio: | Henry Carlile | Was born in San Francisco, California. He holds a B.A. and M.A. University of Washington where he studied with Theodore Roethke, David Wagoner, Henry Reed & Elizabeth Bishop. He has worked as a millworker, cannery worker, salmon troller deckhand, army bandsman, shipfitter, clerk, production control coordinator; Professor of English, Portland State University (emphasis in poetry writing & contemporary... Read More →

Bio: | Vern Rutsala taught at Lewis & Clark College for over forty years. He is the author of twelve collections of poetry, including The Window, Laments, The Journey Begins, and Little-Known Sports. Among the awards for his work are a Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA grants, the Juniper Prize, an Oregon Book Award, two Carolyn Kizer Poetry Prizes, the Duncan Lawrie Prize, a Pushcart Prize, the Akron Poetry Prize, the Northwest... Read More →