Topic: literary arts

Slideshow: Tracing the history of bookbinding in Special Collections exhibit

30 September 2008

  • Advancing Knowledge

(Portland, Ore.)—Despite the proverb, judging a book by its cover can illuminate the rich creative and cultural history in the art of bookbinding, as demonstrated by an exhibition at Aubrey R. Watzek Library. The exhibit examines 500 years of bookbinding history, from the era of vellum through contemporary handmade books, revealing some of the lesser-known [...]

Oregon Writing Project offers new strategies for K-12 teachers

4 August 2008

  • Advancing Knowledge
  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)—Throughout the Portland metropolitan area this summer, K-12 school teachers are gaining vital skills and strategies in curriculum camps administered by the Oregon Writing Project (OWP), a collaboration between Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling and area schools. “Writing is the gateway to success in school and beyond—it’s the currency of the [...]

Poet Laureate’s archive placed with Lewis & Clark

28 April 2008

  • Engaging our World
  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)—The family of poet William Stafford has generously given his papers to Lewis & Clark College, where they will be in the care of Special Collections at the Aubrey R. Watzek Library. Stafford, who passed away in 1993, was Oregon’s poet laureate from 1975 to 1990, and a professor at Lewis & Clark for [...]

Writing teacher honored for contributions to Oregon literary community

4 December 2007

  • Advancing Knowledge
  • Engaging our World

(Portland, Ore.)— Like the mystic Cascades, rugged coastline and placid high desert, the Stafford name is an enduring part of the Oregon landscape. Kim Stafford, director of the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark, was honored by Literary Arts for his work cultivating the state’s literary community. Stafford, an associate professor, began his teaching career [...]

Merchant’s poetry of affinity earns Oregon Book Award nomination

26 November 2007

  • Advancing Knowledge
  • Engaging our World

(Portland, Ore.)—Amid national and international strife, at a time when cultural divisions and personal differences dominate the public consciousness, Paul Merchant’s Some Business of Affinity offers perspectives about the human experience that supersede those boundaries. Nominated for an Oregon Book Award, Merchant’s collection of poems, translations, and collaborations with visual artists explores the stories of [...]