Join Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston in exploring the origin\, sound\, color and power of words&hellip\;while r eckoning what their ongoing loss portends about our capacity for relations hip to place and one another. Generative writing prompts will guide worksh op participants in recruiting words that honor unique American regional di alects and languages and as interpreters of wildlife and landscape. Establ ished and emerging poets can count on returning to the page with renewed c ommitment and inspiration as writers and as custodians of language.
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Abou t Ellen:
\nIn 2024\, Waterston was named to a two-year term
as the eleventh Poet Laureate of Oregon and has so far visited twenty-two
out of thirty-six counties across Oregon&rsquo\;s 96\,000 square miles. E
llen has dedicated herself to writing and advocating for the literary arts
in the high desert region of Oregon\, all the while continuing to write p
oetry and nonfiction works that have evolved into essential reading about
Oregon and the West. As an award-winning high desert author and poet Water
ston has published five poetry and four literary nonfiction titles\, inclu
ding\, most recently\, As Far as I Can Anthem\, Poems (2026)\,
Questions? Contact lizg@deshuteslibrary.org \;
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