Northwest Author Series Presents Award-Winning Poet Sage Cohen!

The Power of Poetry to Transform Your Life, Community and World
In Celebration of National Poetry Month
Sunday, April 20 from 3-5 p.m.
Wilsonville Public Library, Oak Room

Poems are portals for exploring the reach of human potential. By writing, sharing and reading poetry, we inspire and instruct ourselves and each other about what can be possible in our lives and far beyond. In celebration of National Poetry Month, Sage Cohen––author of Writing the Life Poetic forthcoming from Writer’s Digest Books––will talk about how poetry can bring us into greater contact with ourselves, our community and our world. She will offer a range of exercises, information and tips designed to jump-start your poetry writing and reading practice.

Sage Cohen is the author of Writing the Life Poetic, a creative companion for poets forthcoming from Writer’s Digest Books, and the poetry collection Like the Heart, the World. Her poetry and essays appear in journals and anthologies including Cup of Comfort for Writers, Oregon Literary Review, Greater Good and VoiceCatcher. In 2006, she won first prize in the Ghost Road Press annual poetry contest. Sage holds an MA in creative writing from New York University where she was awarded a New York Times Foundation fellowship. Sage teaches Poetry for the People, an e-mail poetry class.

Playwright Shelly Lipkin Speaks at the Wilsonville Public Library on March 16 From 3-5 pm

Developing characters and dialogue for a play

How does a play differ from a film? Text! Films mostly tell their story using visuals, while a stage play tells it’s story with dialogue. How is that dialogue created? Is it simply two people talking? Compelling characters present their ideas, their needs and their subtext though dialogue that must be engaging and convey the author’s message. A tough balancing act of idea vs. emotion. In this seminar we will explore the process of constructing text that brings a character to life.

Shelly Lipkin is an actor, director, playwright. He was Co-Artistic Director of Cygnet Productions from 2000 to 2003 where he co-authored, produced and starred in Vitriol & Violets – Tales From The Algonquin Round Table which won the 2004 Oregon Book Award for Drama. His second play, Sylver Beaches, was also nominated for an Oregon Book Award. Shelly teaches acting, directing & play/screenwriting at The Art Institute of Portland, Clark College, Northwest Children’s Theatre and Lakewood Theatre. He is a member of Portland Center Stages playwright’s workshop PlayGroup.

Cost is five dollars at the door.

Writer’s Digest Books has been kind enough to provide door prizes for the event, which attracts writers and readers across the genres. Everyone who attends will be entered to win two out of three of the following:

FREE – Subscription to Writer’s Digest Magazine for one year
FREE – Subscription to Writersmarket.com for one year
$25 – Value to purchase Writer’s Digest Books!

The next Northwest Author Series features award-winning poet Sage Cohen on April 21 at the Wilsonville Library from 3-5 p.m.