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Second Sunday

Second Sunday is a monthly celebration of poetry and prose. Each month, a regional writer is chosen to read a selection from their work. An open mic follows the guest reader, where poets both novice and published are invited to share their work.

Events

Oregon’s Poet Laureate Visits Central Oregon

May 11, 2013 • 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Writing Workshop
Redmond Public Library

May 12, 2013 • 2:00 p.m.
Second Sunday
Downtown Bend Public Library

Paulann Petersen, Oregon’s sixth Poet Laureate, recently said that “we write to create ourselves, to discover, to define—moment to moment to moment—who we are, who we are becoming. This happens as we write.” Petersen will be creating, discovering, defining and writing at two library programs in May. She will lead a writer’s workshop at the Redmond Public Library on May 11 and will be the Second Sunday guest reader on May 12 at the Downtown Public Library. Registration is required for the writer’s workshop.

Petersen is a former high school teacher and author of five poetry collections and four chapbooks. Her most recent publication is Shimmer and Drone, a chapbook of poems about India. A sixth collection, Understory, is forthcoming from Lost Horse Press. She has led workshops and given readings in hundreds of places—from Powell's in Portland to Omsania University in India—and in nearly every nook and cranny of Oregon. She was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, and the recipient of the 2006 Holbrook Award from Oregon Literary Arts. A Portland native, she is a member of Friends of William Stafford and organizes the annual Stafford birthday readings.

Edwin Markham was named Oregon’s first poet laureate 90 years ago. The legislature made the post official in 1989. First appointed by Governor Ted Kulongoski in 2010, Petersen was reappointed by Governor John Kitzhaber to a second term in 2012. Oregon’s Poet Laureate program is a collaborative project of the state’s five cultural partners, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Heritage Commission, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Humanities, and State Historic Preservation Office, with funding from the Oregon Cultural Trust.

For more information about this or other library programs, please visit the library website at www.deschuteslibrary.org. People with disabilities needing accommodations (alternative formats, seating or auxiliary aides) should contact Liz at 312-1032.

Second Sunday: Neil Browne
Celebrating the Work of Former Alaska Poet Laureate John Haines
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Downtown Bend Public Library
2:00 PM

Alaska inspires awe and wonder and draws people who are searching for solitude and an expansive landscape. One such person was John Haines (1924–2011), who was born in Virginia but whose experience surviving as a homesteader in the Alaska wilderness fueled an outpouring of poetry that earned him numerous awards and honors, including two Guggenheim Fellowships and an appointment as Alaska poet laureate. As part of the “A Novel Idea… Read Together” program, Deschutes Public Library is pleased to welcome culture and literature scholar Neil Browne to the Downtown Bend Public Library on Sunday, April 14, 2013, for Second Sunday, the library’s monthly celebration of the written word. Browne will discuss Haines’s body of work and will read select poems. The presentation is free and open to the public. An open mic follows the reading.

“Haines brings the eye of an artist and the pen of the poet to bear on the American wilderness,” says Browne. “He is a far-reaching poet and essayist, and not all of his work is about the wilderness, although his experience in the Far North underpins all that he does. His writing engages art, politics, and the everyday lives and tasks of American people.”

Neil W. Browne is Assistant Professor of English at Oregon State University Cascades, where he teaches American literature and culture. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio University. Browne is the author of numerous articles as well as the book The World in Which We Occur: John Dewey, Pragmatist Ecology, and American Ecological Writing in the Twentieth Century (University of Alabama Press, 2007).

Second Sunday: Shakespeare’s Sonnets with Alastair Morley Jaques
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Downtown Bend Public Library
2:00 PM

Deschutes Public Library welcomes Shakespearean actor Alastair Morley Jaques to the Downtown Bend Public Library on Sunday, March 10, 2013, for Second Sunday, the library’s monthly celebration of the written word. The presentation is free and open to the public. An open mic follows the reading.

In this event, which is a part of the library’s “Know Shakespeare” month of programming, Jacques will discuss Shakespeare’s sonnets and their significance, as well as perform readings from several selections. Jaques is well known to Central Oregon audiences for his wildly successful one-person show An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe.

An Oregon native and former Bend resident, Jaques has been a professional and Shakespearean actor for more than a decade and an unrepentant bardolater (Shakespeare nut) since the age of five. In addition to his numerous theater credits, he is a frequent commercial voice-over talent and audio narrator. He studied theater arts and literature at the University of Oregon and The Evergreen State College. Jaques currently lives in Portland

Second Sunday: Lilly Raff McCaulou
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Downtown Bend Public Library
2:00 PM

More and more people are concerning themselves with where and how the food they consume is produced. Local author Lily Raff McCaulou explores the intersection of food, politics and personal morals in her recently published memoir Call Of The Mild: Learning to Hunt My Own Dinner. Deschutes Public Library is pleased to welcome McCaulou (pronounced mc-CULL-oh ) to Second Sunday at the Downtown Bend Public Library on February 10, 2013. The reading begins at 2:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and an open mic follows the reading.

Raff McCaulou grew up in Takoma Park, Maryland, and graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in film studies and worked in New York City’s independent film industry before becoming a newspaper reporter in 2004. She has written articles about everything from pirate attacks to professional mini-golfers.

Second Sunday: John Daniel
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Downtown Bend Public Library
2:00 PM

Pattiann Rogers, author of Wayfare and The Grand Array, says “John Daniel presents poems of testimony to the glories and mysteries of the natural world.” Deschutes Public Library is pleased to welcome award-winning author John Daniel to Second Sunday at the Downtown Bend Public Library on January 13, 2013. The reading begins at 2:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and an open mic follows the reading.

Daniel, a former logger, hod carrier, railroade, and rock climbing instructor is the author of ten books of memoir, personal essays and poetry. He has earned multiple Oregon Book Awards (The Far Corner: Northwestern Views on Land, Life, and Literature, The Trail Home and Looking After: A Son’s Memoir) and a PNBA Award (Rogue River Journal: A Winter Alone). His most recent work, Of Earth: New and Selected Poems, published in October 2012 by Lost Horse is his first book of poetry in 18 years.

Second Sunday: Kristy Athens
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Downtown Bend Public Library
2:00 PM

Kim Barnes, author of In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country, says Get Your Pitchfork On! “is the go-to book for anyone looking for hands-on guidance on how to handle the daily demands of self-sufficiency with knowledge and grace.” Deschutes Public Library is pleased to welcome author of Get Your Pitchfork On! and urban farmer Kristy Athens to the Downtown Bend Public Library for Second Sunday December 9, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and an open mic will follow the reading.

Hard-working urban professionals Kristy Athens and husband Mike were thrilled in 2003 to buy seven acres on the Washington side of the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. They were surprised to learn just how challenging rural life could be. Her book covers territory that others avoid, including straightforward advice about the social aspects of country living, from health care to schools to small-town politics. Athens says “Get Your Pitchfork On! is a great resource for people who are considering a move to the country, or for people who have already taken the plunge.” She felt there was a need for a book that didn’t candy-coat how challenging rural life can be, both physically and socially. “It's been fun to see the looks of recognition in the faces of my audiences when I talk about things related to rural life, such as how you see someone you know in every aisle in the grocery store, which can sometimes be fun and sometimes totally annoying.”

Second Sunday with The Nature of Words: Featuring Paisley Rekdal & Kevin Gordon
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Downtown Bend Public Library
11:00 AM

The Nature of Words and Deschutes Public Library will welcome poet Paisley Rekdal and singer-songwriter Kevin Gordon to the Downtown Bend Public Library for November’s Second Sunday event. This special Second Sunday program follows the 2012 The Nature of Words Literary Festival, which takes place in Bend November 7–11. Rekdal and Gordon will read and perform on November 11, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at the Downtown Bend Public Library. An open mic follows the reading.

Paisley Rekdal is the author of a book of essays, The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee, as well as four books of poetry. Her hybrid photo-text memoir that combines poems, nonfiction and fiction, Intimate: An American Family Photo Album, was published this year by Tupelo Press. Rekdal has been honored with a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, a Village Voice Writers on the Verge Award, and a Fullbright Fellowship to South Korea. Her work has been included in numerous anthologies, including the 2012 Pushcart Prize Anthology.

Kevin Gordon is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter with five CDs to his credit. His 2012 release Gloryland garnered the highest critical success of his career from a wide variety of sources including Rolling Stone Magazine and The New York Times. Gordon studied poetry and graduated with a master’s degree from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He also became a working musician and began fronting his own band and writing songs. Gordon’s songs have been cut by a host of artists, including Keith Richards, Levon Helm and New Orleans soul queen Irma Thomas.

Second Sunday (on the first Sunday): Marjorie Sandor
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Downtown Bend Public Library
2:00 PM

Whether she is writing essays or fiction, Marjorie Sandor’s prose has been describds as “tangy and luscious as just-plucked fruit.” Deschutes Public Library is pleased to welcome Marjorie Sandor to Second Sunday. Books will be available for sale and an open mic will follow Sandor’s reading.

Sandor is the author of four books, including the memoir The Late Interiors: A Life Under Construction, and the 2004 Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Fiction, Portrait of my Mother, Who Posed Nude in Wartime: Stories. Her earlier book of personal essays, The Night Gardener: A Search for Home, won the 2000 Oregon Book Award for Literary Nonfiction. Her work has appeared in such magazines as The Georgia Review, AGNI, and TriQuarterly, as well as in Best American Short Stories 1985 and 1988, The Pushcart Prize XIII, Twenty Under Thirty, The Best American Spiritual Writing 2000, and other anthologies. She teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at Oregon State University in Corvallis.

Second Sunday: Carl Adamshick
Sunday, Semptember 9, 2012
Downtown Bend Public Library
2:00 PM

Deschutes Public Library welcomes award winning poet Carl Adamshick to the Downtown Bend on Sunday, September 9 for Second Sunday, the Library’s monthly celebration of the written word. The reading is free and open to the public. An open mic follows the reading and books will be available for sale.

Born in Toledo, Ohio, Carl Adamshick grew up primarily in Harvard, Illinois. The poet Dorianne Laux, formerly of Oregon, describes Adamshick as someone who "has not joined the ranks of the M.F.A./Ph.D.'s and has never attended a writer's conference or residency." Adamshick’s poetry is instantly engaging, relying on both the tactile and the mysterious to connect with readers. His debut collection Curses and Wishes was selected for the 2010 Walt Whitman Award and the 2012 Oregon Book Awards Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry. Adamshick is also the recipient of an Oregon Literary Fellowship from Literary Arts and has been featured in Poetry in Motion. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including the American Poetry Review, the Harvard Review, and American Poet.

Adamshick currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Washington.

Second Sunday: Toni and Michael Hanner
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Downtown Bend Public Library
2:00 PM

Deschutes Public Library welcomes poets Toni Hanner and Michael Hanner to the Downtown Bend Library on Sunday, August 12. The reading is free and open to the public. An open mic follows the reading and books will be available for sale.

Toni Hanner’s poems appear in Yellow Medicine Review, MARGIE, Alehouse, Calyx, Gargoyle, Tiger’s Eye,and others. She is a member of Lane Literary Guild’s Red Sofa Poets and Port Townsend’s Madrona Writers. She has had two new books published in 2012 — The Ravelling Braid from Tebot Bach, and a chapbook of surrealist poems, Gertrude, from Traprock.

Her current passion is for writing that is energetic and edgy. She enjoys playing with language using word lists, photographs, and writing prompts. She leads a weekly writing practice group and often provides generative writing exercises (including the infamous “Pass the Prompt”) at writing conferences in Oregon and Washington.

Michael Hanner graduated from the University of Illinois and lived in Chicago until moving west in 1970. In Eugene, Oregon he worked as an architect for thirty-five years. He is a member of the Red Sofa Poets and Port Townsend’s Madrona Writers. He has published a number of chapbooks, including Closing Down the Piccolo Bar (2008), Palm Sunday (2009), and Winter Dreams (2011).

Second Sunday: Know Local Authors
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Downtown Bend Public Library
2:00 PM

Celebrate local authors at the Downtown Bend Public Libraries on July 8, 2012 at 2:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

“We believe that giving local authors an opportunity to shine is important,” said Chantal Strobel, Community Relations Coordinator for Deschutes Public Library. “Last year we had over 20 local authors read at our first Know Local Authors event.” Each participating author will have an opportunity to read and to sell their books. This year, the Local Authors event is part of the Second Sunday series, the monthly celebration of prose and poetry followed where writers and poets of all levels share their work in a friendly and encouraging atmosphere. Interested authors should submit an application that is available online.

“Last year, we had poets, mystery writers, memoirists, and fiction authors participate last year,” said Strobel. “We’re happy to support our local authors and offer this event a second time.”