Upcoming Events:
January 31st, 2012
Mary will be reading at the University of Portland on January 31, 2012 at 7:30 pm in the Buckley Center, room 163
February 25, 2012
Mary will be teaching Momentum in Short Fiction: How to Keep Your Story Going at Crow Arts Manor www.crowmanor.org
Saturdays, February 25th-April 7th, 10:30-11:30 am (no class on March 24 or March 31)
In this class we will use George Saunder’s essay “The Perfect Gerbil: Reading Barthelme’s The School” as a guide to escalating momentum in short fiction. Students will write and workshop a new story in this class.
Past Events:
October 9, 2011
Moderating panel at Wordstock October 9 at 2:00 pm: “Banned” featuring Ellen Hopkins, Jonathan Hill, and Nancy Sullivan.
September 9, 2011
Reading at THIS! Fest September 9 at 6:45.
July 2011
Writer in residence at Mabel & Zora dress shop.
March 2, 2011
Mary will be reading with poet Martha Silano at Portland State University tonight. The event is at 7:00 p.m. in Smith Center, room 238.
February 23, 2011
Mary will be reading as part of the Loggernaut Reading Series in Portland, Oregon (with Debra Gwartney and Carl Adamshick).
November 21st, 2010
Mary will read at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside Avenue in Portland, Oregon.
November 14th, 2010
Stories from Nine Simple Patterns for Complicated Women will be performed by professional actors as part of Sally Shore’s New Short Fiction Series in Los Angeles. The event will be held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard. Mary will sign books after the performance.
November 2nd, 2010
Mary will read at Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, Oregon.
October 9th, 2010
Mary will read from Nine Simple Patterns for Complicated Women at Wordstock, Portland’s premier books festival. She will read with David Vann at 1:00 pm on the OEA Stage. At 4:00 pm on the Mcmenamin’s Stage she will be a panel member on the topic “The State of the Short Story.” Wordstock features ten author stages, a book fair with over 150 exhibitors, a special children’s area and children’s literature stage, and more. Wordstock 2010 will be held at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 N Martin Luther King Blvd, Portland, Oregon.
