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Updated May 8, 2008

LLG Annual Picnic

Saturday, September 27th
Skinner Butte Park
4 - 6 pm

The annual Lane Literary Guild picnic/potluck/meeting is set for Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 4 - 6 p.m. at Lamb Cottage in Skinner Butte Park. Mark your calendars and bring friends, food, non-alcoholic bevvies, and 5 minutes of your writing to share at the open mic. We’ll have our ever-popular white elephant book exchange as well. It would be great if everyone could bring at least one writer (or reader) who is not a member of LLG!

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Guild Members In the News

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LLG poets Jenny Root, Charles Thielman, Patty Wixon, Michael Hanner, and Toni Van Deusen were all in the Winners’ Circle in the OSPA Spring ’08 poetry contest. Their poems will be published in an upcoming edition of Verseweavers.

Laura LeHew’s poem “Silence” was accepted by Tiger’s Eye and “/raincrow/” will be published in the June issue of Rattlesnake Review.

“Interstate 5,” a poem by Janice Rubin, will be published in Glass: a Poetry Journal.

Veronica Yates’ poem, “Fly Fishing,” is in the current issue of Lucidity Journal.

Ralph Salisbury is proud to have achieved his 82nd Birthday this past January. In addition, he has been reading from his new book, Blind Pumper at the Well, at colleges and universities all over Oregon. Five of his poems appear in Yellow Medicine Review’s Winter 07/08 issue.

Poems by Terry Brix can be read on-line at www.newversenews.com, a politically progressive poetry ‘zine.

Hank Alley has had two stories accepted for publication: “In Recovery” will appear in Ars Medica’s special issue on healing. “Item ‘I” will appear in Colere’s special issue on cultural experience and race.

Quinton Hallet has a poem in the next issue of HeartLodge. Her imprint, Fern Rock Falls Press, thanks to funding by the W. B. Chase family, has released a third title, Where the Meadowlarks, poems and stories by former LLG member Katherine M. Chase (1993-2006). The book is available at Tsunami Books.

Cecelia Hagen read at Willamette University in March and at Multnomah County Library in Portland in April.

On April 5th, “Tsunami Hosts Traprock” featured over ten readers whose books are published by Traprock Books, including Guild poets Carter McKenzie, Deborah Narin-Wells, and Lisa Rosen. Next up from Traprock are Gary Adams, Anita Sullivan, and Nancy Moody — stayed tuned for the release of these books.

E-mails Bounced Back from LLG Website?

Some of you have recently mentioned that e-mails sent to The Writer’s Access via the LLG website have bounced back. And yet, sometimes the messages go through.

Mike Lee, our new webmaster, explains this has to do with the server we’re using not having a spam filter. We recognize this can be frustrating, but the alternative is a deluge of spam that we’d rather not have to deal with. If this happens to you, please use one of the selections listed on our contact page and we’ll be sure to forward your message to the appropriate person.