Binford Reading Series

Fatherlode

Attend a conversation between writers David Shields and Jay Ponteri about fatherhood, art, and reality.

David Shields's most recent books are Reality Hunger: A Manifesto (Knopf, 2010) and The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead (Knopf, 2008), which was a New York Times bestseller. He is the author of eight previous books and has received a Guggenheim fellowship, two NEA fellowships, among other awards. Shields lives in Seattle where he is a professor in the English Department at the University of Washington.
David Shields

In addition to teaching writing and literature seminars at Marylhurst University, Jay Ponteri is editor of M Review and coordinates the Binford Reading Series and The Workshop for Teen Writers and Artists. He has published prose in Del Sol Review, Cimarron Review, Clackamas Literary Review, and Eye-Rhyme: Journal of New Literature, Seattle Review, and Salamander.
Binford Reading Series

Co-sponsored by the Marylhurst Binford Reading Series and The Art Gym.

Motherlode

APRIL 19 - MAY 15, 2010
Artworks made in response to motherhood. Artists include Nan Curtis, Juliana Bright, Linda Hutchins, Fernanda D’Agostino, Shelley Jordan and others.
Preview Reception: Sunday, April 18, 3 to 5 pm, The Art Gym.
The Art Gym