From the archives of the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, we’re pleased to present a craft lecture by Pam Houston, given at the 2012 Conference. Pam Houston is the author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat; the novels, Sight Hound and Contents May Have Shifted; and a collection…
Podcast: Tom Robbins Reading & Lecture from the 1998 Port Townsend Writers’ Conference
From the archives of the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, we’re pleased to present a reading and lecture by Conference guest Tom Robbins, given at the 1998 Conference. Tom Robbins has been called “a vital natural resource” by The Oregonian, “one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world” by the Financial Times of…
Podcast: Bill Ransom Reading from 1977 Port Townsend Writers’ Conference
From the archives of the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, we’re pleased to present a reading by Conference founder Bill Ransom, given at the 1977 Conference. Bill Ransom was born in Puyallup, Washington, in 1945, and he began full-time employment at the age of eleven as an agricultural worker. He attended Washington State University on track…
Podcast: Cate Marvin Reading from 2011 Port Townsend Writers’ Conference
From the archives of the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, we’re pleased to present a reading by Cate Marvin, given at the 2011 Conference. Raised in Washington, DC, Cate Marvin uses her work to explore what it means to be an “American poet,” often citing Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson as major influences. Marvin is interested…
Podcast: William Pitt Root Craft Lecture from 1979 Port Townsend Writers’ Conference
From the archives of the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, we’re pleased to present a craft lecture by William Pitt Root, given at the 1979 Conference. Root’s poetry collections include White Boots: New and Selected Poems of the West (2006), PEN West Poetry Award finalist Trace Elements from a Recurring Kingdom: The First Five Books (1994), and The Storm and Other…
Podcast: Arthur Sze Reading from 1998 Port Townsend Writers’ Conference
From the archives of the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, we’re pleased to present a reading by the poet Arthur Sze, given at the 1998 Conference. Born in New York City in 1950, Arthur Sze is a second-generation Chinese American. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, Sze is the author of eight books of poetry,…