Writes of Spring: Part 2 – April Fools

Time to bloom!
This season we write with whimsy and finesse about what brings joy and celebration. We expand. We write as a source of growth toward the light and explore how to transform story seeds into flowers with the soil, still clinging to our stems. We will glean effective stylistic techniques from sample writing of various genres. Prompts will promote imagination, humor and love. There will be deep sighs and laughter. Come play with us! It is recommended and most fulfilling (but not required) to participate in both sessions. All ages, genres, and experience are welcome.

Amy Minato is author of a memoir Siesta Lane, (Skyhorse Press, 2009) and two poetry collections: Hermit Thrush, (Inkwater Press, 2016) and The Wider Lens, (Ice River Press, 2004). Amy has been a recipient of both a Literary Arts Fellowship for her poetry and a Walden Residency for her prose. She teaches writing through Literary Arts, Multnomah Art Center, Fishtrap and at Breitenbush Retreat Center. Amy holds both an MFA in Creative Writing and an MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon. She teaches sustainable living education at Portland State University and lives with her husband and two children in Portland, Oregon. In summers they migrate to their old haunts in the Wallowa Mountains of Eastern Oregon to skip rocks on the lake, float innertubes down the creek behind their house and sleep beneath skies crazy with stars.