William Stafford Birthday Celebrations:
Wednesday, January 11, 7:30 p.m., Austin Reading Room, Nicholson Library, Linfield College, 900 SE Baker Ave., McMinnville, Oregon. Barbara Drake is the host. The featured readers are Barbara LaMorticella, Michael McDowell, Joanna Rose, Bill Siverly, Mary Slocum, and Mark Thalman.
Saturday, January 14, 2 p.m., Hillsboro Main Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro. Mark Thalman is the host. The featured readers are Margaret Chula, Barbara Drake, Liz Nakazawa, Lars Nordstrom, Bill Siverly, and Penelope Scambly Schott.
Sunday, January 29th, 2 p.m., Multnomah Central Library, U.S. Bank Room, 801 SW 10th Ave., Portland. Joseph Soldati is the host. Keynote presentation by Bob Balmer. Featured readers: Jane Glazer, Diane Holland, Kirsten Rian, David Rutiezer, Mark Thalman, and FWS Board Member Leah Stenson.
Figures of Speech Reading Series Tuesday, November 20, 7 p.m., In Other Words Book Store, 14 Killingsworth St., Portland, Oregon. Featured Readers: Mark Thalman and TBA.
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Mark Thalman's is the author of Catching the Limit published by Fairweather Books (2009), which is part of their Northwest Poetry Series. Thalman's poetry has been widely published for almost four decades. His poems have appeared in Carolina Quarterly, CutBank, Many Mountains Moving, Pedestal Magazine, and Verse Daily, among others. He received his Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon, and he teaches English in the public schools. Thalman is the editor of poetry.us.com. He lives in Forest Grove, Oregon.
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Moving into Night
After dinner dishes have been washed and put away, I walk down to the dock.
Clouds hover against snow-capped peaks. The sun, already below the horizon, turns glaciers pink.
Shadows stretch across the hills like blankets being drawn up for the night.
Along the distant shore, one last fisherman trolls for kokanee . . .
Below my feet, trout meander between pilings-- glide over dappled stones.
The moon rises. On the water, it is shattered by each wave.
With cupped hands, I scoop up a brilliant shard and wash my face with wet light.
Soon, the wind dies, and the moon is again whole. Pale stars, floating lanterns, dot the lake.
I untie my boat, shove off, and lifting the oars, row across the heavens.
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Catching the Limit $15 + $3.50 postage and handling for customers in U.S.A. and Canada.
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Paperback: 88 pages Audience: Young Adults and Adults Catching the Limit © 2009 Mark Thalman. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-0-9822982-0-6 Library of Congress Control Number 2009921309
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Catching the Limit can also be purchased at the following Bookstores: Barnes & Noble at Pacific University 2032 Pacific Ave. Forest Grove 97116 503.352.2224 Powell's Books on-line
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