Northwest Writing Institute
Encyclopedia
The Northwest Writing Institute is part of the graduate school at Lewis & Clark College
in Portland, Oregon
, United States
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, who is also literary executor of the estate of poet William Stafford. The institute began in 1986 and co-founded the Fishtrap writers' gathering in 1987. It founded the Oregon Folk Arts Program in 1988 and offered a series of workshops in rural and remote Oregon libraries in the early 1990s. As of 2007, a Writing Culture Summer Seminar and the annual William Stafford Symposium are offered
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private institution of higher learning located in Portland, Oregon. Made up of an undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Law, and a Graduate School of Education and Counseling. Lewis & Clark is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges with athletic...
in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, United States
United States
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History
The founding director of the institute is Kim StaffordKim Stafford
Kim Robert Stafford is an American poet and essayist who lives in Portland, Oregon.-Career:The son of poet William Stafford, Kim Stafford received a B.A. in 1971, an M.A. in English in 1973 and a Ph.D. in medieval literature in 1979 from the University of Oregon. Since 1979, he has taught writing...
, who is also literary executor of the estate of poet William Stafford. The institute began in 1986 and co-founded the Fishtrap writers' gathering in 1987. It founded the Oregon Folk Arts Program in 1988 and offered a series of workshops in rural and remote Oregon libraries in the early 1990s. As of 2007, a Writing Culture Summer Seminar and the annual William Stafford Symposium are offered