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Writers-in-Residence and Other Visiting Writers
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Long-Term Ecological ReflectionsThe Long-Term Ecological Reflections program hosts two Writers-in-Residence Programs at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest; each occurs twice a year. Creative writers whose work reflects a keen awareness of the natural world and an appreciation for both scientific and literary ways of knowing are invited to apply for the Andrews Forest Writers Residencies. The Blue River Fellowships are offered to well-established writers by invitation. The resident writers live at the Andrews Forest for one to two weeks, interact with the scientists, explore the forest, and write. Writers are asked to visit several Long-Term Ecological Reflection plots, long-term research plots or other places of ecological interest, and to contribute their written reflections to the Forest Log.
Click here for descriptions of the Long-Term Ecological Reflection plots.
Click here for information about applying for Andrews Forest Writers Residencies.
~ ~ ~The Forest Log
An on-line journal of poems, essays, articles and other creative reflections on the Forest
Writers-in-residence:
(* Blue River Fellows, others were Andrews Forest Residents)
- Click on a title to read the selection.
- Click on an author for biographical information.
Tim Fox (Fall 2009) -- The Mountain Lion
Jerry Martien (Spring 2009) -- Pacific Dogwood; return of the dead log people (Video of Jerry reading his poem.); a ramble in the andrews; Design
Tom Fleischner (Fall 2008) -- Journal Excerpts; Winter's First Rains
Scott Russell Sanders* (Fall 2008) -- Log from a Stay at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest; Mind in the Forest
Freeman House* (Spring 2008) -- Momento Mori; Varieties of Attentiveness
John Elder* (Spring 2008) -- (essay in progress)
Maya Zeller (Spring 2008) – (poems in progress)
Elizabeth Bernays (Spring 2008) -- Of Moisture and Moss
Laird Christensen (Spring 2008) – The Other Side of the Clearcut
Joan Maloof (Fall 2007) -- Four poems
Jane Coffey (Fall 2007) -- decay; Juxtaposition
Mary Evelyn Tucker * (Fall 2007) -- public lecture, "The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology," Oct. 26, 2007 to a crowd of about 100 people in OSU Library
Kathie Durbin (Spring 2007) -- Reflections on change, natural or otherwise: a forest journal
Christina Lovin (Spring 2007) -- Five poems
Kevin McKelvey (Fall 2006) -- Three poems
Bill Sherwonit (Fall 2006) -- Field Notes; Reflections on Thrush Songs, Newt Tracks and Old-Growth Stands of Trees
Michael Nelson* (Fall 2006) -- A Letter to Number 400; Drowning Democritus
Vicki Graham (Spring 2006) -- Writings; Debris
Alison Hawthorne Deming* (Spring 2006) -- The Andrews Forest Quartet; The Owl, Spotted ; The Web; This Ground Made of Trees
Pattiann Rogers* (Fall 2005) -- This Day, Tomorrow, and the Next; Genesis
Scott Slovic* (Spring 2005) -- Out of Time
Robin Kimmerer* (Fall 2004) -- Interview with a watershed; Listening to Water
Robert Michael Pyle* (Spring 2004) -- The Long Haul; Reflections: Field Notes, Journal Entries, Essay, Poems, and Comments
Other Visiting Writers :
(works of writers based on their visits to the Forest in Blue River Gathering, dissertation research, and other contexts)
Jerry Martien -- return of the dead log people; based on visit during Blue River Writers Gathering 2006.
Terre Ryan -- Timber culture: scenic Oregon and the aesthetics of clearcuts; a chapter from her PhD. Univ. of Nevada-Reno.
Anita Sullivan -- Old Growth Forest; based on visit during Blue River Writers Gathering 2008.
Rob Hoshaw -- Clearcut Ironies; written during a visit while working on his MS thesis at University of Oregon. Also see his 2009 thesis, The Contribution of Reflective Writing to Ecological Awareness, which is a study of the Reflections program .
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