Sun, July 19 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT
In this generative writing workshop, we will explore a slice of Portland as flâneurs, or writers who walk and observe as part of their practice. After discussing literary excerpts from Charles Baudelaire, Olivia Laing, Yoko Ono, and/or Teju Cole, we will leave Literary Arts for about an hour and stroll and notice. Some may wish to meander over the Morrison Bridge, meet at a café briefly, and return over the Hawthorne Bridge to Literary Arts. Others may wish to stroll for an hour and be more capricious in their path. We’re encouraged to sketch, take audio memos or photos, or jot down impressions in a notebook. Before we part, we will meet again at Literary Arts to write, sketch, and share our explorations.
