Hello Fishtrap Friends,
This is just a quick note to our subscribers in and around Wallowa County to keep you posted on a few local happenings that might be of immediate interest. First of all, TONIGHT:
William Johnson, author of A River Without Banks: Place and Belonging in the Inland Northwest
Book signing and reading
Wednesday, June 9, 7:30 pm
Fishtrap’s Coffin House
400 East Grant Street, Enterprise
Please come in from the garden this evening and join Fishtrap and the Bookloft in welcoming William Johnson, professor Emeritus at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, ID, as he reads from and discusses his new book, A River Without Banks: Place and Belonging in the Inland Northwest.
The book explores one family's encounters with a place still partly wild, whose communities and landscapes teach them how to respect the earth and each other. Moving from a family vacation spent observing moose, to a comparison of the creation myths from Genesis and the Nez Perce, to watching a raptor seeking prey, Johnson meditates on how places, animals, and people teach us “how to see, and how we do, and don’t, belong.”
A River Without Banks will appeal to readers interested in the literature of place, ecology, natural history, indigenous culture, and conservation. Scott Russell Sanders, author of A Conservationist Manifesto, says of the book, "In these resonant essays, William Johnson seeks to reconcile the inner landscape of memory and emotion with the outer landscape of rivers and mountains ... Here is a book to savor and celebrate.”
William Johnson is also the author of three volumes of poetry: Dogwood; Out of the Ruins, which received the Idaho Book of the Year Award; and At the Wilderness Boundary. His poems are widely published in journals, among them Poetry, Mother Earth News, Poetry Northwest, and Texas Review. His long interest in Thoreau resulted in a critical study, "What Thoreau Said: ‘Walden’ and the Unsavable.”
The reading begins at 7:30 pm, and is free to the public. Books will be available for purchase, and William will be signing after the reading. For more information, call Fishtrap at 541-426-3623.
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Summer Fishtrap: CALLING ALL KIDS, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, and SONGWRITERS!
There are still openings in the Summer Fisthrap writing workshops for kids (age 8-12), teenagers (age 13-17) and songwriters (ageless). Some full scholarships have recently become available for these three workshops. Please help us fill these spaces!! Call 541-426-3623 (or visit www.fishtrap.org) to learn more, to inquire about scholarships, or to register.
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Gail Swart & Peter Donovan
Piano concert featuring solos and duets
Sunday, June 20, 3:00 pm
At the Dobbin House
Home of Catherine Matthias and Stewart Jones
65605 Dobbin Rd., Joseph
Limited seating, admission by donation
A joint fundraiser for Fishtrap and the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance
Call to reserve your seat: 541-426-0263
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