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Clark hosts writer Jon Raymond

Jon Raymond

Award-winning author and screenwriter participates in Columbia Writers Series      Clark College welcomes the award-winning fiction author and screenwriter Jon Raymond during the winter quarter installment of its renowned Columbia Writers Series. Raymond, whose work has garnered both critical acclaim and prestigious awards, will read from some of his most recent works and speak…

Q&A with: English instructor Alexis Nelson

On the Columbia Writers Series, a new Creative Nonfiction course, and getting mentioned in Best American Essays      English instructor Alexis Nelson has taught at Clark College for four years. Last year she became active in the committee that organizes the college’s Columbia Writers Series (CWS), which brings accomplished writers to the college to…

No Prank: Clark Prof Co-Wrote with Kesey

From the “Hidden Lives of Clark College Employees” files, we bring you this detail about English professor James Finley: He once co-wrote a novel with Ken Kesey as part of the legendary Northwest author’s graduate-level course in creative writing. Blogger Theodore Carter recently interviewed Finley about his experiences as a student in that class and…

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