Young Willamette Writers with Katie Bennett Join Us! Please join us online for our Young Willamette Writers meeting this January 8, 2022, at 10 AM with playwright and performing artist Katie Bennett. Our Young Willamette Writers meetings are always free.  We meet the first Saturday of the month, September to June (unless otherwise indicated).  Any…

Young Willamette Writers Join Ryane Nicole Granados     Our next Young Willamette Writers virtual meeting is on February 5, 2022. We're so excited to have Ryane Nicole Granados join us! About Ryane Nicole Granados Ryane Nicole Granados is a Los Angeles native whose writing finds its roots in her love of community and her…

Young Willamette Writers Presents Eric Shanower       About Eric Shanower Eric Shanower is the award-winning cartoonist of the graphic novel series Age of Bronze (Image Comics), retelling the story of the Trojan War. With cartoonist Skottie Young, he adapted six of L. Frank Baum’s Oz books to a series of New York Times best-selling graphic novels (Marvel Comics).…

Armin Tolentino With Young Willamette Writers and Beaverton City Library Clark County Poet Laureate Armin Tolentino joins YWW and Beaverton City Library for our April 2nd virtual meeting from 10-11 am. Armin Tolentino is the author of the poetry collection We Meant to Bring It Home Alive (Alternating Current Press). As a kid, his favorite…

Young Willamette Writers presents Angela Yuriko Smith Angela Yuriko Smith joins YWW and Beaverton City Library for our May 7th virtual meeting. 10:00-11:00am PT About Angela Yuriko Smith: Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Uchinanchu-American and an award-winning poet, author, and publisher with over 20 years of experience in newspaper journalism. Publisher of Space &…

Young Willamette Writers and Matthew Bogart Matthew Bogart joins YWW at Beaverton City Library to talk about graphic novels and the release of Incredible Doom 2.  The meeting will take place both in-person and over Zoom. September 3, 2022 from 11:00am-12:00pm. Sign up for the Zoom link or come in-person at Beaverton City Library 12375…

Young Willamette Writers and Katherine Quevedo Katherine Quevedo on the art of speculative poetry. About Katherine Quevedo Katherine Quevedo was born and raised near Portland, Oregon, where she works as an analyst and lives with her husband and two sons. Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Rhysling Award, received an honorable…