On Friday, October 3rd, we are excited to welcome Tina Ontiveros to our Writers-in-Conversation series.

 

Tina Ontiveros is a writer, teacher, and bookseller based at the foot of Mt. Hood, where she teaches writing and literature at Columbia Gorge Community College. A first-generation college graduate, she earned her MFA in Nonfiction from Goddard College while raising her children. Her memoir Rough House—a PNBA Book Award winner and Indie Next Great Read—explores themes of poverty, class, and generational hardship, drawing from her upbringing in Oregon’s timber towns.

Our interviewer Michael N. McGregor is a Seattle-based author whose book Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax was a finalist for a Washington State Book Award. After growing up in Seattle, he earned a BA in journalism at the University of Oregon and an MFA in creative writing at Columbia University. A former journalist and professor of creative writing, he curates the website writingthenorthwest.com. You can learn more about him and his work, including his latest book, An Island to Myself: The Place of Solitude in an Active Life, and his new novel, The Last Grand Tour, at michaelnmcgregor.com.