When:  Third wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Where:  The 100th Monkey Studio at 110 S.E. 16th Ave., Portland, OR 97214

What:  Two featured readers each month plus open mic. time (two page max for open mic. readers)

Hosts:  Steve Williams & Constance Hall

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On October 20th, Figures of Speech is proud to present Judith Arcana and Matthew Dickman as our featured readers at the 100th Monkey studio from 7 to 9 p.m.  

Join us for another exciting evening at the Monkey.  These two poets are so different and yet have much in common.  And as always, open mic (1 poem, 2 page max.), prompts, cookies and other fun.  See you on October 20th at 7 p.m.

Matthew Dickman is the author of All-American Poem (American Poetry Review/Copper Canyon Press, 2008), as well as the recipient of The Honickman First Book Prize, The May Sarton Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Kate Tufts Award from Claremont College, the 2009 Oregon Book Award and two Fellowships from Literary Arts of Oregon. He has received residencies and fellowships from The Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas, The Vermont Studio Center, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and The Lannan Foundation. He has been profiled in The Oregonian, Poets & Writers Magazine, The Seattle Post Intelligencer, and The New Yorker.  Born and raised in the Lents District of Portland, he has been a guest lecturer and teacher at Reed College, Writers in The Schools, Portland State University, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Hamline University, and Smith College. W.W. Norton & Co. will publish his second book in 2012. He lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

Judith Arcana writes poems, stories and essays, publishing online and on paper; her books include Grace Paley’s Life Stories, A Literary Biography, the poetry collection What if your mother, and4th Period English, a chapbook of poems about immigration. In 2010, she created the ZAP Writing Workshop for Portland’s Red & Black Café and the Locally Grown Poetry series for the Hollywood Farmers Market; she spent the summer living/working as Artist-in-Residence at Milepost5.