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Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe Poetry Series - Lake Oswego, Oregon

Apr.11.2012

Scot Siegel will read from his new book June 17, 2012. Arrive by 6:30PM for treats, then kick back and enjoy the reading.

Scot's Latest Blogs

Feb.19.2012 - 11:37 am
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I recently served as an artist-in-residence at Playa, a starkly beautiful retreat on the edge of the Great Basin, in Lake County, Oregon. I was there with the first cohort of...
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Apr.23.2011 - 3:04 pm
Dream Catcher
Before Children (BC) we lived in a stripped-down 1880s Victorian on an island between Seattle and Canada. The structure, if you can call it that, consisted of a rotten pile...
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Mar.09.2011 - 9:53 pm
S. Siegel, 1986
As a teen my only goal in life was to compete in the winter Olympics. I wanted to be a downhill racer. I wanted that even more than the girl. Franz Klammer’s fabled run, when he...
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Feb.07.2011 - 5:24 pm
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All people have the capacity to change the world through art, as producers or consumers of it. Poetry should be readily accessible to a wide audience while pushing the envelope of...
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Comments from Scot

Feb.08.2011 - 9:15 am
In response to: Why I Write
Michelle, Thank you for your kind words. I really appreciate it. Have a good day. Scot

Published Reviews

Skeleton Says
Nov.01.2010
Published by Front Porch Journal
"'Trysting Tree of Dayville' reminds us that familiar places, while often comfortable and nostalgic, contain pregnant silence. The threat of absence is also at stake in “...

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Lake Oswego, Oregon
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