Charles Goodrich is the author of a volume of poems, Insects
of South Corvallis (Cloudbank Books, 2003), and a collection of essays
about nature, parenting, and building his own house, The
Practice of Home (Lyons Press,
2004) and he was lead editor for In the Blast Zone: Catastrophe and Renewal
on Mount St. Helens (OSU Press, 2008). His essays and poetry have appeared
in many magazines including Orion, The
Sun, Open Spaces, Willow Springs, Zyzzyva, and Best Essays Northwest,
and a number of his poems have been read by Garrison Keillor on the National
Public Radio program, "The
Writer's Almanac." Goodrich worked for 25 years as a professional gardener, and has also worked as a correctional work crew supervisor, a short-order cook, and a carpenter. He now serves as Program Director for the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word at Oregon State University.
Mr. Goodrich will be a special workshop author at The Nature of Words. He will also be the guest author at Second Sunday at the Bend Public Library on Sunday, November 8th.
Visit Charles Goodrich's website.