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Martha Gies

 

Oregon writer Martha Gies is the author of many short stories and essays published over the last 30 years in literary magazines and anthologies, and of Up All Night (Oregon State University Press, 2004), a portrait of Portland told through the stories of 23 people who work graveyard shift. For many years she taught creative writing for Marylhurst University and the graduate writing program at Lewis & Clark. Today Gies teaches two workshops each year in Portland and an annual workshop abroad called Traveler’s Mind. She is an activist for low-income housing and human rights. More about Martha at marthagies.com.