Angela Allen - Writer, Poet, Photographer, and Teacher

A longtime Portland, Ore., journalist by day, poet by night, and photographer when the light is good, I write and teach with joy, candor, accuracy and inspiration, keeping the colors in mind.

Find some of my recent published stories and reviews on food, wine, art, homes, travel, music, restaurants and style.

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Poems and an anthology comprise part of a writer’s work.

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As part of Wordstock Writers, Literary Arts' Writers in the Schools, and the Right Brain Initiative, based in Portland, Ore., I teach school children as well as college-bound kids and adults about the art of writing and photography -- and the art of loving it.

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Check out a collection of my photographs taken during my travels and work.

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News & Events

Joint show in Kentucky

Angela Allen and Carolyn Courtney's joint photo exhibition at Firehouse Gallery in Louisville, Ky., will remain up until Jan. 15, 2012. Check it out if you're in the area, or if not, take a look at these links. Firehouse Gallery's Facebook link has prices and sizes of the art. www.centre.edu/news/2011/allen_exhibit.html www.facebook.com/FirehouseGallery

Holiday cards

Here's the link to Angela's popular cards. Cards cost $5 for 1, $25 for a 6-card set on cream message-less paper, handmade and hand-signed. Many birds and flowers this year. Email angela.allen [at] comcast.net to order.

Teaching Kids to Write

Angela will be teaching again in spring 2012 through Literary Arts in Portland, Ore., as a Writer in the Schools (WITS). Here are comments from her 2011 Franklin High school sophomores. “She taught me to be more confident about my writing,” “a piece can always change into something better,” “I learned how to write from the heart,” “she showed me how to write in different structures.”

Kind Words For the Writer!

“I learned how to write in different forms. Ms. Allen was so much fun to have here. It was very sad when she had to leave.”
Clayton Duckworth, 7th grade, Juntura School, Juntura, Malheur County, Ore.

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“It has amazed all of us how well the boys responded to your writing instruction and would love to see you come back.”
Sandy Cargill, teacher at Oregon Youth Authority for male sex offenders, ages 13-21, Burns, Ore.

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“Angela, it was great to have you here. The students did some great writing under your tutelage.”
Debra Raymond, Suntex School head teacher, Riley, Ore.

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