Ginger Berry

By Katy Nesbitt

Go! Magazine

ENTERPRISE — The Fishtrap Fireside series launches Friday, Oct. 1, with writers Zanni Schauffler, Ginger Berry and Jim Dameron. Now in its ninth season, the popular monthly Fishtrap event will be available online for literary fans around the globe.

“We’re offering Fireside virtually again this fall,” said Mike Midlo, Fishtrap’s program director. “The advantage being people can take in these readings from anywhere around the country or the world.”

The Oct. 1 session begins at 7 p.m. Access it at www.fishtrap.org and Fishtrap’s YouTube channel.

About the writers

Zanni Schauffler has a master’s in writing from Portland State University and a master’s in fine arts from the University of California, Irvine. She left her native Portland 14 years ago to escape “the city poetry social scene,” she said, and came to Wallowa County to work at Fishtrap. A published poet and the recipient of an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship in Poetry, Schauffler is a consummate artist who is working on a novel, writing poetry, painting pictures and always reading.

Jim Dameron splits his time between Portland and Lostine. An essayist and poet, his work has appeared in “The Missouri Review,” “AGNI,” “Mid-American Review,” “Northwest Review” and “Post Road.” Three of his essays have been cited as notable by the editors of The Best American Essays (2000, 2005 and 2013).

Ginger Berry, a freshman in high school, lives in Enterprise and attends Oak Meadow High School online. With a love of writing, she has attended the past three Summer Fishtrap workshops. Outside her academic pursuits, she said she enjoys cooking, reading, dancing and playing with her two dogs.

About Fishtrap

Fishtrap Fireside is a monthly reading series designed to feature diverse voices of local writers. Since the program launched in 2013, audiences have enjoyed a variety of genres including cowboy poetry, fiction, nonfiction, humor, memoir, sci-fi fantasy, essay, travelogue and food stories.

Fishtrap, started in 1988, is a literary organization based in Enterprise dedicated to clear thinking and good writing in and about the West. While providing educational opportunities for people around the country, programs like Fireside were designed to showcase local talent.