Phyllis L. Thompson
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Publications and Grants

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BOOKS

Dear Alice:  Letters Home from American Teachers
Learning to Live in China

Berkeley, CA: Institute of East Asian Studies, 1998

CREATIVE NONFICTION

"Everything Moves"
Catamaran Literary Reader issue 30 (Fall 2020)

"Empty / Full"
North Coast Squid number 5 (Fall 2016)

"Light"
Honorable Mention for Narrative Nonfiction, Oregon Writers Colony Contest (2016)
Broadside for Coconino Center for the Arts' NightVisions V exhibition, Flagstaff, Arizona (September 2014)

"In Praise of Empty Space"
First prize for nonfiction in the High Desert Dispatches writing contest, Flagstaff Cultural Partners (July 2013)
Excerpt published in Mountain Living magazine (November 2013)

"Rock and Cloud"
The Noise arts & news magazine (May 2011)


JOURNALISM

"Credit for Art"
The Noise arts & news magazine (April 2012)

"The Square Fish That Gets Around"
Cruising World (May 1990)

"The Uncommon Mola"
Oceans (July 1985)

"Sailing Through Mud"
Cruising World (Fall 1984)

Reporter
Sun-Bulletin newspaper, Morro Bay, California, 1985-86.


GRANTS

Collaborative Artists' Residency with Rachel Wilson
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado, Arizona (September-October 2012)

Soapstone Writing Retreat
Portland, Oregon (January-February 2004)

My memoir now has its own facebook page with photos and more information  about
Sailing Between Sea and Sky:
What I Learned from the Ocean about Life on Earth

  • Home
  • Writing
    • "Everything Moves"
    • "The Tides"
    • Dear Alice: Letters Home from American Teachers Learning to Live in China
    • "Portrait of a Cruiser: Gvogozdev Eugueni"
    • Electric Cars Won't Make Our World Better
    • Publications and Grants
  • Teaching
    • "Betsy's Invitation"
    • "Cheating or Cooperation?"
    • Workshops and Lectures
  • Performing
    • Collaborations
    • "The Raven Sang"
    • Tai Yi Yo Long Gongfu
    • "Empty / Full"
    • Dramatic Readings and Awards
  • Contact me
  • Explorations
  • Academic Experience
  • Explorations archive