Inland Empire (In-Person): Inlandia Institute, the growing hub for writers of the Inland Empire

Saturday, March 25, 2023 – Cati Porter

Cati Porter will provide information on the Inlandia Institute, the growing hub for writers of the Inland Empire. In addition, she will discuss the new trend of hybrid memoirs and explain her own process in writing one.

Cati Porter is a writer, editor, and arts administrator living and working in Inland Southern California. The author of ten poetry collections, her latest, small mammals, is forthcoming is 2023 from Mayapple Press. Her essays and articles have been published in Salon, Zocalo Public Square, Shark Reef, Inland Empire Magazine, Flea Market Decor, and elsewhere. A hybrid memoir about her mother’s father and grandfather, Clay Bodies: The Brief Lives and Lasting Legacies of Rufus B. Keeler and Brad Keeler, Father and Son Ceramicists, is in progress. She is executive director of Inlandia Institute. You can find her on the web at www.catiporter.com.