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I am dazzled by how much you've done for reading and writing on the coast. It seems you spend money much, much better than I do. Thank you for letting me contribute. Thanks to you, I can still meet my commitment to support other writers and readers.

—Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club

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Not only was Carla impeccable in planning and execution, but being a writer herself, she was tuned to so many unexpected nuances of the writer-host relationship that she transformed it from being at best, enjoyable, into a deeply enriching experience for me. Carla is a well of bubbling, infectious humor, shrewd wisdom, indefatigable energy and implacable dedication to writers and writing. She is neither a relative, a lover, nor rich enough to bribe such praise from me. It is genuine.

—Peter Coyote, author of Sleeping Where I Fall

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I clipped the article from the News-Times about the Poetry Writing Workshop!!!!!! I am so excited I can barely keep my lips from falling off. I am going to plan my summer around it.

—Jessica Jackson, Yachats, age 16

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I wish I was from Newport. If I was from Newport, I would never have left. I thank Carla Perry for all her efforts and afterwards, I am going to try to recruit her to Ashland. We tend to think we're the center of the world, but being here in Newport, I realize we don't have Carla.

—Lawson Fusao Inada, author of Only What We Could Carry