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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A member of the Community of Writers, based in Portland, Ore., I teach school children as well as college-bound students about the art of writing 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

Kentucky cardinal

What is more pleasing to a lapsed Southeasterner than a chubby cardinal in the snow? I shot this in my birth state of Kentucky during the 2009-10 blustery winter.

Check out some of my other Kentucky photos under the Photography tab on the site.

Oregon's Other Side

"Oregon's Other Side" is a visual journey through the light, people, landscapes, wildlife and wild horses of Malheur and Harney counties. The pictures were shot during my three-month spring 2009 stint as the Eastern Oregon Writer-in-Residence. The exhibit includes poetry written during my stay in the sagebrush sea.

Photos are priced from $40 for unframed images to $300 for framed 16 by 20 prints. The show is going to Burns, Ore., for a women's art show and festival in March. It has traveled from CaroleZoom Gallery in Portland to Lilly's Bistro in Louisville, Ky., and now back again. Look for new pictures soon.

Joel Salatin, farmer/prophet

Joel Salatin, telegenic Polyface farmer of "Food Inc." and Michael Pollan's "Omnivore's Dilemma," visited acolyte Tyler Jones' farm in Corvallis, Ore., and preached about family-farm survival. Find some of his ideas and gift of the gab at culinate.com.

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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