Portland State Magazine Fall 2012

THE DARK SUBTEXT in Holly Andres' photos of everyday scenes (above) is getting noticed by the art world . Andres MFA '04 is one of WE WANT TO HEAR about your books six art alumni invited to exhibit their work in the MK Gallery on campus during October and November. With gallery showings around the country, Andres, like the other art alumni, has found success outside the classroom. See their work in the MK Gallery, second floor of the PSU Art Building, 2000 SW 5th Ave., weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A reception for the artists is planned for October 13 during PSU Weekend (page 16). and recordings and your future exhibits, performances, and directing ventures. Contact the magazine by emailing psumag@pdx.edu , or mailing Portland State Magazine, Office of University Communications, POBox 751, Portland OR 97207-0751. 6 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE FALL 2012 Writing's unintended consequences "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN what you're writing about isn't what you want to be writing about, bur it keeps forcing itself in ?" asks new author and PSU Professor Leni Zumas of her students. Ir's a dilemma she faced while writing her first novel, The Listeners (Tin House Books, May 2012). Zumas, a former post-punk band drummer, didn't set our to write a book about music, bur music kept finding its way in. Rather than fight the impulse, she used a rock band as a metaphor for family and loss in the book. Zumas reaches in the MFA Creative Writing Program.