M. Allen Cunningham

SPEAKING:
Across nearly twenty years and hundreds of public appearances, M. Allen Cunningham has spoken on a broad range of subjects including the creative process, literary history and analysis, independent publishing, the historical transition from scribal culture to print culture to Internet culture, literary regionalism, biographical fiction, and the importance of the Humanities in education.
     Cunningham makes regular speaking appearances at universities, conferences, and public libraries. He served for four years as a public scholar with the Oregon Humanities Conversation Project, facilitating intensive seminars about reading and literature in dozens of communities. In addition to his work at Portland State University, Clackamas Community College, and UC Berkeley's Academic Talent Development Program, Cunningham has acted as a guest lecturer in the Pan-European MFA Program.
     He welcomes speaking inquiries. Please use the contact icon above to get in touch.

SOME PAST & RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

• Insights Concerning Small and Micro Publishing - presentation, Kenyon College
  
• Why We Need the Humanities - presentation, UC Berkeley Academic Talent Development Program
• Character, Plot, Time - a craft lecture, Catamaran Writing Conference, Pebble Beach CA
• 6 Ways to Think About Character - a craft lecture, Portland State University, Write to Publish Conference
• Writing Beyond Genre - a craft lecture, Pan-European MFA Program
• Guests & Passengers: Depictions of Time in Literature - presentation, Pan-European MFA Program, Barcelona International House
• Editing for Writers - a craft lecture, Portland Book Festival
• Panel on Independent Publishing - Catamaran Writing Conference, Pebble Beach CA
• The Flickering Page: The Reading Experience in Digital Times - presentation, Oregon State University, Benton County Historical Society, Corvallis Public Library (and numerous other venues)
• Outsideness - lecture on landscape and fiction, Oregon Legacy Author Series, Lincoln City OR
• How Reading Can Keep Us Safe - remarks, ACLU Uncensored Celebration, Portland OR
• Rainer Maria Rilke: Poet and Literary Character - presentation, multiple venues in California and Oregon
• Author Panel: The West Is History - Book Group Expo, San Jose CA
• Author Panel - Contra Costa Times Book Club Gala, Walnut Creek CA
• You Don't Have to Be An Insider - Keynote Address, The Bookies Annual Benefit Gala for the Project Second Chance Adult Literacy Program, Orinda CA
• Mythologizing the Local: Mythological Motifs in Contemporary Literature - lecture, California State University East Bay, Contra Costa County Library, Concord (CA) Historical Society