http://www.inlander.com/spokane/articles.sec-78-1-get-lit.html No one’s saying Get Lit’s going to die. But, after next year, nobody seems to know how, exactly, it can continue. In 2008, National Book Foundation executive director Harold Augenbraum c]]> RICHARD RUSSO Best known for: Empire Falls, about a dying mill town in Maine that’s dominated by a wealthy family; the novel (Pulitzer Prize, 2002; HBO miniseries, 2005) is told from the pers]]> Best known for: Bringing her bold, provocative and sometimes humorous poetry to life onstage. Sex, racism, God, politics: no topic is off-poetic limits for Smith. While her work holds its own on the p]]> Opening lines: “I want to be awful. I want to do awful things and why not? Dull is dull is dull is my life.” Debut novel: Mathilda Savitch, which is about a 14-year-old girl who deals in]]> How do you win a cosmic war? You don’t. You prevent it. In his book How to Win a Cosmic War (re-titled Beyond Fundamentalism in paperback), Aslan describes how religious fanatics are fighting a ]]> Most famous for: Her Oprah Book Club selection, White Oleander (1999), a novel which details the heart-wrenching life of teenager Astrid Magnussen, who’s placed in different foster homes after h]]> Best known for: Talk Dirty to Me: An Intimate Philosophy of Sex. Tisdale conducts field research in adult stores, peep shows, and the pornography collection of the British Library for an exposé]]> Best known for: Kevin Sampsell is something of a small-press icon. He’s also the publisher of Portland’s Future Tense Books. In 2008, he put together Creamy Bullets, a tasty collection of ]]> Format: Three actors reading three short stories on the theme of fatherhood; recorded live and scheduled for broadcast on public radio in June Why June? Because Father’s Day was first celebrat]]> USING HISTORY IN STORYTELLING Ever gotten to the “memory dump” part of a historical novel? Jess Walter joins a panel describing how to incorporate historical details into fiction and nonfi]]> Best known for: Being the daughter of Frances Moore Lapp, author of the 1971 book Diet for a Small Planet; for co-founding the Small Planet Institute; and for writing Diet for a Hot Planet. Most li]]> Most famous for: Having left the world of corporate law to become a children's book author and since she appeared on Oprah during a segment on how to live your dreams Janet Wong has become an inspira]]>