The Nature of Words 2011 Literary Festival
The Nature of Words literary festival brings nationally acclaimed authors to Bend, Oregon for five days of readings, workshops, lectures, panel discussions and a gala author dinner. Three thousand people from across the Northwest attend the festival each year. Meyer Memorial Trust helped fund the festival with a $15,000 Grassroots Grant in June 2011. Above, world champion poet Buddy Wakefield performs at the 2011 fesitval. Photo Courtesy of Bob Woodward/The Nature of Words

