Join us for an evening in conversation with Carolyn Wood, author of Class Notes: A Young Teacher's Lessons from Classroom to Kennedy Compound. Class Notes is the memoir of Wood’s time as political volunteer and later governess for the Kennedy family. Bishop and Wilde is thrilled to host this digital event and Q&A, moderated by Portland-based author Erin Stammer, whose memoir Unassisted follows a tumultuous eighteen month period as Stammer navigates career-change, blending families, and the uncertainty of The Great Recession. Register below!

Carolyn Wood gained fame as a 1960 Olympic gold medalist in swimming; at fourteen she became one of a handful of child athletes to win gold. A lifelong Oregonian, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Oregon (BA English 1967) and Portland State University (MSW 1979, MS Education 1980), and taught high school English, literature, and composition for over thirty-five years. Wood is a member of the Oregon State Sports Hall of Fame, a fellow of the Northwest Writing Project, and a past participant in the Centrum, Fishtrap, and Banff Writers writing communities. Her work has appeared in Teachers as Writers, Elohi Gadugi Journal, REI Co-op Journal, Women Who Write, and Curve Magazine. Her first memoir, Tough Girl, was awarded the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award by the Independent Book Publishers Association and the 2019 Buck Dawson Authors Award by the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Erin Stammer grew up in Portland, Oregon, and graduated from Brown University with a BA in Comparative Literature and French. She later obtained her Masters in Healthcare Administration from Portland State University. She is married and has four grown children. When she is not reading and writing she works full time for a finance company, cooks, practices yoga, and enjoys traveling the world.