Carla Perry

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She spent 25 years as a freelance technical writer before launching Dancing Moon Press (dancingmoonpress.com) in 1997. She is the founder of the Nye Beach Writers' Series and Writers On The Edge, a nonprofit organization dedicated to literary arts on the Central Oregon Coast, and received the Stewart Holbrook Oregon Book Award and the Oregon Governor's Art Award for her outstanding contributions to Oregon's literary community. She has also been granted an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship in Fiction, a Career Opportunity Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission, and several writing residencies for completion of her own work. Perry was editor and publisher of <I>Wild Dog</I> magazine, and for <I>Talus & Scree International Literary Journal</I>. Her books of poetry include <I>No Questions Asked, No Answers Given</I>, and <I>Laughing Like Dogs</I>. Her novel, <I>Riva Beside Me</I>: <I>New York City 1963-1966</I>, was published in paperback and eBook in 2012.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="340da670.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="359" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> photo by <I>Vicki Grayland</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wanderlust</B></div> <div> is a 72 hand-sewn paperbook with spine - $16.00.</div> <bR> <div> <B>TO ORDER:</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U><B>To order through mail click here.</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>ON-LINE          </B><B> </B><B>                              </B></div> <bR> <div> From the US      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Wanderlust"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="14-7"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Canada      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Wanderlust"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="14-7"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="4.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries           <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Wanderlust"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="14-7"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="7.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>