Gary Corbin: Writer
Fiction - Essays - Creative Non-Fiction
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Gary Corbin is a freelance writer living in Vancouver, WA. In addition to corporate assignment work for clients, his creative and journalistic work has been published in the Portland Tribune, BrainstormNW, and The Oregonian, as well as on-line on GlobalEnvision.Com and other sites. He is seeking representation for his completed novel, "Lying in Judgment," about a man serving on the jury for a murder trial that he, himself, committed. He is working on a second novel, and shorter work has been submitted to numerous publications, pending review.

Gary grew up in Agawam, Massachusetts and also has lived in Louisiana, Indiana, and Washington, DC before settling in the Portland, Oregon area, where he makes beer, writes, acts, and provides consulting services to area clients.

Gary is a member of the Willamette Writers Group and participates in workshops and conferences in the Portland, Oregon area.

Recently Published

In Brainstorm NW

Catalogs and Websites, Unite: November, 2008
An Experience in the Kitchen: September 2008
Survive (Even Thrive) in Today's Economy: August 2008
Home Away from Home: July 2008
Living the Suite Life: June 2008
Links to the Past (cover feature), May, 2008
Fascinating Oregonians: Jessica Gregg, Rachel Solotaroff, and Barbara Sidway, April 2008
Mount Hood: More than a Meadow, January 2008
More...

On Global Envision

The Challenges of Language Preservation
South-South Cooperation Defies the North
Panama Canal Treaty Expansion and Global Economy

In the Portland Tribune Guest on Tap column:

"Sipping on the Other Side of the River," December 18, 2008
Slow Food and Beer, November 6, 2008
New Beers to Fall For, October 16, 2008
Portland Oktoberfest: Envy Our Diversity, September 16, 2008.
The Best Beer for John Deere, July 17, 2008.
There's Nothing Like The Beer Here In Beervana, July 9, 2008
The World's Largest Organic Brewers Festival, July 2, 2008
Welcome Stop on a Road Trip, June 4, 2008.
Buildings Recycled but the Beer's Fresh, April 29, 2008.
More...

Other articles of interest:

"Clearing the Air at Boardman," Oregonian Op-ed on Emissions Trading
"Another reason to visit the Gorge: Wines and wineries of the Columbia Gorge," The Oregonian, November 14, 2006.

Novels

Lying in Judgment (excerpt: Chapter 1)

Peter Robertson finds himself on the jury of a murder trial -- for the crime that he, himself, committed.

The Incident (excerpt: Chapter 1)

Following in her uncle’s footsteps, policewoman Valerie Dawes is a local hero for cleaning up the scum on Hartford’s streets. But she knows the terrible truth – the violence she inflicts on suspects, rooted in the horrible violent incident of her youth.

Plays

Happy Anniversary (excerpt: first 3 pages of Act 1, Scene 1

Robert and Beth have dinner on the first, fifth, and tenth anniversary of their divorce.

Mama Versus the Mob excerpt: first 4 pages of Act 1

Dinner Theater. Chicago, 1927. Alex Caponi knows someone is trying to take over his mob operation. But who? It turns out, almost everyone.

Short fiction and creative non-fiction

Stella’s 90th birthday (excerpt)

An hour of forgetfulness and Cadbury Chocolates
Hospice 101 (excerpt)
Learning about dying with dignity from my very-much-still-alive father
Thirty Flowers (excerpt)
A boy scout falls one flower short of summer camp
Sadie’s Way (excerpt)
A woman’s epiphany while hiking leads her down a whole new path for life

Travel

A New Zealand travelogue
Trying the Pubs and Beers in England, Ireland, and Scotland
Touring Beamish and Crawford, Co. Cork, Ireland
A tour of the Caledonian Brewery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Touring John Smith's Brewing, Tadcaster, England

More Business articles in BrainstormNW

Alpha, Beta, Capital: March 2008
Keeping Your Investments Safe: March 2008
Room to Judge: Pioneer Courhouse, December 2007
An Environment for a Mix of Enterprises: Merlo Corporation, December 2007
Tillamook Cheese: November 2007
A Fine-feathered Collection: August 2007
Central Oregon's 2007 Tour of Homes, July 2007
Fascinating Oregonians: Steve Emery and John Stuart, April 2007

Beer

How to Spot a Beer Geek
Geekery explained and terms defined
A technical article on water treatment in Homebrewing
Rock Bottom hits Portland
An era has Pabst: on the closure of an historic brewery in Milwaukee, WI
Review of the Valley Mill
Ivy League Brews

More Portland Tribune "Guest on Tap" articles

New Beers for Spring 2008, March 25, 2008.
The Last Ride of the Day, February 12, 2008.
Make Beer, Not Cars, November 13, 2007.
Pagan Beer for Modern Times, October 30, 2007.
Cerveza with a Sense of Place, June 27, 2007.
Bookmark your beer
Foam for Fido
Thirty Years of Brass
Brew with a View
Beer Festival Survivor's Guide (July 18, 2006 Portland Tribune)
How beer has changed in Oregon
Buy your Dad a beer
Good beer - you be the judge of it
Remember the Little Guys
A toast to Jim Kennedy
New beers for spring 2006
Home brewers: The Innovative Force
East Coast Hop Monsters

Brewcast for 2006 - What’s on tap for 2006
Brews and Browse - Wi-fi in Portland Pubs