Gary Corbin: Writer
Fiction - Essays - Creative Non-Fiction
Contact me: (503) 281-3780
gary AT garycorbinwriting.com

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Gary Corbin is a freelance writer living in Portland, OR. In addition to corporate assignment work for clients, his creative and journalistic work has been published in the Portland Tribune, the Brew Crew News, 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 Portland, Oregon, where he makes beer, writes, and tills a garden yielding hops and bountiful vegetables.

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

Fascinating Oregonians: Jessica Gregg, Rachel Solotaroff, and Barbara Sidway, April 2008
Alpha, Beta, Capital: March 2008
Keeping Your Investments Safe: March 2008
Mount Hood: More than a Meadow, January 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

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:

A tour of the new Deschutes Brew Pub, forthcoming.
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.

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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; formerly "Jury Duty")

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

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

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

Blogs

MySpace.com
A Life Lived Fully: Reflections on living in the here and now
Browsing Brews: The world of beer

Humor

Retirement Date
A fanciful story about finance and romance: 
The Third Manhattan
A silly story in progress, co-written with Mary Harvard