Samplers of B. Frayn Masters writing can be found in MonkeyBicycle, Hobart, and Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney’s Book of Lists. Masters is one half of the ridiculous and brainy sketch comedy duo Eastland Academy, and is a member of rapid-fire performance group Haiku Inferno. She is a freelance writer, director and improv teacher. Nothing is better than revealing the dirty details of true stories. She can’t wait to hear yours.
Contact B. Frayn: frayn [at] backfencepdx [dot] com.
Melissa Lion is a professional writer. Large multi-national corporations pay her to write novels, book reviews and blog content. She is very grateful to the global economy. She also stands in front of large groups of people and talks about narrative and social media. Buy her books, read her blog and sign up for her classes. She thinks Back Fence PDX is the greatest thing to happen to Portland since the sustainable living movement.
Contact Melissa: melissa [at] backfencepdx [dot] com.
Nathalie Weinstein is a newsroom assistant at a building and design newspaper, as well as a contributing writer and editor for PDX Pipeline. In her spare time, she enjoys petting stray cats, making fresh pasta, and adventuring in small towns. As the Back Fence PDX assistant, she can be found writing press releases, handing out buttons and eating nachos.
Contact Nathalie Weinstein: events [at] backfencepdx [dot] com.
5 Comments
May 16, 2008 at 8:01 am
Lady Frayn! Love it! Thats all.
August 8, 2008 at 9:13 am
[...] of getting into a number of fairly deep conversations with the Portland-based Back Fence PDX crew, Frayn Masters and Melissa Lion, about the power of story. You see, that’s what they do. They help people [...]
August 12, 2008 at 10:06 pm
[...] August 13: BackfencePDX 2 | Matt Davis Kills Somebody This Time August 12, 2008 — Julian Chadwick Backfence PDX 2, Electric Boogaloo takes place Wednesday. I don’t think Matt has any nukes, so you should be safe checking out this great event. Here is a message from Melissa of the BackfencePDX babes: [...]
April 5, 2009 at 7:02 am
How does one sign up to share stories?
I have featured blogs on many sites such as intent.com…
Thank-you for the awesome venue….looking forward to coming to the show…
June 15, 2009 at 11:49 am
[...] Last years fashion show was by far the most fun we have had with a fashion show, it included an impromptu q&a of the models and great commentary by the Back Fence Babes. [...]