29th Street Writers

Sharon Wood Wortman has been a writer and often-enrolled student since 1984, giving up full-time seniority at Union Pacific Railroad to support a couple of kids with words. She is best known for The Portland Bridge Book and offers a virtual tour to the bascule pit of the Morrison Bridge at her Web site www.bridgestories.com. She turned to poetry later in life. About poetry and the 29th Street Writers, she says, “Both challenge me to find the truth in ordinary words.” She is now writing a book about bridges for children, The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver—A Book for Young Readers.