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A Heart-Piercing Look at the Disappearances and Deaths of Indigenous Girls in Northern BC
Read more: A Heart-Piercing Look at the Disappearances and Deaths of Indigenous Girls in Northern BCIf you were looking for the least visible and most vulnerable people in North America, girls from Indigenous families in the upper reaches of British Columbia would be at the top of your list. Living mostly in small towns and on native reserves in families ravaged by poverty, oppression, broken…
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Guest Review: Murder, Mental Illness & Mercy in Seattle
Read more: Guest Review: Murder, Mental Illness & Mercy in SeattleSometime during the night, a prowler in their quiet neighborhood spotted the windows the couple had left open on a hot summer night. The young man was homeless, unemployed, and going back and forth between jail, local courtrooms and mental hospitals…He was armed with a long knife and bad intentions.
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Review: Finding a Hybrid Hope in the Wilder Parts of an Urban Home
Read more: Review: Finding a Hybrid Hope in the Wilder Parts of an Urban HomeDespite many of the things she discovers and the often-dismaying statistics she reports, Scanlan infuses her book with hope. Not a false hope but an honest, infectious ability to see the good that lingers around us even though the pristine natural world is gone.
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Writers-in-Conversation Series Host Michael N. McGregor to be Featured Author in May
Read more: Writers-in-Conversation Series Host Michael N. McGregor to be Featured Author in MayMichael N. McGregor usually hosts the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation series, but for the last event in the series’ inaugural year, the museum has asked him to be the featured author instead. This will be the first opportunity to learn about and purchase his new book, An Island to Myself: The Place…
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Fiction Writer E. Lily Yu To Be Featured in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series on April 16
Read more: Fiction Writer E. Lily Yu To Be Featured in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series on April 16When E. Lily Yu’s first novel, On Fragile Waves, appeared in 2021, it received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, and Foreword Reviews. In the New York Times Book Review, author Amal El-Mohtar called it “devastating and perfect.” With compassion and flashes of humor, it takes us deeply…
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Guest Post: “From the Wilds of Washington State” Guide and Poet Benno Alexander
Read more: Guest Post: “From the Wilds of Washington State” Guide and Poet Benno AlexanderWell-known in literary and exploration circles at the turn of the 20th century, Benno Alexander was a prolific writer of poetry and prose in both English and German. He was also a legendary guide to the far north. What remains of him in the historical record reveals an accomplished and…
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Conversation Advocate Monica Guzman to be Featured Author in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series on March 13
Read more: Conversation Advocate Monica Guzman to be Featured Author in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series on March 13As the author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times and host of the podcast A Braver Way, Mónica Guzmán is exactly the kind of voice we need right now in our country and world. She’s a fierce advocate…
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Three Questions and a Quote: Omni-Author and Editor Kevin Sampsell
Read more: Three Questions and a Quote: Omni-Author and Editor Kevin SampsellIt’s hard to imagine anyone who embodies the term “literary man” more than Portland author and habitué Kevin Sampsell. Not in the old stuffy sense, but in a 21st century do-it-all, do-it-your-way, live-to-write-and-champion-books sense. When the history of Portland as a literary city is written, he will play a central…
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Children’s Author Julie Kim to be Featured in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series on February 13
Read more: Children’s Author Julie Kim to be Featured in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series on February 13Author and illustrator Julie Kim’s children’s books have been widely praised for their “pitch-perfect” dialogue and “jaw-dropping” artwork. By infusing her work with Korean folktales, she celebrates the rich cultural heritage shared by the thousands of Korean Americans living in the Pacific Northwest.
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