{"id":1585,"date":"2024-08-10T13:43:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T20:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2024-08-16T09:32:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:32:32","slug":"join-us-september-12-for-the-next-author-in-the-cascadia-writers-in-conversation-series-debra-magpie-earling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/?p=1585","title":{"rendered":"Join Us September 12 For the Next Author in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series: Debra Magpie Earling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Montana Novelist and Bitterroot Salish Tribe Member<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Alexis Hagestad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Debra Magpie Earling<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

author of Perma Red <\/em>and The Lost Journals of Sacajewea<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

in conversation with series host<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Michael N. McGregor<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

6 p.m., Thursday, September 12<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cascadia Art Museum<\/a>, 190 Sunset Ave, Edmonds, WA 98020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(To order tickets through the Cascadia’s website, click here<\/a>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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Debra Magpie Earling<\/a><\/strong> is the author of two novels: Perma Red<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u2014the beautiful but heartrending story of a young woman\u2019s struggles against harsh conditions and threatening men on the Flathead Indian Reservation\u2014and The Lost Journals of Sacajawea<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u2014a first-person imagining of how this woman we\u2019ve always seen through the writings of men might have viewed her hardships, relationships, and adventures herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perma Red<\/strong><\/em>\u2014which won the Spur Award for the best novel of the West\u2014has been called one of “the great American novels,\u201d and the New York Times<\/em> praised the Lost Journals<\/strong><\/em>\u2014winner of a Montana Book Award\u2014for being both \u201cformally inventive\u201d and \u201chistorically eye-opening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stories of how these two novels came to be written and published are compelling themselves, <\/strong>as is Earling\u2019s own story. Born in Spokane and raised in Montana, she\u2019s a member of the Bitterroot Salish Tribe and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation. Later in her life, she taught in both the Native American Studies and Creative Writing programs at the University of Montana<\/strong>, becoming the first Indigenous director of the latter. Long before that, though\u2013just three years after dropping out of school at 15 and one year after earning her GED and marrying at 17\u2013she became the first public defender in the Tribal Justice System on the Flathead Reservation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earling went on to receive both a Guggenheim Fellowship<\/strong> and a National Endowment for the Arts<\/strong> award<\/strong>. She is the epitome of a writer who had to struggle against every kind of adversity yet succeeded in making her voice heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can purchase Earling\u2019s books online at the Edmonds Bookshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~~~~~<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

On the second Thursday of each month<\/strong>, host Michael N. McGregor<\/a><\/strong> will bring one Northwest writer in front of an enthusiastic audience for a brief reading, a discussion of the author\u2019s work, and a question-and-answer session with engaged literature lovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series is intended to showcase the wealth of writing talent in the Pacific Northwest. <\/strong>To that end, it will feature writers from different genres at different stages of their careers who may have been overlooked rather than those readers already know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writers who appear in the series will be featured on WritingtheNorthwest.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a unique chance to hear talented writers speak in-depth about what it means to be an author in the Northwest and why and how they create their works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The conversations will all take place in one of Cascadia\u2019s beautiful galleries, with Northwest art lining the walls.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cascadia Art Museum<\/strong><\/a> is the only museum dedicated to artists and their works from the Pacific Northwest. Focused on visual art and design from 1860 to 1970, it is committed to the belief that recognizing previously neglected artists who made significant contributions to the region\u2019s cultural identity gives us a fuller and more comprehensive understanding of Northwest art history. The Writers-in-Conversation series signals the museum\u2019s desire to highlight underappreciated Northwest artists in literature as well. The series is sponsored by the Edmonds Bookshop<\/a><\/strong> and Holman<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montana novelist and Bitterroot Salish Tribe Member Debra Magpie Earling will be the next featured writer in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series.
\nThe author of Perma Red and The Lost Journals of Sacajewea, Earling will appear
\nin conversation with series host
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