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Wednesday, 11 August
Join Bitch Media for a reading group that will focus on Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers by Alissa Quart. For more information, please visit the Bitch Media website or contact Julie Falk at (503) 282-5699 or by email. This is an Oregon Humanities Grant-funded event.
7:00 p.m., In Other Words Women's Books and Resources, 8-B NE Killingsworth St., Portland
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Wednesday, 11 August
Join Bitch Media for a reading group that will focus on Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers by Alissa Quart. For more information, please visit the Bitch Media website or contact Julie Falk at (503) 282-5699 or by email. This is an Oregon Humanities Grant-funded event.
7:00 p.m., In Other Words Women's Books and Resources, 8-B NE Killingsworth St., Portland
Tuesday, 17 August
This event is part of the Albany Public Library’s Modern Voices Reading and Discussion Series. Join the library and local community for a reading of The Help by author Kathryn Stockett (via video). For more information, please visit the library’s website or contact LaRee Bates at (541) 791-0112 or by email. This is an Oregon Humanities Grant-funded event.
noon, Albany Public Library, 2450 14th Ave SE, Albany
Monday, 06 September
400-word submissions on the theme of “Ha!” for Oregon Humanities magazine can be sent by email or postal mail.
Oregon Humanities magazine, Posts, 813 SW Alder St., Suite 702, Portland, OR 97205
Tuesday, 07 September
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter David Finkel will read from his book, The Good Soldiers, a chronicle of the infantry soldiers of 2-16 who were part of the 2007 surge in the Iraq War.
Powell's Books (cosponsored by Oregon Humanities), 7:30 p.m., Powell's City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside, Portland
Tuesday, 14 September
Friend Me? Notions of Friendship in a Changing World by Courtney Campbell and Lani Roberts. Host Organization: OASIS Education Center. Contact: Jane Griffen at (503) 241-3059 or by email.
10:30 a.m., OASIS Education Center Adult Classroom, Macy's, 4th Floor, 621 SW 5th Ave., Portland
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29 July 2010 | Posted in Publications | Comments? (0 so far)
Posts for the “Ha!” Issue of Oregon Humanities magazine are due Monday, September 6, 2010. Send your submission of 400 words or less by email or postal mail to Oregon Humanities magazine, Posts, 813 SW Alder St., Suite 702, Portland, OR 97205. Read the full call for submissions and
23 June 2010 | Posted in Events Publications | Comments? (0 so far)
If you enjoyed reading the spring 2010 issue of Oregon Humanities magazine on the theme of “Look,” we hope you’ll join us for a reading with a few of the authors from that issue: R. Gregory Nokes (“What Remains”), Christine Dupres (“Seen though Not Heard”), and Scott... More
07 June 2010 | Posted in Publications | Comments? (0 so far)
Oregon Humanities magazine is seeking submissions for the fall 2010 issue on the theme “Ha!” which will explore humor, happiness, and joy, especially as they pertain to American history, culture, values, and identity. We are especially interested in submissions that consider... More
03 June 2010 | Posted in Publications | Comments? (0 so far)
Posts for the “Work” Issue of Oregon Humanities magazine are due Monday, June 21, 2010. Send your submission of 400 words or less by email or postal mail to Oregon Humanities magazine, Posts, 813 SW Alder St., Suite 702, Portland, OR 97205. Read the full call for submissions and
08 March 2010 | Posted in Publications General | Comments? (0 so far)
Oregon Humanities magazine is seeking submissions for the summer 2010 issue on the theme of work. Thomas Aquinas famously said, “To live well is to work well.” But in difficult economic times, can every American truly aspire to “work well,” or has the goal of finding a... More
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We’ve extended the deadline for Conversation Project programs taking place between September 1 and October 31, 2010. The deadline is now July 31.
Through the Conversation Project:... More
Given the recent West Virginia coal mine tragedy and Gulf Coast oil spill disaster, Americans are becoming more concerned with fossil fuel dependency and the future of energy. If... More
Adults living on low incomes in the Portland area who want to explore challenging ideas about power, justice, knowledge, and community can now apply for Humanity in Perspective (More
World Affairs Council of Oregon presents “Building Haiti Back Better,” a conversation with Robert Maguire about the country’s opportunities for economic and political renewal, on... More
Join us at rontoms, 600 E. Burnside, Portland, at 6:00 on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, for our spring Think & Drink happy-hour conversation. Photography curator and writer Kirsten Rian... More
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Thorne Anderson
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When my family moved back to Haiti, I was fourteen, the reluctant daughter of a missionary. When I was six, Haiti had felt like paradise: mangoes fell ripe from trees, kamion drivers blared past our house with carnival-music horns, houses were the color of bubble-gum ice cream. But... More
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Thanks, Mary! Glad to hear it. The next issue is on “Work” and should be out in September. I think it’ll be a good one, too.
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