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Recently, in brief.

Books
Nickel and Dimed

Barbara Ehrenreich

Teaching to Transgress

bell hooks

Discipline and Punish

Michel Foucault

Sister Outsider

Audre Lorde

Brothers K

David James Duncan

Essays
“The Bone Garden of Desire”

Charles Bowden

“Holy Sparks”

Annie Dillard

Films
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Milos Forman

Motorcycle Diaries

Walter Salles

Happiness

Todd Solondz

The Story of Stuff

Annie Leonard

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee

Plays
To Kill a Mockingbird

Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Sometimes a Great Notion

Portland Center Stage

TV Shows
Mad Men

Matthew Weiner

The Wire

David Simon

Web sites
How Susie Bayer’s T-Shirt Ended Up on Yusuf Mama’s Back

George Packer

Recommended

Selected by staff and colleagues 

Books

Nickel and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed
On (Not) Getting by in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Picked by Cara Ungar-Gutierrez, Executive Director
Teaching to Transgress
Teaching to Transgress
Education as the Practice of Freedom
bell hooks
Picked by Cara Ungar-Gutierrez, Executive Director
Discipline and Punish
Discipline and Punish
Michel Foucault
Picked by Cara Ungar-Gutierrez, Executive Director
Sister Outsider
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde
Picked by Cara Ungar-Gutierrez, Executive Director
Brothers K
Brothers K
David James Duncan
Picked by Carole Shellhart, Finance Manager

Essays

“The Bone Garden of Desire”
In Esquire magazine
Charles Bowden
Picked by Kathleen Holt, Communications Director and Editor of Oregon Humanities magazine
“Holy Sparks”
“Holy Sparks”
A Prayer for a Silent God in Notre Dame magazine
Annie Dillard
Picked by Kathleen Holt, Communications Director and Editor of Oregon Humanities magazine

Films

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Milos Forman
Picked by Raina Hassan, Communications Assistant
Motorcycle Diaries
Motorcycle Diaries
Walter Salles
Picked by Raina Hassan, Communications Assistant
Happiness
Happiness
Todd Solondz
Picked by Raina Hassan, Communications Assistant
The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff
Annie Leonard
Picked by Kathleen Holt, Communications Director and Editor of Oregon Humanities magazine
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee
Picked by Kathleen Holt, Communications Director and Editor of Oregon Humanities magazine

Plays

To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Picked by Carole Shellhart, Finance Manager
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
Portland Center Stage
Picked by Carole Shellhart, Finance Manager

TV Shows

Mad Men
Mad Men
Matthew Weiner
Picked by Cara Ungar-Gutierrez, Executive Director
The Wire
The Wire
David Simon
Picked by Annie Dubinsky, Program and Development Coordinator

Web sites

How Susie Bayer’s T-Shirt Ended Up on Yusuf Mama’s Back
George Packer
Picked by Jennifer Allen, Director of Programs

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Who decides?

Cara Ungar-Gutierrez

Executive Director

Kathleen Holt

Communications Director
Editor of Oregon Humanities magazine

Jennifer Allen

Director of Programs

Annie Dubinsky

Program and Development Coordinator

Carole Shellhart

Finance Manager

Sarah Van Winkle

Program Coordinator

Kamla Hurst

Development Director

Kristy Athens

Office Manager