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Readin' in the Rain author Diana Abu-Jaber speaks, 7 pm 2/23, Hult Center, and signs books, 1 pm 2/24, UO Bookstore … Weapon of Choice: Voice! poetry open mic, 7 pm 2/23, Morning Glory Café … Spoken word artist Bao Phi performs, 7 pm 2/24, Gerlinger Lounge, UO … Kristine Olson, author of Standing Tall, and Oregon tribal leader Kathryn Jones Harrison appear, 7:30 pm 2/24, Powell's on Burnside, Portland … Diana Abu-Jaber signs books, 2 pm 2/25, Tsunami Books … Candice Favilla reads from Things That Ease Despair and Ingrid Wendt reads from Surgeonfish, 4 pm 2/26, Tsunami Books … Pulitzer Prize winner Art Spiegelman discusses In the Shadow of No Towers, 7:30 pm 2/27, Jaqua Concert Hall. 346-3986 … Jean Auel book signing and reception, 6:30 pm 2/27, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, UO … Washington Post writer Jackie Spinner discusses Tell Them I Didn't Cry: A Young Journalist's Story of Love, Loss, and Survival in Iraq, 7:30 pm 2/27, Powell's on Burnside, Portland … Dana Spiotta presents Eat the Document, 7:30 pm 2/27, Annie Bloom's Books, Portland … "The Threat to Press Freedom," a discussion with attorney Duane Bosworth and Oregonian Managing Editor Stephen Engelberg, 7:30 pm 2/28, Powell's on Burnside, Portland … Azar Nafisi speaks, 7:30 pm 3/1, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. $25, college/seniors $18, high school $5 … "Show, Don't Tell (Most of the Time)" lecture by Jessica Morrell, 6:30 pm 3/2, Baker Downtown Center. $5-$10 donation for non-Mid-Valley Willamette Writers members … Asma Barlas, author of "Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an, speaks, 4 pm 3/2, Knight Library, UO … Ehud Havazelet reads from Like Never Before, 8 pm 3/2, Knight Library, UO .. Joan Acker discusses Inequality Regimes: A Gender/Class/Race Perspective on Organizations, noon 3/3, 225 Chiles, UO … Day-long workshop: "Deep Fiction" with Jessica Morrell, 10 am-4:30 pm 3/4. $75. Contact Patsy Hand at 686-0189 or patsyhand@comcast.net to register … Professor and author Amit Goswami speaks on "The Quantum Doctor," 3:30 pm 3/4, Downtown Library … Dorothy Mack discusses "Creative Non-Fiction," 10 am 3/4, Anna Maria Creekside Retirement Resort, Medford. $5 for non-Willamette Writers of Southern Oregon members … Joseph Lieberman reads and discusses Shooting Game, 7 pm 3/7, Knight Library, UO … Suzanne Matson reads and discusses Tree-Sitter, 7 pm 3/8, UO Bookstore … Literary Arts is now accepting applications for the Oregon Book Awards and Oregon Literary Fellowships. Guidelines and entry forms are available online at www.literaryarts.org or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Literary Arts, 224 NW 13th Ave Suite 306, Portland, OR 97209... Eugene author Judy Berg recently received the North American Bookdealers Exchange 2005 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award in the Natural History category for The Otter Spirit.

 



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