Tag: Northwest Women Writers Symposium

Illegal Immigration, First-Person | Jefferson Public Radio

Pictured is Reyna Grande.

Reyna Grande garnered critical acclaim and awards for her first two novels. Then she turned her focus on herself for a memoir about her illegal Source: Illegal Immigration, First-Person | Jefferson Public Radio May 5, 2016—Jefferson Public Radio interviewed author…

Immigrants’ struggle is really our struggle | Opinion | R-G

Source: Immigrants’ struggle is really our struggle | Opinion | Eugene, Oregon In the midst of this political season’s hateful hullabaloo about building a higher wall, all of us whose ancestors came to this country from other lands must in…

NWWS Panel “Crossing Borders: What It Means in the Life of a Child,” with keynote author Reyna Grande

Browsing Room Knight Library 1501 Kincaid St. Eugene, OR  97403 UO campus Full Schedule: 2016 CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium “Crossing Borders: What It Means in the Life of a Child,” with keynote author Reyna Grande, Browsing Room, Knight Library.…

NWWS keynote by Reyna Grande, “From Iguala to El Otro Lado: A Young Girl’s Journey to the American Dream”

Pictured is Reyna Grande.

Downtown Eugene Public Library 10th and Olive 100 W. 10th St. Eugene, OR 97401 Takes place during First Friday Art Walk Full Schedule: 2016 CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium “From Iguala to El Otro Lado: A young girl’s journey to…

Lidia Yuknavitch wins two 2016 Oregon Book Awards

Pictured is Lidia Yuknavitch.

Congratulations are due UO graduate Lidia Yuknavitch, who helped inaugurate the CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium in May 2012 as a featured author at MemoirFest. Lidia, who earned her PhD in English at the University of Oregon, is the winner…