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2016 CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium (NWWS)

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[ May 6, 2016; 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm. May 7, 2016; 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. ] campus location: Knight Library, Browsing Rm
community location: downtown Eugene Public Library
#crossingborders for live tweeting at some events
FULL SCHEDULE: http://csws.uoregon.edu/events-2/2014-nwws/2016-csws-northwest-women-writers-symposium/
5th annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium

“Crossing Borders: Women’s Stories of Immigration, Migration, and Transition”

The fifth annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium will be held Friday, May 6, 2016, through Saturday, May 7, 2016. American Book Award […]

NWWS documentary premiere “Sad Happiness: Cinthya’s Transborder Journey” with director Lynn Stephen

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[ May 6, 2016; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Browsing Room
Knight Library
1501 Kincaid St.
Eugene, OR  97403
UO campus

Opening event of the 2016 CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium
Documentary Film Premiere:“Sad Happiness: Cinthya’s Transborder Journey,” followed by Q&A with the director. Browsing Room, Knight Library.
Directed by Lynn Stephen, Distinguished Professor College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon (Anthropology and Ethnic Studies) and codirector of the Center […]

▶ UO Today with Novella Carpenter – YouTube

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Published on May 20, 2015
Novella Carpenter, a writer and urban farmer in Oakland, California. Her memoir Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer was published in 2009. Carpenter was a keynote author in “Our Daily Bread: Women’s Stories of Food and Resilience,” the 4th Annual CSWS Northwest Women Writer’s Symposium, held May 7th to […]

▶ UO Today with Diana Abu-Jaber – YouTube

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Published on May 15, 2015
Diana Abu-Jaber, author of four novels Arabian Jazz, Crescent, Origin, and Birds of Paradise; as well as a memoir The Language of Baklava. Abu-Jaber was a keynote author in “Our Daily Bread: Women’s Stories of Food and Resilience,” the 4th Annual CSWS Northwest Women Writer’s Symposium, held May 7th to 9th, […]

Dr. Breeze Harper to talk about “Scars of Suffering and Healing: A Black Feminist Vegan Perspective on Writing, Race, and Neoliberal Whiteness”

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[ May 8, 2015; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_20551" align="alignright" width="257"] Breeze Harper[/caption]

UO campus
Gerlinger Alumni Lounge
1468 University St.

A. Breeze Harper, editor of the anthology Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak On Food, Identity, Health, and Society, and the author of the social justice novel Scars: A Black Lesbian Experience in Rural White New England (2014) will talk about her writing and activism. […]

NWWS: 2015 Northwest Women Writers Symposium, Saturday Panel & Workshops

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[ May 9, 2015; 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. ] Eugene Public Library
100 W. 10th St. (10th and Olive)
Eugene, OR

For a full listing of panels, workshops and other events, go to: http://csws.uoregon.edu/events-2/2014-nwws/csws-northwest-women-writers-symposium-2015/

The fourth annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium “Our Daily Bread: Women’s Stories of Food and Resilience,” will be held Thursday May 7, 2015, through Saturday May 9, 2015. Diana Abu-Jaber (Crescent; The Language […]