Join us for a conversation focused author event with April Ossmann\, who will be reading from her new book \;We\ , \;and opening the floor up for a conversation with the audience.
\nApril Ossmann Call &\; Response Reading from \;WE. \;Pleas e come prepared to share. \;We \;seeks what unites us\, how to cha nge our perceptions to heal families\, friendships\, and country of incivi lity and villainization by practicing greater compassion\, by seeing past egos to souls. April will read from \;We\, share stories of being a br idge\, and invite audience participation with short (2-minute) personal st ories of positive interactions with people you know or met: fellow shopper s\, travelers\, service providers\, neighbors\, etc.\, whose politics may differ from yours\, but with whom you shared a moment of mutual humanity.< /p>\n
We \;takes an unapologetically spiritual stance in bridging po liticized divides\, exploring conscious and unconscious prejudices with ly ricism\, warmth\, and self-implicating humor\, how we shape our nation wit h perceptions\, how to change to heal families\, friendships\, and country of incivility and villainization by practicing greater compassion\; seein g past egos to souls.
\nApril Ossmann \;is the author of \;W e \;(Red Hen Press\, 2025) and Event Boundaries and Anxious Music\, re cipient of a VAC Creation Grant\, and former director of Alice James Books \, and an independent editor at: www.aprilossmann.com
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