BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Spokane Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Spokane Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ee03f2cd-d565-401e-bde5-ed2e818932ce SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260825T200143Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230927T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230927T190000 SUMMARY:Debra Magpie Earling and The Lost Journals of Sacajewea LOCATION:Central\nCentral X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Central;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10; X-TITLE=Central:geo:47.6594332,-117.42554 GEO:47.6594332;-117.42554 DESCRIPTION:Local authors Shann Ray and Sharma Shields will read poetry an d prose and Debra Magpie Earling (Bitterroot Salish) will share an excerpt from her lauded new novel THE LOST JOURNALS OF SACAJEWEA..\nhttps://spoka nelibrary.libnet.info/event/8854953 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Three writers from the Inland Northwest\, Shann Ray\, Sharma Shields\, and Debra Magpie Earling\, will read from the ir poetry and prose and sign books sold by Auntie's Bookstore.

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Abo ut the Presenters:

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Debra Magpie Earling's celebrated novel Per ma Red was reissued by Milkweed Editions in August of 2022. Her new n ovel\, The Lost Journals of Sacajewea\, was published by Milkweed in 2023. She was the first indigenous director of the University of Monta na's Writing Program and is the recipient of both a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She retired from the Universi ty of Montana as a professor emeritus in 2021. She is Bitterroot Salish.\n

Shann Ray's latest titles are the multi-genre memoir The Souls of Others and the collaboration \;Transparent in the Backligh t\, which pairs Ray's poetry with the work of internationally renowne d photographer Craig W. Hergert. He is the recipient of the American Book Award\, the High Plains Book Award in both poetry and fiction\, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, and was a Fulbright Scholar and a Uni ted National Visiting Poet. He \;teaches leadership and forgiveness st udies at Gonzaga University\, poetry at Stanford University\, and poetry f or the Center for Contemplative Leadership at Princeton Theological Semina ry. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow.

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Sharma Shields is th e author of two novels\, The Cassandra and The Sasquatch Hunt er's Almanac\, and a short story collection\, Favorite Monster. Her writing has received the Washington State Book Award\, a Pacific N orthwest Bookseller Award\, an Artist Trust Fellowship\, and other prizes. She is the Writing Education Specialist for Spokane Public Library.

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