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2020: Joy Harjo
NEA Big Read/Lions In Winter Festival
National Endowment for the Arts: Big Read - A Conversation with Joy Harjo
Join Joy Harjo, a member of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation and current U.S. poet laureate, in a virtual conversation, as she reads works from her latest book An American Sunrise: Poems and has a moderated Q+A discussion.
Part of the Lions in Winter festival sponsored by the EIU Department of English Co-sponsored by Broward County Library, Florida; Broward Public Library Foundation Inc.; and Florida Center for the Book Free and open to the public.
In 2019, Harjo was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold the position. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Harjo is an internationally known award-winning poet, writer, performer, and saxophone player of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation.
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2020: Brandon Hobson
Lions In Winter Festival
Brandon Hobson is the author of the novel Where the Dead Sit Talking, which was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction. He has won a Pushcart Prize, and his work has appeared in magazines such as The Believer, The Paris Review Daily, Conjunctions, NOON, Post Road, Narrative Magazine, Puerto del Sol, and in many other places. Brandon earned a PhD in Creative Writing from Oklahoma State University, is currently an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at New Mexico State University and a Writing Mentor at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma.
Set in rural Oklahoma during the late 1980s, Where the Dead Sit Talking is a startling, authentically voiced and lyrically written Native American coming-of-age story. His next novel, The Removed, will be out in February 2021.
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2019: Barrie Jean Borich
Lions In Winter Festival
Barrie Jean Borich was one of the featured writers at the 2019 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2019: Lynnell Edwards
Lions In Winter Festival
Lynnell Edwards was a featured writer at the 2019 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2019: Rion Almicar Scott
Lions In Winter Festival
Rion Almicar Scott was a featured writer at the 2019 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2018: CM Burroughs
Lions In Winter Festival
CM Burroughs was a featured writer at the 2018 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2018: Rachael Hanel
Lions In Winter Festival
Rachael Hanel was a featured writer at the 2018 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2018: Vu Tran
Lions In Winter Festival
Vu Tran was a featured writer at the 2018 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2017: Dion Irving
Lions In Winter Festival
Dion Irving was a featured writer at the 2017 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2017: Erica Wright
Lions In Winter Festival
Erica Wright was a featured writer at the 2017 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2017: Gangstagrass
Lions In Winter Festival
Bluegrass/rap artists Gangstagrass gave a performance and craft talk on writing rap lyrics at the 2017 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2017: James Davis May
Lions In Winter Festival
James Davis May was a featured writer at the 2017 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2017: Janice Harrington
Lions In Winter Festival
Janice Harrington was a featured writer at the 2017 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2017: Laura van den Berg
Lions In Winter Festival
Laura van den Berg was a featured writer at the 2017 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2016: Andrew Malan Milward
Lions In Winter Festival
Andrew Malan Milward was a featured writer at the 2016 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2016: Bradford Tice
Lions In Winter Festival
Bradford Tice was a featured writer at the 2016 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2016: Editors Panel - BLUESTEM, QUIDDITY, and NINTH LETTER
Lions In Winter Festival
Editors of Bluestem, Quiddity, and Ninth Letter presented at the 2016 Editors Panel at the Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2016: Jane Spivey Gilchrist
Lions In Winter Festival
Jane Spivey Gilchrist was a featured writer at the 2016 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2016: Moira Crone
Lions In Winter Festival
Moira Crone was a featured writer at the 2016 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2016: Wendy C. Ortiz
Lions In Winter Festival
Wendy C. Ortiz was a featured writer at the 2016 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2015: David Tomas Martinez
Lions In Winter Festival
David Tomas Martinez was a featured writer at the 2015 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2015: Editors Panel - BLUESTEM, HOBART, QUIDDITY, LUNA LUNA, and COSSACK REVIEW
Lions In Winter Festival
Editors of Bluestem, Hobart, Quiddity, Luna Luna, and Cossack Review at the 2015 Lions In Winter literary festival Editors Panel.
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2015: Edward Kelsey Moore
Lions In Winter Festival
Edward Kelsey Moore was a featured writer at the 2015 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2015: Jessica Young
Lions In Winter Festival
Jessica Young was a featured writer at the 2015 Lions In Winter literary festival. She gave a craft talk and a children's book reading.
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2015: Julija Sukys
Lions In Winter Festival
Julija Sukys was a featured writer at the 2015 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2015: Stephen Graham Jones
Lions In Winter Festival
Stephen Graham Jones gave the keynote and presented a Craft Talk at the 2015 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2014: Alissa Nutting
Lions In Winter Festival
Alissa Nutting was a featured writer at the 2014 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2014: Editors Panel - BLUESTEM, THE COSSACK REVIEW, CRAZYHORSE, CREAM CITY REVIEW, THE MISSOURI REVIEW, PANK, and QUIDDITY
Lions In Winter Festival
Editors from Bluestem, The Cossack Review, Crazyhorse, Cream City Review, The Missouri Review, PANK, and Quiddity took part in the Editors Panel at the 2014 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2014: Jami Attenberg
Lions In Winter Festival
Jamie Attenberg was a featured writer at the 2014 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2014: Jason Koo
Lions In Winter Festival
Jason Koo was a featured writer at the 2014 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2014: Ryan Van Meter
Lions In Winter Festival
Ryan Van Meter was a featured writer at the 2014 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2013: Eduardo C. Corral
Lions In Winter Festival
Eduardo C. Corral was a featured writer at the 2013 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2013: Randa Jarrar
Lions In Winter Festival
Randa Jarrar was a featured writer at the 2013 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2013: Tina May Hall
Lions In Winter Festival
Tina May Hall was a featured writer at the 2013 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2012: Eliot Thompson
Lions In Winter Festival
Eliot Thompson was a featured writer at the 2012 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2012: Lania Knight
Lions In Winter Festival
Lania Knight was a featured writer at the 2012 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2012: Mary Maddox
Lions In Winter Festival
Mary Maddox was a featured writer at the 2012 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2012: Maureen Stanton
Lions In Winter Festival
Maureen Stanton was a featured writer at the 2012 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2012: Megan Stielstra
Lions In Winter Festival
Megan Stielstra was a featured writer at the 2012 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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2012: Phillip Gallagher
Lions In Winter Festival
Phillip Gallagher was a featured writer at the 2012 Lions In Winter literary festival.
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