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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.