Language & Life: Jane Hirshfield & Major Jackson

Portland'5 Winningstad Theatre 1111 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR

Jane Hirshfield, the author of “some of the most important poetry in the world today”, and Major Jackson, an acclaimed poet and preeminent voice in contemporary literature. Moderated by Matthew Zapruder.

Going Home: Nicole Chung & Navied Mahdavian

Portland'5 Winningstad Theatre 1111 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR

From bestselling author Nicole Chung is a searing memoir of family, class and grief, and a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptive parents led, the life she forged as an adult, and the lives she’s lost. New Yorker cartoonist Navied Mahdavian's debut is a gorgeously illustrated and written graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a home in the remote American West. Moderated by Mat Johnson. 

Family Bonds: Safiya Sinclair & Jane Wong

Portland'5 Winningstad Theatre 1111 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR

Safiya Sinclair's memoir is the the stunning story of her struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find her own voice as a woman and poet. Jane Wong's incandescent, exquisitely written memoir is about family, food, girlhood, resistance, and growing up in a Chinese American restaurant on the Jersey shore. Moderated by Alicia Jo Rabins.

Lost Histories: Debra Magpie Earling & Justin Torres

Portland'5 Winningstad Theatre 1111 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR

The new book by Debra Magpie Earling is a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges prevailing historical narratives of Sacajewea. In his new novel, Justin Torres mines lost histories—personal and collective. Moderated by Stacy D. Flood.