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X-WR-CALNAME:Women's Voices of the Northwest: Stories from Pacific Northwes
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SUMMARY:Women's Voices of the Northwest: Stories from Pacific Northwest His
 tory
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
LOCATION:Occidental Fine Arts\, Floor 1\, 311 Occidental Ave S\, Seattle\, 
 WA 98104
DESCRIPTION:Women authors and speakers take the stage to explore the people
  and places behind Pacific Northwest history\, and the untold stories they
  have brought back to light.\n\nSchedule\n\n3:30-4:15 PM: Arrivals\, meet 
 the speakers\n4:15-5:00 PM: Heather Pihl\n5:00-5:45 PM: Rebekah Anderson\n
 5:45-6:30 PM: Shirin Yim Leos\n6:30-7:00 PM: Q&A and book sale\n\nHeather 
 Pihl shares the story of Princess Angeline (Kikisoblu)\, daughter of Chief
  Seattle\, who stayed in the city that took her father's name. Heather is 
 President of the Friends of Pike Place Market.\n\nRebekah Anderson is the 
 author of The Grand Promise (Empty Bowl Press)\, a novel about the real co
 mmunities upended by building the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River i
 n the 1930s. It was a finalist for the 2023 PNWA Nancy Pearl Book Award. A
 nderson holds an MFA in fiction from NYU\, where E.L. Doctorow advised her
  thesis.\n\nShirin Yim Leos is the author of Of Wind and Dust (The Dial Pr
 ess\, February 2027). Her debut novel follows three women\, a first wife\,
  a ransomed slave and a young woman from the Puget Sound\, who are all bou
 nd to one man. Their story stretches from rural China to mid-19th-century 
 Seattle and is inspired by her own family history. Leos is also an Ezra Ja
 ck Keats Award-winning children's author.\n\nHear how each speaker found h
 er story in the archives\, in family history\, and in the landscape. Stay 
 after the talks for audience Q&A and a book sale.\n\nhttps://occidentalfin
 earts.org/event/4725
URL:https://occidentalfinearts.org/event/4725
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