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Local Novelist gives Historical Women a Voice

Jane Kirkpatrick, award-winning author, focuses on celebrating women of the West
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

“Women’s history must be invented… both uncovered and made up.“ – Virginia Woolf Envisioning the wild, wild West leads to very specific imagery: dusty trails, tumbleweeds and rugged, leather-clad cowboys patrolling the countryside on horseback. Men certainly take the spotlight when it comes to historical depictions of the Old West. Author and longtime Bendite Jane […]

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Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing Selected as the 2017 Community Read

Deschutes Public Library Foundation reveals the next “A Novel Idea” selection at annual public celebration in Bend
Hayley Jo Murphy

“Homegoing,” the first novel from author Yaa Gyasi, has been announced as the selected book for The Deschutes Public Library “2017 A Novel Idea” program. Now in its 13th year, “A Novel Idea…Read Together” is the largest community read program in Oregon. The program gives residents of Central Oregon a common forum to discover culture, discuss ideas […]

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