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2018 Kellogg Speaker: Cheryl Strayed

University Place Hotel 310 SW Lincoln St, Portland, OR, United States

From PSU's English website: The PSU English Department is excited to welcome Cheryl Strayed, who will deliver the 54th annual Nina Mae Kellogg Lecture on Thursday, October 18, 2018, at 7:00pm, in the Columbia Falls Ballroom at the University Place Hotel, located adjacent to the PSU campus at 310 SW Lincoln St., Portland, OR 97201. We're offering interested attendees the opportunity to RSVP for free guaranteed seating; remaining seats will be available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here to request reservations.

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Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick in Conversation: Presented by the PSU English Department

PSU - Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

The Portland State English Department is pleased to present the 55th Annual Nina Mae Kellogg Lecture, featuring comics creators Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick in converation. Brian Michael Bendis is an award-winning comics creator, Amazon and New York Times bestseller, and one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For the last twenty years, Brian’s books have consistently sat on top of the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.  Bendis's many achivements include the introduction of the multiracial Spider-Man, Miles Morales, and the creation of the character of Jessica Jones.  Bendis has won five Eisner awards, including ‘Best Writer of the year’ two years in a row and was honored with the prestigious Inkpot award for comic art excellence. Kelly Sue DeConnick is…

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Omar El Akkad on Writing the Codacene: Literature in an Age of Endings | 57th Annual Nina Mae Kellogg Lecture

PSU - Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Vanport Room (SMSU 338) The English Department presents the 57th Annual Nina Mae Kellogg Lecture, "Writing the Codacene: Literature in an Age of Endings," with Omar El Akkad. What does it mean to tell stories in a moment where it seems so much of what the world once was, it is unlikely to ever be again? Every generation must grapple with its own conception of apocalypse, and literature is no stranger to the end of the world. In this talk, journalist and author Omar El Akkad discusses some of the reporting assignments, novels and works of non-fiction that have influenced his writing, and the uncertain space many contemporary authors must inhabit when writing about a world mid-calamity. Omar El Akkad is an author and journalist. He was born…

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