Center for New WordsWeb site: http://www.centerfornewwords.org Events URL: http://www.centerfornewwords.org… Added by: sisaruus. Contacted: Not contacted. Favorited: Žiadne Description: The Center for New Words is dedicated to a simple mission: To use the power and creativity of words and ideas to strengthen the voice of progressive and marginalized women in society. Book events are held at 7 Temple Street and other locations; please check event schedule for venue.  Upcoming events
Danya Ruttenberg (September 4 at 19:00) Danya Ruttenberg reads from Surprised By God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion . Surprised by God is a religious coming of age story, from the mosh pit to the Mission District and beyond. It’s the memoir of a young woman who found, lost, and found again communities of like-minded seekers, all the while taking a winding, semi-reluctant path through traditional Jewish practice that ... (more)Event location: Central Square Library, 45 Pearl Street, Cambridge
Stephanie Elizondo Griest (Október 6 at 19:00) Part memoir, part journalistic reportage, Mexican Enough illuminates how we often cast off our identity in our youth, only to strive to find it again as adults—and the lessons to be learned along the way. Event location: Linda K. Paresky Conference Center at Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Past eventsNancy Polikoff (Marec 13 at 19:00) Nancy Polikoff promotes Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law. A persuasive argument that married couples should not receive special rights denied to other families, Polikoff shows how the law can value all families, and why it must. Event location: Kotzen Meeting Center, in Lefavour Hall at Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston
reading: Class (Apríl 2 at 18:00) Join us for a reading group on class and economic disparity, featuring a top-notch booklist covering everything from cutting edge to classics. Facilitators Linda Carney-Goodrich and Betsy Leondar-Wright will lead this 8 week exploration of class, identity and literature, making connections between the ... (more)hattie gossett (Apríl 30 at 19:00) hattie gossett reads from the immigrant suite: hey xenophobe who you calling a foreigner?. Writing from the upper west side of Manhattan, where Harlem intersects with waves of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Korea, Cambodia, Ivory Coast, India, Native America, and from all over the globe, hattie gossett vividly invokes her neighborhood experience. With wit and candor, ... (more)Event location: Kotzen Meeting Center, in Lefavour Hall at Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston
Nadejda Marques (Máj 8 at 19:00) Nadejda Marques was born in the midst of social upheaval, violence and transformation in Brazil. In 1973, when she is just nine months old, her father is kidnapped, tortured and murdered by the military regime that seized power in Brazil in 1964. Her mother then flees to Chile alone. A friend takes the ... (more)Event location: Central Square Library, 45 Pearl Street, Cambridge
Nora Pierce (Máj 15 at 19:00) In Pierce’s forceful debut, Alice is five when she and her homeless, mentally ill mother, Amalie (Mami, she calls her), arrive at Papi’s trailer in an Arizona Indian reservation to live....
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