While it was exciting to see legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in person Friday evening, I regretfully have to say that like many writers, Hersh is better at the written word than the spoken. Or perhaps I am better at reading than listening. Hersh spoke to an overflow crowd at the University of Oregon’s Portland [...]
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Event Preview: Seymour Hersh On "The Question of Torture" at U of O
Journalist Seymour Hersh has investigated many of the important political and military issues of the last forty-plus years. This week he will be in Eugene and Portland discussing the efficacy of torture. The son of immigrant parents from Lithuania and Poland, Hersh began his journalism career in 1959 as a police reporter in Chicago. He [...]
Upcoming: Katherine Dunn Headlines a Panel Discussion on "Publishing In The Age of Electronic Readers"
Mark this down on your calendars as a must attend event. Monday, November 16th at 6:00pm Al Stavitsky, Portland Director of U of O’s School of Journalism and Communication, will moderate a discussion on how “digital books change us as writers, publishers, and readers.” A panel full of heavy-hitters includes: Katherine Dunn, author of Geek [...]
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