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February 2023
Common Reading Invited Lecture by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of this year's common reading book Braiding Sweetgrass, will give WSU's annual Common Reading Invited Lecture. It is free and open to the public via Zoom. Access the livestream link and ask advance questions on the homepage of the Common Reading website. The page will also have watch party information. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Common Reading Program, the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, the Visiting Writers Series, the Dept. of English, Global Campus, and the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Common Reading Exhibition Opens
This fall the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU will partner with the Museum of Anthropology and Fine Arts associate professor Michael Holloman to curate an exhibition that responds to and complements this year’s common reading book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Fine Arts graduate students working with Michael Holloman will assist with curating works purchased or borrowed from Crow’s Shadow Institute for the Arts. Honors students working with Schnitzer Museum staff…
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