THE LETTING GO TRILOGIES: STORIES OF A MIXED-RACE FAMILY Author Set for Portland's Another Read Through
Next Thursday, September 1st, at 7-8pm, DMae Roberts will be reading from her memoir book The Letting Go Trilogies: Stories of a Mixed-Race Family at Another Read Through bookstore, 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, Oregon 97227. Cookies and sparkling cider will be provided!
Another Read Through will offer copies for $13 only on Sept. 1st 7-8pm. She will be available to sign any copies purchased that night. More info about the event at: www.anotherreadthrough.com/event/local-author-dmae-roberts.Roberts features a reading as well as an interactive talk based on her personal experiences and historical research on the mixed-race experience in Oregon. Stay tuned for conversations she will be leading in the future as part of the Oregon Humanities Conversation Project topic: "What Are You? Mixed-Race and Interracial Families in Oregon's Past and Future." Organizations, groups and educators can request this topic at oregonhumanities.org/programs/2016-17-conversation-project-catalog.
DMae Roberts' book The Letting Go Trilogies: Stories of a Mixed-Race Family traces four decades of what it means to be a mixed-race adult who sometimes called herself "Secret Asian Woman." With her personal essays written over a ten-year period, Dmae journeys through biracial identity and her interracial Taiwanese and Oklahoman family amid love, loss and letting go of past regrets and grief.
More information, visit DMae Roberts' website at www.dmaeroberts.com.
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