Upcoming Alexandra Fuller event in Ashland, Oregon!
Here’s the letter that’s been sent out by the event organizers:
Dear Southern Oregon Educators,
I am writing to inform you of the upcoming Chautauqua Poets and Writers event.
Nonfiction writer Alexandra Fuller will read February 19, 7:30 p.m., 2009 at Ashland High School’s Mountain Avenue Theater.
Bestselling memoirs by Alexandra Fuller
Alexandra Fuller’s memoir Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood won the Booksense Nonfiction Book of the Year in 2003.
The second memoir by Alexandra Fuller, Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier, also received international acclaim.
Her newest book, The Legend of Colton H. Bryan, is set in Wyoming.
Alexandra Fuller follows our writers from 2006-2008, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jane Hirshfield, Alberto Ríos, Ted Kooser, Robert Pinsky, and Li-Young Lee.
In conjunction with the featured Chautauqua event, Alexandra Fuller will conduct writing workshops. For Oregon Writing Project alumni and for student groups from throughout the Rogue Valley.
Generous sponsors
Grants and sponsorships from the Oregon Writing Project at Southern Oregon University, SOU Department of Language, Literature, and Philosophy, Ashland School District, Jackson County Coalition of the Oregon Cultural Trust, City of Ashland Economic and Cultural Development, and Friends of Ashland Public Library support this event.
We sincerely hope you can encourage your students to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to attend a reading by an award-winning writer of memoir and nonfiction.
The ticket vendor in Medford is A Rug For All Reasons. Ashland vendors are Bloomsbury Books, The Bookwagon, and Nimbus.
Students can buy tickets at the main office at Ashland High School.
Ticket prices to see Alexandra Fuller in Ashland:
Patrons: $25.00 ($10.00 is a tax deductible contribution)
General $15.00
Students with ID $12.00
We are also offering a pre-event sale for a block of 10 tickets at $100.00.
This block rate is for student groups. Arrange via Kathi Bowen-Jones at Ashland High School.
We hope to see you and your students at our February Chautauqua Poets and Writers events.
Sincerely,
Kathi Bowen-Jones
201 S. Mountain Avenue
Published: February 3, 2009
Updated: February 13, 2024
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