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color:#1F497D'>Some of you may want to listen in on the Lawson Inada radio
program on Thursday.   It’s got a connection to our own Oregon Reads 2009 and
Stubborn Twig. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Oregon 150
[mailto:info@oregon150.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Leah Griffith<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Interview with Lawson Inada, Oregon’s State Poet Laureate :
Oregon 150 Radio<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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        interview Lawson Inada, Oregon's state poet laureate.</b> <br>
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        Lawson Fusao Inada is an emeritus professor of writing at Southern
        Oregon University in Ashland. Inada is the author of five books:
        Legends from Camp, Drawing the Line, In This Great Land of Freedom,
        Just Into/Nations and Before the War. He is the editor of three
        important volumes, including the acclaimed <a
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        What We Could Carry: The Japanese-American Internment Experience. </a><br>
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        On two previous occasions, in 1972 and 1985, Professor Inada won Poetry
        Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and his work has
        appeared in The Best American Poetry. <br>
        <br>
        Lawson Inada will share examples of his work, including "Saying
        the Name," a poem written for Oregon on her 150th birthday, and
        answer questions about writing in Oregon, poetry, and his work on the
        Japanese-American internment experience. <br>
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