VOICES Contemporary Lectures 2008-09 October 1, 2008

VOICES Contemporary Lectures
16th Season in Portland
Great Women Speak Their Minds

Naomi Wolf: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
Naomi Wolf is an American writer. Ms. Wolf's latest bestseller is The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, an impassioned call to return to the aspirations and beliefs of the Founding Fathers.
Lee Woodruff: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Life Changes in an Instant
As co-author of the best-selling In an Instant, Lee Woodruff garnered critical acclaim for the compelling and humorous chronicle of her family's journey to recovery following her husband Bob's roadside bomb injury in Iraq. Lee recently joined ABC's Good Morning America as a family and life contributor.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault: Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Africa on the Edge
Award-winning journalist with more than 40 years in the industry, Charlayne Hunter-Gault recently left her post as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent, which she had held since 1999, to pursue independent projects. Before joining CNN, she worked from Johannesburg as the chief correspondent in Africa for NPR from 1997 to 1999.Hunter-Gault was the chief national correspondent for The Newshour with Jim Lehrer on PBS from 1983 to 1997.

Amy Dickinson Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Ask Amy: An Evening with Amy Dickinson
Amy Dickinson writes the syndicated advice column "Ask Amy" succeeding the late Ann Landers. In May 2007, Dickinson signed a two book deal with Hyperion for a novel and a memoir, to be titled The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, A Daughter and the People Who Raised Them.

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