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Nationally published essay by one of Portland's own

10/26/2014

Have you seen the personal essay, "From Lizzy Bennet to Fanny Price: My Jane Austen Journey" by Mackenzie Broderick, published recently on The Huffington Post? If the name sounds familiar, that's because Mackenzie won the JASNA National essay contest last year! Also, our region contributed $100 to her expenses to travel to last year's AGM to accept the award.

Her personal essay is a wonderful read, and there's even a photo of her "finest hour" at the JASNA AGM ball last year in Minneapolis.

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Reading group discussion on November 2nd

10/25/2014

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Our Reading Group will meet on November 2nd (note the date change!) at 1:00 pm. And don't forget that the time changes and we "fall back" at 2 am on Sunday, November 2nd, the day of the meeting!).

We have an east side location this month, at member Stephanie Vardavas's house. If you have any donations for the raffle basket in December, bring them to this meeting. Joanne Graham will be collecting the donations and putting together a charming basket!

Deb Guyol will lead the discussion about The Three Weissmanns of Westport: A Novel, by Catherine Shine. Deb sends us the following to ponder and discuss.

Sense and Sensibility and The Three Weissmanns of Westport -- subjects to ponder and discuss:

The twists and tweaks 3W gives to the S&S characters, situations and relationships
3W romantic outcomes – fitting and funny, or not?
Themes and struggles of S&S – how to feel, how to act, how to suffer, how to be happy – do these find counterparts in 3W?
Money and its relationship to happiness in S&S and 3W
The tone and role of humor in S&S and 3W
The extremes – is any character in 3W as coldly manipulative as Lucy Steele? As innocently goodhearted as Mrs. Jennings?

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Photos from JASNA AGM in Montreal

10/19/2014

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More photos! Please enjoy the slideshow photo gallery below from the JASNA AGM in Montreal. Over a dozen members from the ORSWWA region were able to attend the JASNA AGM in Montreal, and they had a great time!

You can read more about the AGM in Montreal here at http://www.jasna.org/agms/montreal/index.html.

If you would like to contribute more photos, please contact Jennifer Snoek-Brown, the region's web manager, directly.

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Nationally published essay by one of Portland's own

Reading group discussion on November 2nd

Photos from JASNA AGM in Montreal

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