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Leanne Hinton, Writer
Leanne Hinton is a linguist and advocate for the perpetuation and revival of Native American languages. Dr. Hinton is chair of the Linguistics Department at the University of California at Berkeley and has been a professor in that department since 1978. She is a founding member of the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival, whose mission is to assist California Indian communities and individuals in keeping their languages alive. In 2006 she received the Lannan Cultural Freedom Award.
Leanne Hinton Bio and Cross Links
Andrew J. Bacevich, Writer
Andrew Bacevich’s books include The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism and The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War which received the inaugural Lannan Literary Award for An Especially Notable Book in 2005. He is a professor of history and international relations at Boston University, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, and received his PhD in American Diplomatic History from Princeton University. Bacevich is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Andrew Bacevich Bio and Cross Links
Matthew Dickman, Poet
Matthew Dickman’s debut collection of poetry, All American Poem, won the 2008 APR/Honickman First Book Prize, selected by Tony Hoagland, and the 2009 Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry (Oregon Book Awards). His work has been published in Tin House, Clackamas Literary Review, Poet Lore, www.fishousepoems.org, and elsewhere. He has received fellowships and/or residencies from Oregon Literary Arts, the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas, the Breadloaf Writers Conference, the Vermont Studio Center and the Fine Arts Work Center. He lives in Portland, OR.
Matthew Dickman Bio and Cross Links
Erin Hogan, Writer
Erin Hogan is the author of Spiral Jetta: A Road Trip through the Land Art of the American West, ArtSpaces: The Art Institute of Chicago, and essays and criticism in exhibition catalogues and such publications as The American Scholar and The Chicago Reader. She received her Ph.D. in art history from the University of Chicago and now works for the Art Institute of Chicago.
Erin Hogan Bio and Cross Links
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Mr. Lopez’s books include the nonfiction works Arctic Dreams, which won the National Book Award, Of Wolves and Men, and Crossing Open Ground; and the fiction collections Winter Count, Desert Notes, and Field Notes.
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