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 * Author Events @ Midwinter 2014 **

Barbara Ehrenreich
When feminist and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich was a young girl, she kept a journal of her experiences and observations. It is one of the things she never threw out in all of her moves, but she was also fearful of this journal, as it dealt with mystical experiences she had that shook her religious beliefs to the core. Finally, Ehrenreich is ready to confront the experience; her conclusions are startling and will begin a lively and heated conversation about religion and spirituality.
 * [[image:http://www.barbaraehrenreich.com/images/ehrenreich.jpg align="right"]]** Sunday, Jan 26, 3:00-3:30pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit Hall-Booth 630 **

Nadia Hashimi
Debut Afghan-American author Nadia Hashimi’s //The Pearl That Broke Its Shell//, the entwined stories of two Afghan women separated by a century who find freedom in the tradition of bacha posh, which allows girls to dress and live as boys until they are of marriageable age.
 * ** Saturday, Jan 25, 12:00-12:45pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit Hall-Booth 731 **
 * ** Saturday, Jan 25, 1:00-2:00pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, PopTop Stage **



Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd's third novel, //The Invention of Wings//, was published this month by Viking. She began her career not as a novelist, however. Her 1996 memoir, //The Dance of the Dissident Daughter//, describes her journey into feminist theology and is considered to have had a groundbreaking effect within religious circles.
 * ** Sunday, Jan 26, 2:30-3:30pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit Hall-Booth 935 **

**Laurie Loewenstein** The protagonist of Laurie Loewenstein's debut novel //Unmentionables// is Marian Elliot Adams, an outspoken advocate for sensible undergarments for women. Adams, a speaker on the Chautauqua circuit in 1917, challenges attitudes about race and gender among the residents of a small Midwestern town.
 * ** Saturday, Jan 25, 2:00-1:00pm,, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit Hall-Booth 411 **

Janet Mock
Janet Mock is a writer and activist, lauded by the Center for American Progress, Women’s Media Center, and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. A graduate of the University of Hawaii, she has an MA in journalism from New York University and has appeared on NPR, MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry, and HBO’s The Out List. Find out more at JanetMock.com.
 * ** Saturday, Jan 25, 3:00-4:00pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, PopTop Stage **

Bonnie J. Morris
Bonnie J. Morris describes her research interests as including " women's sports, the women's music movement since the mid-1970s, Jewish women's history, and other female-identified communities across time." Her one-woman play, //Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor//, has roused feminist audiences since 1993. At ALA Morris will be at the For Beginners Books booth, signing copies of her book //Women's History for Beginners//
 * ** Saturday, Jan 25, 2:00-5:00pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit Hall-Booth 535 **