Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this event has been postponed. Stay tuned for the rescheduled date this summer.
Broadway Books to host Margaret Chula and Shawn Aveningo Sanders
Wed, Mar 25, 2020
at 7:00 pm
Broadway Books
1714 NE Broadway
Portland, OR 97232
A poignant portrayal of love and forgiveness.
In Shadow Man, Margaret Chula brings her father out of the shadows where he had been since 1957, the day her mother packed their five children—all under the age of ten—into the car and drove away. Over the years, Margaret comes to accept the differences between a mother who wants China cups with saucers and a father who’s content with a Budweiser. Through writing about these awkward, often heartbreaking, interactions with her estranged father, she discovers that there’s more than one truth and that each of us must find our own.
The #metoo story that took over 30 years to reveal.
Inspired by the countless number of women who are bravely opening up to share their truth, Shawn adds her voice to the fight against the oppressive, misogynic times we live in. It’s time to stop blaming the victim and to stop asking what she was wearing! For Shawn, writing through the pain and sharing these poems has proven to be cathartic and even epiphanic at times. It is her hope this work can help women of all ages face and cope with their own traumas, while letting them know they can indeed heal and go on to enjoy loving, trusting relationships.
