• April 1, 2024
          Finalists reading: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction and Poetry
          April 3, 2024
          One Page Wednesday: APRIL
          April 4, 2024
          Everybody Reads 2024: Gabrielle Zevin
          April 8, 2024
          2024 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
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Alexis Coe

Alexis Coe is the New York Times bestelling author of You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington and Alice+Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis. She frequently appears on CNN, MSNBC, and the History Channel, where she was a consulting producer on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Washington series. Alexis has hosted Presidents Are People Too! at Audible and No Man’s Land at Pineapple.


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