For this Second Sunday we are pleased to host two authors who are touring the state as part of the Oregon Book Award author tour.

Elena Passarello is a writer and an actor. She is the author of "Let Me Clear My Throat," a 2014 Oregon Book Award finalist in creative nonfiction. Her essays have appeared in "Oxford American," "Slate," "Iowa Review" and "Creative Nonfiction," among other journals, as well as the music writing anthology "Pop When the World Falls Apart." She teaches creative writing at Oregon State University.

Kari Luna is a teen novelist, whimsicologist, creative director and copywriter. Her debut novel, "The Theory of Everything," was named the American Booksellers Association's Fall 2013 New Voices Pick, and won the Oregon Book Award for Young Adult Literature. Kari writes essays for "The Weeklings" and is currently at work on her next novel.


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