PRESS & INTERVIEWS

 

Valerie Sayers, Kenan Professor of English Emerita at the University of Notre Dame, reviews Broken Open for Commonweal
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“Broken Open offers life as a sacrament and profiles people who make sacrifices for each other. Martha Gies combines an affinity for a good narrative with a close study of humans in all their brokenness and illumination, each of her essays breaking through darkness into light.”

- Marie-Elise Wheatwind’s review of Broken Open for Story Circle

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“Broken Open, a memoir in essays, reflects on childhood and the lessons that come with age” by Laura Moulton, Street Roots, August, 2024.
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The Skanner Interviews Martha Gies About Broken Open
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Broken Open Has Been Named a finalist in the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards!

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Activist and writer Joe Martin reviews Broken Open for Seattle’s Post Alley News, “A Portland Writer Traces Her Conversion to Being a Writer”
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Longtime arts and culture critic and editor of Oregon ArtsWatch Bob Hicks reviews Broken Open, calling it “...a fascinating mixture of memoir, social observation, and literary journalism…written in a clear clean rhythm that moves swiftly forward even as it plunges into surprising depths.”
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Portland Monthly features Martha Gies’ reading at Up Up Books in the article “The Most Anticipated Book Events in Portland This Fall.” Thank you Matthew Trueherz!

 
 

Audio & Transcript of Martha Gies’ Conversation With Laura Moulton At Broadway Books, September 24, 2024.
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“Lake Oswego photographer’s picture graces cover of new book” by Corey Buchanan, Lake Oswego Review, September 25, 2024
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Broken Open book launch and reading at Portland’s Revolution Hall draws crowd of nearly 200.
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Authors Guild Member Spotlight: A Q&A With Martha Gies, September 2024.
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"Class Oils Door to Writers' Freedom," by Todd Murphy, Portland Tribune
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Center for the Moving Image Oral History Collection: Heather Petrocelli Interviews Martha Gies
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Martha Gies in the Oregon Encyclopedia
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