Seattle is so hip. We get all the coolest people to come speak to us. If you live in the Seattle area, or even if you don't, you should try and make it. Claudia Bushman will be speaking on "Telling Our Stories" and Richard Bushman will discuss "Joseph and Emma." This Sunday, November 20, 7:00 p.m. at the Seattle North Stake Center. See you there! Bios below.
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Claudia Bushman was a professor of American Studies at Columbia University, now teaches Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and has produced twelve books on social and cultural history and Mormonism, among them Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day Saints in modern America. She was the New York State Mother of the Year in 2003.
Richard Bushman retired from his professorship in history at Columbia University in 2001, now occupies the Howard W. Hunter Chair in Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and has written extensively, including Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, published in 2005. He is a Co-General Editor of the Joseph Smith Papers.