Background
Kessler, Lauren Jeanne was born on April 4, 1950 in New York City. Daughter of Sidney and Margarita (Falk) Kessler.
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After All These Years: New Look at the 60s Generation by Lauren Kessler (1990-06-06)
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Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family (Oregon Reads) by Lauren Kessler (2008-08-12)
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The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History (Commtext Series)
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Kessler challenges the idea that the worlds of media and journalism have ever conformed to a 'free marketplace' image. This present volume investigates a handful of the many fringe groups who, denied access to the mainstream, started marketplaces of their own. Journalistic efforts in six groups are explored: Black Americans; utopians and communitarians; feminists; non-English speaking immigrants; populists, anarchists, socialists, communists; and pacifists, non-interventionists, and resisters from World Wars I and II. The result is an impressive study which shows that such groups have a diversity of origins, and a tradition which spans one and a half centuries.
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The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History (Commtext Series) by Lauren Kessler (1984-01-01)
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Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family (Oregon Reads)
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Stubborn Twig is a classic American story, a story of immigrants making their way in a new land. It is a living work of social history that rings with the power of truth and the drama of fiction, a moving saga about the challenges of becoming an American. Masuo Yasui traveled from Japan across the other Oregon Trail—the one that spanned the Pacific Ocean—in 1903. Like most immigrants, he came with big dreams and empty pockets. Working on the railroads, in a cannery, and as a houseboy before settling in Hood River, Oregon, he opened a store, raised a large family, and became one of the area’s most successful orchardists.As Masuo broke the race barrier in the local business community, his American-born children broke it in school, scouts and sports, excelling in most everything they tried. For the Yasuis’ first-born son, the constraints and contradictions of being both Japanese and American led to tragedy. But his seven brothers and sisters prevailed, becoming doctors, lawyers, teachers, and farmers. It was a classic tale of the American dream come true—until December 7, 1941, changed their lives forever. The Yasuis were among the more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry along the West Coast who were forced from their homes and interned in vast inland “relocation camps.” Masuo was arrested as a spy and imprisoned for the rest of the war; his family was shamed and broken. Yet the Yasuis endured, as succeeding generations took up the challenge of finding their identity as Americans. Stubborn Twig is their story—a story at once tragic and triumphant, one that bears eloquent witness to both the promise and the peril of America.
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Lauren Jeanne Kessler
Edit ProfileEducation
BJ, Northwestern University, 1971; Master of Science, U. Oregon, 1975; Phd, U. Washington, Seattle, 1980.
Career
Government reporter, Burlingame (California) Villager, 1972-1973; assistant professor, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, 1975-1979; freelance magazine writer, since 1978; assistant professor School of Journalism, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1980-1984; associate professor School of Journalism, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1984-1991; professor School of Journalism, U. Oregon, Eugene, since 1991.
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The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History (Commtext Series)
(Kessler challenges the idea that the worlds of media and ...)
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Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family (Oregon Reads)
(Stubborn Twig is a classic American story, a story of imm...)
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Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family (Oregon Reads) by Lauren Kessler (2008-08-12)
(Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
- Stubborn Twig
- After All These Years: New Look at the 60s Generation by Lauren Kessler (1990-06-06)
- The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History (Commtext Series) by Lauren Kessler (1984-01-01)
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The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History (Commtext Series)
Membership
Member Journalism History (editorial board), Oregon History Society (advisory board), Media History Institute (founder).
Interests
Connections
Married Thomas Arthur Hager, July 7, 1984. Children: Jackson, Zane, Elizabeth.
