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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello Kathy and Katie,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">My name is Jillian Manning, and I am the executive director of the <a href="https://nationalwritersseries.org/">National Writers Series</a> in Traverse City. I was so excited to see the announcement about <i>Women of Copper Country</i> being chosen as the Great Michigan Read! We are actually hosting Mary Doria Russell for a free virtual event on <a href="https://nationalwritersseries.org/programs/an-evening-with-mary-doria-russell/">May 26</a> as part of our spring series. I’d love to connect with you to see how we could support spreading the word about the Great Michigan Read program at our event.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to talking soon,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Jillian</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#202124"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Jillian Manning (she/her)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Executive Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">National Writers Series</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#2f5496"><a href="http://www.nationalwritersseries.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2f5496">www.nationalwritersseries.org</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#2f5496"><a href="mailto:jillian@nwstc.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2f5496">jillian@nwstc.org</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">O: 231-486-6868</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>