Consider This with Naomi Shihab Nye

Join Oregon Humanities for a conversation with the extraordinary poet and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye about nations and communities. What makes this nation, the United States, what it is? How do nations change over time, and what moves those changes? How do communities become what we hope them to be? How should we strive to live together in community?

Naomi Shihab Nye was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Palestinian father and an American mother. During her high school years, she lived in Ramallah in Palestine and the Old City in Jerusalem. She is the author of several collections of poetry as well as the young-adult novel Habibi. She currently lives in San Antonio, Texas.

This conversation is part of our 2025–2026 Consider This series, Beyond 250, exploring the meaning and impacts of the nation’s semiquincentennial.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased through the Alberta Rose website.

To ensure that everyone who wants to attend is able to, a limited number of tickets are available for free. Use this form to request a free ticket.

Can’t make it in person? The conversation will be streamed live, for free, on the Oregon Humanities YouTube channel, and will remain available for viewing after the program.

Event Accessibility:

• Wheelchair-accessible venue
• Accessible parking