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		<title>wallace short documentary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Branstetter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Wallace documentary is now available for free online! You can watch all 17 minutes of it where it is currently hosted at Film Shortage (or below)! Film Description: In the tiny mining town of Wallace, Idaho, old west brothels were open and tolerated up until the year of 1991. The short documentary, Wallace, takes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>wallace film premiere</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Branstetter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 01:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I helped make a documentary called&#160;Wallace, and it just made its world premiere at the Sun Valley Film Festival. Now, we&#8217;re bringing the short film back to its hometown on the last Friday &#38; Saturday of April. Where: The Sixth Street Melodrama &#38; Theater in Wallace, IdahoDates and Times: April 26th and 27th, with showings [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>independent bookstore day!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Branstetter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 23:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Quick update for you&#8211;I&#8217;ll be at the Well-Read Moose in Coeur d&#8217;Alene this Saturday, April 28 (2018) at 6:00 PM for an Independent Bookstore Day author event. Come say hi! And mark your calendar for Wednesday, June 13 (2018). I&#8217;ll be doing an author event starting at 11:45 am in Spokane Valley. More details on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>nostalgia feature and readings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Branstetter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 04:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, my research was featured in a recent Nostalgia video! Thought I would share it again below&#8230; If you want to learn more, come to my book talk with photos at BookPeople in Moscow, 7:00 pm, Thursday, March 8. Nostalgia Presents: &#8216;Chuck King&#8217;s Guide to Spokane History&#8217; Episode 4: &#8216;Selling Sex [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>race and the houses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Branstetter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Were there ever any women of color who worked there [in the brothels]? You know, for guys who wanted someone a little more, you know, like, &#8216;exotic&#8217; or &#8216;spicy?&#8217; Kayla, the events coordinator for Auntie&#8217;s Bookstore in Spokane, asked me this question after my reading last week. She trailed off&#160;toward the end of her question, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>interview with &#8220;the honest courtesan&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Branstetter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 21:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What I do is perfectly legal when it&#8217;s free. &#160; &#8212; Maggie McNeill Today I am excited to finally share an interview with the lovely Maggie McNeill aka The Honest Courtesan. McNeill lives in the Seattle area, where she is a whore for hire&#160;and outspoken advocate of sex worker rights. She writes a popular blog, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>spokane public radio interview</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Branstetter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Come see me at the Sixth Street Melodrama this Saturday from 2:00-4:00 pm! I&#8217;ll be reading with three other authors after the Founder&#8217;s Day parade. We will all be selling and signing books as well. For more information about this Saturday&#8217;s big event, click here:&#160;https://www.wallacefoundersday.com/events. Yesterday I drove over to Spokane Public Radio to talk [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>in case you missed it&#8230; kxly&#8217;s news story and a book review</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Branstetter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Melissa Luck&#8217;s four minute story about the book and the town broadcast on the channel four evening news last Friday. Before the interview, I was a little worried that the show would inevitably go the direction of either romanticizing or sensationalizing sex work in Wallace. But talking with the journalist/producer turned out to be easier [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>interviews and event dates</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Branstetter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 16:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[KXLY TV (channel 4) news came over from Spokane to chat with me about the project. The show will broadcast tonight between 6:00-7:00 pm&#8230; Here&#8217;s the teaser: I&#8217;ll post the online version of that interview when it goes up, too. You can also watch KXLY&#8217;s Facebook video preview here: Below is an interview I did with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>buy my book!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Branstetter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 17:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The publisher ran out of my book before it even came out. That means that the book sold around 1,000 copies before its official release day even arrived. This is a good thing, I keep reminding myself as I&#8217;m pushing the prepaid preorders out the door. Get your own personalized, signed copy! As of May [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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