{"id":47336,"date":"2023-09-14T11:53:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=47336"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:53:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:53:55","slug":"putsata-reang","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/putsata-reang\/","title":{"rendered":"Putsata Reang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Putsata\u00a0Reang<\/strong> (she\/her) is an author and journalist whose debut memoir, <em>Ma and Me<\/em>, was awarded the 2023 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association prize for nonfiction and was recognized as a finalist for the 2023 Lambda Literary Award. Her\u00a0writing has appeared in publications including the <em>New York Times<\/em>, <em>Ms.<\/em> magazine, <em>Politico<\/em>, and <em>The Guardian<\/em>. 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