One month after Portland police officer Ronald Frashour fatally shot Aaron Campbell, the Portland City Council is still struggling with growing community anger over the unarmed man's death. Demonstrations, a high profile visit by Rev. Jesse Jackson - as well as an upcoming March 14 visit by national civil rights activist Rev.

Host Per Fagereng interviews Michael Klare, author of Resource Wars. Klare suggests to James Cameron what his next Avatar film should be, a 2144 prequel set on a resource-ravaged planet Earth -- Michael Klare, "Avatar:  The Prequel, Will Earth's Last Stand Sweep the 2013 Oscar's" http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175210/

Writer and teacher Elizabeth Benedict talks about "Mentors, Muses and Monsters: Thirty Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives." She edited the book.

The guest is Shoshana Johnson, author of "I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen--My Journey Home."

In March of 2003 world headlines were made when a U.S. army convoy was attacked in the city of An-Nasiriyah en route to Baghdad. Several soldiers were killed and others were taken prisoner.

Jessica Lynch became the face and name associated with this tragedy, but another female soldier, Shoshana Johnson, was also wounded and captured in the ambush. Shoshana became the first black female prisoner of war in United States history. She was held for twenty-two days.

On the next "Paula's Picks", join your host Paula the Small for a special extended spoken word "open mic" segment sandwiched between an eclectic mix of music.

Paula's Picks is pleased to present highlights from the recently released Kicked Out Anthology. Joining Paula on today's show will be Sassafras Lowrey, editor of the groundbreaking anthology. Also featured are three of the contributors to the anthology.

You don't want to miss this special edition of Paula's Picks!