NYU SPS Center for Publishing
VIRTUAL EVENT
New York City, NY N/A
United States
VIRTUAL EVENT. Free. Eastern Time.
How an inspiring author, Robin Wall Kimmerer, the power of independent bookstores, and word of mouth turned Braiding Sweetgrass into a publishing phenomenon.
Please join us for a panel discussion co-hosted by the NYU SPS Center for Publishing, NYU SPS Office of Alumni Relations and Milkweed Editions on the 2021-2022 NYU Reads selection, Braiding Sweetgrass. Learn how an indie book sold half a million copies and topped bestseller lists eight years after publication. Hear from the author, Milkweed Editions Publisher & CEO Daniel Slager, and Point Reyes bookstore owner Stephen Sparks share their insights into this remarkable story. LEARN MORE.
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling collection of essays Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants.
Daniel Slager
Daniel Slager is the Publisher and CEO of Milkweed Editions.
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Robin Wall Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons.