Enjoy the virtual launch of Aviary with Deirdre McNamer and guest David Horgan at the Montana Book Festival. Register here!
Join Deirdre McNamer and Sue Rainsford in conversation at Elliott Bay Book Company. Register here!
Join Deirdre McNamer and Andrew Martin in conversation at Harvard Book Store. Register here!
Join Deirdre McNamer in conversation with Betsy Bonner at McNally Jackson! Register here.
Poet Rick Barot will read from his recent poetry collection The Galleons on March 31 at 7 p.m. More details here!
Seed Week is a week-long series of programs celebrating Diane Wilson’s The Seed Keeper and the power of seeds through storytelling, art, music, gardening, and cooking, presented by All My Relations Arts in collaboration with Milkweed Editions, Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, Dream of Wild Health, Hennepin County Library, and Birchbark Books. On Friday, tune in for a panel discussion and Q&A with local organizations, including Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, Indigenous Food Network, Dream of Wild Health, Four Sisters (a project of NACDI), and Hennepin County Community Seed Libraries. Seed Week will conclude with a performance by musician Keith Secola. Learn more here!
Seed Week is a week-long series of programs celebrating Diane Wilson’s The Seed Keeper and the power of seeds through storytelling, art, music, gardening, and cooking, presented by All My Relations Arts in collaboration with Milkweed Editions, Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, Dream of Wild Health, Hennepin County Library, and Birchbark Books. On Thursday, tune in for cooking demonstration led by the youth leaders of Dream of Wild Health. Learn more here!
Seed Week is a week-long series of programs celebrating Diane Wilson’s The Seed Keeper and the power of seeds through storytelling, art, music, gardening, and cooking, presented by All My Relations Arts in collaboration with Milkweed Editions, Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, Dream of Wild Health, Hennepin County Library, and Birchbark Books. On Wednesday, tune in for a seed planting demonstration led by Dream of Wild Health. Learn more here!
Seed Week is a week-long series of programs celebrating Diane Wilson’s The Seed Keeper and the power of seeds through storytelling, art, music, gardening, and cooking, presented by All My Relations Arts in collaboration with Milkweed Editions, Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, Dream of Wild Health, Hennepin County Library, and Birchbark Books. On Monday, tune in for an evening of traditional storytelling with Hope Flanagan, Jim Rock, and Rocky Makes Room for Them. Learn more here!
Hello, friends, and welcome to another edition of Deep Cuts! In this series, we dive in with some of our authors and discuss the behind-the-scenes work that goes into the composition and production of their books. This month, I’m so pleased to be featuring Kazim Ali’s Northern Light, a ruminative study of the word home.
Northern Light opens with a photo of a young, smiling Ali. He’s standing at the end of one of three rows of children—Jenpeg School’s ‘77-‘78 class of first graders. I’ve found myself lingering on this page, studying the various expressions marking the children’s faces…
