Albuquerque, NM —

In Person: Priyanka Kumar appearing at Bookworks

Join Sharman Apt Russel for a reading and signing of her new book, What Walks This Way: Discovering the Wildlife Around Us Through Their Tracks and Signs. Sharman will be in conversation with Priyanka Kumar as part of the Writing the Wild event series with the Leopold Writing Program.

Missoula, MT —

In Person: Chris La Tray appearing at Great Falls Public Library

Join the Library Park to celebrate the latest book from Chris La Tray, Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home. Both Personal and historical, Becoming Little Shell is a testament to the power of storytelling, to family and legacy, and to finding home. Infused with candor, heart, wisdom and an abiding love for a place and a people, Chris La Tray’s remarkable journey is both revelatory and redemptive. Bring a blanket or chair to sit in during this free program. Cassiopeia Books will be on site to sell his book, as well.

Missoula , MT —

In Person: Chris La Tray appearing at the Missoula Public Library

Join Missoula Public Library and Chris La Tray for a book launch program celebrating the release of Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home, the highly-anticipated new book from Montana Poet Laureate and Little Shell Chippewa member Chris La Tray. The book – a memoir combining the story of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe, the most recent tribe to receive federal recognition from the United States Government, the history of the Métis people, and La Tray’s own search to find a place with them – tells, in the words of Robin Wall Kimmerer, (Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom