Richmond, VA —
In person: Chris La Tray appearing at Shelf Life Books
Join Chris La Tray for a reading and discussion of Becoming Little Shell.
Portland, OR —
In person: Chris La Tray appearing at the Powell's Books featuring Sierra Crane
Join Chris La Tray for a reading of Becoming Little Shell with Sierra Crane, author of Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country.
Lewistown, MT —
In person: Chris La Tray appearing at the American Prairie
Chris La Tray, Montana’s current Poet Laureate and a member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, will be on hand for an exciting presentation and book signing.
La Tray, a Metís storyteller, is author of a number of books, including One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems, Essays from the World at Large, and Becoming Little Shell.
This program is part of the Montana Poets Laureate program from Humanities Montana and coincides with American Prairie’s Annual Indigenous Peoples Celebration.
Billings, MT —
In person: Chris La Tray appearing at the Billings Public Library
Join Chris La Tray with Northern Plains Resource Council and This House of Books at Billings Public Library for a reading and discussion of Becoming Little Shell.
Bozeman, MT —
In person: Chris La Tray appearing at the Montana Museum of the Rockies
Join Chris La Tray for a reading and discussion about Becoming Little Shell.
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Minneapolis, MN —
In person: Boyce Upholt book launch with John Anfinson
Come join Milkweed Books as we welcome BOYCE UPHOLT to Minneapolis to launch his new book, The Great River: The Making & Unmaking of the Mississippi. He will be joined in conversation by JOHN ANFINSON, the former head of the Mississippi National River & Recreation Area and Friends of the Mississippi board member.
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Over thousands of years, the Mississippi watershed was home to millions of Indigenous people who regarded “the great river” with awe and respect, adorning its banks with astonishing spiritual earthworks. But European settlers and American pioneers had a different vision…