Authors / Interviews

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A Q&A with Chris La Tray, author of debut Memoir Becoming Little Shell

Briana Gwin — 04/02/2024

At Milkweed, we often discover great books in curious ways, and the Métis poet and storyteller Chris La Tray’s debut memoir, Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home, is no exception. Nearly a decade ago, Publisher & CEO Daniel Slager attended a writers conference in Missoula, Montana. There he crossed paths with La Tray, who was hand-selling books at local indie bookstore Fact & Fiction. Their exchange morphed from pleasantries to serendipitous dialogue revealing that La Tray was writing a book of his own.

Later that evening, Slager learned that La Tray had recently begun interrogating…

Southampton, NY —

In person: Scott Chaskey Appearing at the Hamptons Docs Equinox

As a farmer with decades spent working in fields, Scott Chaskey has been shaped by daily attention to the earth. Even while planning rotations of fields, ordering seeds, tending to crops and their ecosystems, Chaskey was writing. Come hear his inspiring words.

Books will be available for sale on-site.

Minneapolis, MN —

In Person: Milkweed Books' Poetry Listening Party

Join us for Milkweed Books’ Poetry Listening Party, featuring a lyrical selection of audiobooks on our list. Get a pre-release sneak peek of The Popol Vuh audiobook, translated from the K’iche and read by local poet Michael Bazzett. Relax in our cozy reading nook and let the voices of Mikeas Sánchez, JJJJJerome Ellis, Yalie Saweda Kamara, and Ada Limón wash over you, with some sips and snacks in reaching distance. Drop in, bring your own earbuds and device, or gather round our listening station to sample our innovative audiobook selection!

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Minneapolis, MN —

In Person: Milkweed Books' Poetry Listening Party

Join us for Milkweed Books’ Poetry Listening Party, featuring a lyrical selection of audiobooks on our list. Get a pre-release sneak peek of The Popol Vuh audiobook, translated from the K’iche and read by local poet Michael Bazzett. Relax in our cozy reading nook and let the voices of Mikeas Sánchez, JJJJJerome Ellis, Yalie Saweda Kamara, and Ada Limón wash over you, with some sips and snacks in reaching distance. Drop in, bring your own earbuds and device, or gather round our listening station to sample our innovative audiobook selection!

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Minneapolis, MN —

In Person: Milkweed Books' Poetry Listening Party

Join us for Milkweed Books’ Poetry Listening Party, featuring a lyrical selection of audiobooks on our list. Get a pre-release sneak peek of The Popol Vuh audiobook, translated from the K’iche and read by local poet Michael Bazzett. Relax in our cozy reading nook and let the voices of Mikeas Sánchez, JJJJJerome Ellis, Yalie Saweda Kamara, and Ada Limón wash over you, with some sips and snacks in reaching distance. Drop in, bring your own earbuds and device, or gather round our listening station to sample our innovative audiobook selection!

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Minneapolis, MN —

In person: Milkweed Books’ Poetry Listening Party

Join us for Milkweed Books’ Poetry Listening Party, featuring a lyrical selection of audiobooks on our list. Get a pre-release sneak peek of The Popol Vuh audiobook, translated from the K’iche and read by local poet Michael Bazzett. Relax in our cozy reading nook and let the voices of Mikeas Sánchez, JJJJJerome Ellis, Yalie Saweda Kamara, and Ada Limón wash over you, with some sips and snacks in reaching distance. Drop in, bring your own earbuds and device, or gather round our listening station to sample our innovative audiobook selection!

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Minneapolis, MN —

In Person: Sonja Swift at Milkweed Books

Join us as Milkweed Books welcomes poet Sonja Swift for a reading from her book Echo Loba, Loba Echo: Of Wisdom, Wolves, and Women, a unique look at the cultural, environmental, historical, literary, metaphorical, and political role of the wolf. Sonja will read from Echo Loba, Loba Echo and be joined in conversation by local author Winona LaDuke, followed by time for audience questions and a book signing.

Enjoy a social hour in our brick-and-mortar indie bookstore, Milkweed Books, beginning at 5 p.m., followed by the reading and conversation beginning at 6 p.m.

About the book

Echo Loba, Loba Echo…

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