Podcasts about birchbark books

Notes and Links to Deborah Taffa-Jackson's Work          Deborah Jackson Taffa is a citizen of the (Quatzahn) Quechan (Yuma) Nation and Laguna Pueblo. She earned her MFA at the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa and is the Director of the MFA in Creative Writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Named Top 10 Book of the Year by Atlantic Magazine, and Top 10 Nonfiction Book by Time Magazine. Buy Whiskey Tender   Deborah's Website   Book Review for Whiskey Tender from Washington Post   At about 1:30, Deborah reflects on and expands on her experience in being a finalist for The National Book Award  At about 5:30, Pete shares some laudatory feedback for her memoir and Deborah shouts out Birchbark Books, Collected Works, Left Bank Books, as some great places to buy her book  At about 7:30, Deborah shares some wonderful invitations she's received to discuss her book and her art At about 9:05, Deborah explains how she “reverse-engineered” the book with regard to research and personal stories  At about 10:20, Deborah responds to Pete's questions about her early reading and language life and how her formal and informal education was affected by her family's histories  At about 15:45, Deborah gives background on her “autodidactic,” transformative learning, study, reading, and traveling that helped her   At about 19:00, Deborah traces the throughlines of colonization in seemingly-disparate groups At about 22:20, Deborah discusses the significance of her epigraph on “ceremony” At about 26:25, Billy Ray Belcourt is cited as Pete and Deborah talk about the speculative and aspirational writing  At about 27:55, Pete and Deborah reflect on ideas of indigenous invisibility as evidenced in a memorable scene from Whiskey Tender At about 29:40, Deborah cites a “shocking” study n her college textbook that speaks to how many Americans view Native American women, and how it provided fodder and stimulus for her memoir At about 31:25, the two discuss a flashback scene that begins the book and the idea of “mirages” as discussed in the opening scene At about 35:20, Pete asks Deborah to expand upon a resonant line from her book about meaningful childhood experiences  At about 37:35, Deborah talks about historical silences in her family and in others  At about 39:40, Deborah talks about the intensive historical research done in the last year before the book was published At about 40:55, The two discuss similarities regarding generation gaps in indigenous groups and immigrant and traditionally-marginalized groups  At about 42:40, Deborah talks about the lore of Sarah Winnemucca in her family and “her savvi[ness] and revisionist history At about 46:25, Pete and Deborah talk about the “flattening” of American Indian stories and pivotal government treaties and reneging on deals by the American government   At about 48:00, Pete and Deborah reflect on contemporary connections to previous American policies At about 50:20, The two discuss a representative story about “lateral violence” and belonging and ostracism that affected Deborah at a young age At about 53:00, Counternarratives to myths about indigenous peoples and movement are discussed  At about 57:20,  At about 59:40, Pete is highly complimentary of Deborah's writing about her grandmother's genuine and wonderful nature, and Deborah expands on her grandmother's cancer diagnosis and outlook and lasting influence  At about 1:02:30, Pete highlights a wonderful closing scene about time and place and home      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow Pete on IG, where he is @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where he is @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both the YouTube Channel and the podcast while you're checking out this episode.       Pete is very excited to have one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. This week, his conversation with Episode 255 guest Chris Knapp is up on the website. A big thanks to Rachel León and Michael Welch at Chicago Review.     Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl      Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting Pete's one-man show, his DIY podcast and his extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!     This month's Patreon bonus episode will feature an exploration of the wonderful poetry of Khalil Gibran. I have added a $1 a month tier for “Well-Wishers” and Cheerleaders of the Show.    This is a passion project of Pete's, a DIY operation, and he'd love for your help in promoting what he's convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.     The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 276 with Donna Minkowitz, a writer of fantasy, memoir, and journalism lauded by Lilith Magazine for her “fierce imagination and compelling prose.” Her first book, Ferocious Romance, won a Lambda Literary Award for Best Book On Religion/Spirituality, and her most recent memoir was Growing Up Golem, a finalist for both a Lambda Literary Award and Judy Grahn Nonfiction Award. She is also the author of the novel DONNAVILLE, published in 2024.     The episode airs on March 18.  

Can you see the shape of your soul in the everchanging clouds? Your personal salvation in the giant expanse of sky? For the ensemble cast of characters that make up the prairie community at the heart of The Mighty Red, existential questions are constantly close to the surface. In her newest novel, author Louise Erdrich immerses readers in the Red River Valley of the North and the complicated lives of its inhabitants. Argus, North Dakota is a town framed by the 2008 economic crisis, the consequences of climate change, and the dynamics of small-town drama. Thrown into motion by a chaotic teen love triangle and fretting about the future, Erdrich's characters navigate impulsive choices, bitter secrets, and deeply rooted ties to their land and to each other. The Red River Valley is home to dark realities and glimmering hopes, twisting together like winding late-night drives along dimly lit roads. As resources dwindle and viewpoints shift, love and life lurch forward in splendor, catastrophe, and absurdity. Bonds in the community are born and bolstered, disturbed and questioned, broken and mended. Laced with tender humor and humanity in the midst of devastating environmental circumstances, The Mighty Red paints a layered landscape of ordinary people surviving fraught times. Louise Erdrich is an award-winning Native American author and poet whose writing spans novels, short stories, non-fiction, and children's books. Her previously published works include The Plague of Doves, The Round House, and The Night Watchman. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the owner of the Native-focused independent teaching bookstore Birchbark Books in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Karen Russell is the author of five books of fiction, including The New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. She is a MacArthur Fellow and a Guggenheim Fellow, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the recipient of two National Magazine Awards for Fiction, the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award, the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the 2023 Bottari Lattes Grinzane prize, and the 2024 Mary McCarthy Prize, among other honors. With composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone and choreographer and director Troy Schumacher, she cocreated The Night Falls, listed as one of The New York Times's Best Dance Performances of 2023. She has taught literature and creative writing as a visiting professor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the University of California–Irvine, Williams College, Columbia University, and Bryn Mawr College, and was the Endowed Chair of Texas State University's MFA program. She serves on the board of Street Books. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, she now lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, son, and daughter. Buy the Book The Mighty Red: A Novel The Elliott Bay Book Company

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her new novel The Mighty Red (out today from Harper Collins).  You can learn more about Louise Erdrich and her bookstore Birchbark Books by visiting their website, liking their Facebook page, and following them on Instagram. Also listen to our first discussion with the author in Episode 505. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

Discover the true story behind The Spirit Lake Massacre as two historians share accounts from those who lived through it.Buy Dr. Beck's book, Inkpaduta: Dakota Leader, on Amazon and Birchbark Books in Minneapolis.Explore more photos and stories about The Gardner Cabin, one of Iowa's first tourist sites, on our website. And sign up for our weekly newsletter and never miss an episode of The Okoboji Project!Guests: Dr. Paul Beck, History Professor at Wisconsin Lutheran CollegeMary Dreier, Director of The Dickinson County Museum

Tommy Orange has written a second novel. Although technically a sequel, you can easily read Wandering Stars without having experienced There There. But you should read at least one. Or both. Oh to heck with it, we love Tommy Orange and we will read anything he writes. He is incredibly talented. And we pair him with Birchbark Books & Native Arts, a bookstore that is a beloved Twin Cities landmark, while also serving the national and international Indigenous community. Tune in to find out how. Books mentioned in this week's episode: There There by Tommy Orange Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone James by Percival Everett Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich The Round House by Louise Erdrich The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Waltzing the Cat by Pam Houston The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich The Iliad translated by Emily Wilson The End of the World is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy Native Love Jams by Tashia Hart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this podcast episode, Rebecca is joined by Heid E. Erdrich, a talented multi-hyphenate Native artist. They discuss her poetry, her experiences teaching creative writing and curating art exhibits, and the many Native artists she loves. Heid also gives ideas for how everyone can experience more art and embrace their creativity. EPISODE RESOURCES Heid's website: https://heiderdrich.com/ Birchbark Books: https://birchbarkbooks.com/ Patrick DesJarlait's website: https://www.patrickdesjarlait.com/ Carl Gawboy's website: https://www.aicho.org/carl-gawboy-2022.html#/ Dyani White Hawk's website: https://www.dyaniwhitehawk.com/ Jonathan Thunder's website: https://www.jonthunder.com/ MN Museum of American art: https://mmaa.org/ Understand Native Minnesota: https://www.understandnativemn.org/

 In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, we discuss books by Indigenous authors, one of the prompts on the Books and Bites Bingo Reading Challenge. Our picks are as varied as ever, with a ghost story set in a bookstore, a teen mystery, and, of course, horror! Jacqueline's PickFirekeeper's Daughter is a young adult mystery by Angeline Bouley. The story mostly takes place on the Sault St. Marie Reservation in northern Michigan. Main character Daunis Fontaine is torn between two worlds: her mother's wealthy French/white family and her father's Ojibwe Firekeeper's side. Although she code-switches easily between both cultures, Daunis does not feel like she fits in her hometown or on the Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of getting a fresh start by going away to college. When tragedy strikes her family, she puts her dreams on hold.Pairing: Fry bread, which you can read more about in Kevin Maillard's children's book, Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story. Michael's PickDon't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones picks up four years after the first book in the Indian Lake trilogy, My Heart is a Chainsaw. Jade is a half-Native American teen with an abusive father and absent mother, and she's a bit of an outcast in her hometown of Prufrock.Now a little more world-weary and having sworn off slashers, Jade arrives back home in Prufrock just as a blizzard paralyzes the town. And unbeknownst to her, Dark Mill South, an Indigenous serial killer who is seeking revenge for 38 Dakota men hanged in 1862, escapes his prison transport when an avalanche hits near Prufrock. People start turning up dead in uncanny ways that are straight out of the slashers Jade knows so intimately. Is Dark Mill South acting out his vengeance on the citizens of Prufrock, or is there another killer lurking around town? Pairing: Three Sisters Chili, named after the traditional Indigenous farming practice of planting corn, beans, and squash together.Carrie's PickThe Sentence by Louise Erdrich is the darkly humorous story of Tookie, an Ojibwe woman, and Birchbark Books, an independent Minneapolis bookstore owned by the author. Tookie begins working at the bookstore after being released from prison. When the store's "most annoying customer" dies, she begins haunting Tookie. Tookie and the rest of the Indigenous staff must contend with a ghost, the beginnings of the coronavirus pandemic, and the long history of police and racial violence—a history made even more painful when George Floyd is murdered.Pairing: Hand-harvested wild rice, which you can read about in The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen by Sean Sherman.

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of surface area and it's not immune to climate change — it's also one of the fastest-warming lakes in the world.  MPR News guest host Dan Kraker speaks with a scientist who studies Lake Superior about the allure and science of this deep, clear and cold lake and how it's threatened by climate change. Plus, we hear from two artists — a photographer and a writer — about the lake's significance and healing presence. Guests:  Bob Sterner is a biology professor and director of the Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesota Duluth which studies Lake Superior and other big lakes around the world. He's also president of the Northeastern Association of Marine and Great Lakes Laboratories.  Halee Kirkwood is a writer, teaching artist and a bookseller at Birchbark Books & Native Arts in Minneapolis who will be retracing the Ojibwe migration around Lake Superior and writing about it through a Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. They grew up in Superior, Wis. and are a direct descendent of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Christian Dalbec is a photographer based in Two Harbors, Minn. known for his photographs of Lake Superior waves and other scenes, taken while wearing a wetsuit and photographing from within the lake. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.  Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.   

In this podcast episode, Rebecca sits down with Minnesota author, speaker and educator Diane Wilson. In the conversation, Diane talks about using writing to explore cultural identity, the power of telling Native American stories and her latest novel, “The Seed Keeper.” Diane also shares her interests in tribal food sovereignty and gardening, including how she practices Indigenous seed keeping to preserve heirloom seeds and plants. EPISODE RESOURCES Diane Wilson's website: https://www.dianewilsonwords.com/about “The Seed Keeper”: https://milkweed.org/book/the-seed-keeper Birchbark Books: https://birchbarkbooks.com/ Crystal Echo Hawk and the IllumiNative organization: https://illuminative.org/ All My Relations Native Authors Program: http://www.allmyrelationsarts.com/news/native-authors-program/ Well-Read Native book club: https://wellreadnative.com/about Understand Native Minnesota: https://www.understandnativemn.org/

Reading a good book is a way to step into another world, if only for a couple chapters.  We read to escape daily routines and stress, to explore other people's experiences and to better understand our own. Many of us found more time to read during the pandemic. Sales of print books in 2021 were up almost nine percent.   MPR News Host Angela Davis spoke to booksellers and listeners about what we're reading for pleasure as we hit the middle of summer.  Guests:  Pamela Klinger Horn is the event coordinator for Valley Booksellers in Stillwater and founder of Literature Lovers Night Out, a series that brings local and national authors to independent bookstores in Minnesota. Anthony Ceballos is a bookseller and events coordinator at Birchbark Books & Native Arts in Minneapolis. He is also a writer and performance poet.  Mary Taris is the founder of Strive Publishing and the new Strive Bookstore in Minneapolis, which focus on Black authors in Minnesota. Book recommendations from the guests and our listeners: “Be Frank with Me” by Julia Claiborne Johnson "Brood" by Jackie Polzin "Changing Planet, Changing Health" by Dan Ferber and Paul R. Epstein “Chronicles of a Radical Hag” by Lorna Landvik The Cork O'Connor Mysteries by William Kent Krueger “The Dragon Keeper” by Mindy Mejia The Emigrants series by William Moberg “The Evening Hero” by Marie Myung-Ok Lee  “Gratitude” by Oliver Sacks “Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice” by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel “Jayden's Impossible Garden” (children) by Mélina Mangal “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus “Life on the Mississippi” by Rinker Buck "The Midnight Library" by Matt Hague “Nightcrawling” by Leila Mottley "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers “Red and the Egg Pie” (children) by Donna Gingery "The Sentence" by Louise Erdrich “The Ski Jumpers” by Peter Geye “The Tale of Halcyon Crane” by Wendy Webb "Under the Whispering Door" by TJ Klune "Uprooting Racism" by Paul Kivel Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.

This week for Book Club, we are discussing The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. Thanks to everyone who joined us for the discussion on Instagram and Facebook! If you missed it, don't worry! You can head over to Instagram and let us know your answers to any of the questions any time you want. You can find them saved in the book club highlights on our profile page! And if you are reading The Sentence for your own book club, you can find our book club kit here!  We are reading The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cook for our April book club so pick up a copy and read along with us! best_bookclub@outlook.comPatreonwww.bestbookclub.caInstagram

The super funny film about some super goofy state troopers is turning 20 years old…you guessed it…Super Troopers!We had to bring back a guest who thinks this film is as hilarious as we do, and that guest is Seggie Isho! We love Seggie and had a lot of fun breaking down this film with him.This episode ends with an Imitation Game and our Patrons can hear us draft our Top 5 Favorite Films With Main Characters In Law Enforcement.Enjoy!2:20 Long Story Short (Netflix)4:35 The Tragedy Of MacBeth (Apple)6:38 Ozark Season 4 (Netflix)9:57 Buegs' Favorite Meal10:37 The Night Watchmen by Louise Erdrich and Birchbark Books https://birchbarkbooks.com/12:27 Plugarooni's 12:57 www.patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen15:08 Seggie Isho @sncseggie www.sncmusic.com 21:20 Buegs' Hot Take22:58 Rob's Hot Take24:32 Seggie's Hot Take26:54 The Dude29:15 The Tucci Award34:50 The Dingus42:33 Show Me The Money55:18 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments56:10 Movie Trivia1:06:15 Judgement Day1:06:57 The Imitation Game1:24:46 Top 5 Movie Characters In Law Enforcement Draft

(This conversation was originally aired on November 12, 2021) Welcome to this archive edition of Midday. Tom Hall's guest today is the acclaimed author, Louise Erdrich. She is one of the most gifted and compelling writers in American literature today. Readers all over the world are irresistibly drawn to her bevy of complex and endearing characters who navigate the world in fascinating and unexpected ways, and whose stories are told with grace, compassion and persuasive authority. Erdrich is the author of 18 novels to date, a collection of short stories, three collections of poetry, more than a half-dozen children's books, and two works of non-fiction. She has won the National Book Critics Circle Award three times; she has also won a National Book Award.   In April of 2020, Tom spoke with Louise Erdrich on this program about her novel, The Night Watchman. This year, the novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. That wonderful novel drew its inspiration from the true story of her grandfather, a leader of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in the 1950s. Her new novel, published in November, takes place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2019 and 2020. It also explores Indigenous identity and the complexities of the relationship between native and white cultures. Most of the characters in this book are employees or customers at a store inspired by Birchbark Books, a bookstore Louise Erdrich owns. The novel even includes a character who is an author named Louise. 

It's called The Sentence. Louise Erdrich joined us on Zoom from Minneapolis. (Our conversation was pre-recorded, so we're not taking any new calls or on-line comments today.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Louise Erdrich never disappoints in this engrossing, beautifully written novel. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Sandi Henschel discuss Erdrich's engrossing and often funny narration. Tookie works at Birchbark Books, Erdrich's own bookstore, and Tookie is being haunted by the ghost of her most annoying customer, Flora. Erdrich chronicles the dwindling awareness of Native language and identity, the ever-present specter of white supremacy, George Floyd's murder, and the Covid pandemic. A masterful performance of a marvelous novel. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Harper Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Today's episode of Behind the Mic is brought to you by Oasis Audio, publisher of the 2020 Christian Book Award for Best Audiobook, Chasing Vines, find your way to an immensely fruitful life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louise Erdrich has written many novels including Love Medicine and The Roundhouse, as well as works of non-fiction, poetry, and children's books.  She's written extensively on Native American identity, and is the owner of an independent bookstore in Minneapolis, Birchbark Books, which specializes in Native American writing.  Her new novel, The Sentence, takes place in such a bookstore. It's a ghost story, set against the real-life backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and the murder of George Floyd. On November 19, 2021, Louise Erdrich spoke to Steven Wynn at the studios of KQED in San Francisco.

Tom Hall's guest today is the acclaimed author, Louise Erdrich. She is the author of 18 novels, a collection of short stories, three collections of poetry, more than a half a dozen children's books, and two works of non-fiction. She has twice won the National Book Critics Circle Award; she has also won a National Book Award, and last June, she won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, The Night Watchman. Ms. Erdrich is one of the most gifted and compelling writers in American literature, and readers all over the world are irresistibly drawn to the bevy of beautiful, complex and endearing characters who navigate her worlds in fascinating and unexpected ways, and whose stories are told with grace, compassion and persuasive authority. Just last year, Louise Erdrich spoke with Tom Hall on this program about her then-newly published novel, The Night Watchman.  That wonderful tale drew its inspiration from the true story of her grandfather, an activist leader of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in the 1950s. Her new novel, published on Tuesday, takes place in contemporary Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the pandemic rages on and around the time of the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests. Many of its characters are employees or customers at a store inspired by Birchbark Books, a bookstore Louise Erdrich owns. The novel even includes a character who is an author named Louise... It's called The Sentence.  Louise Erdrich joins us on Zoom from her home outside Minneapolis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Louise Erdrich's new novel, “The Sentence,” a bookseller with a fervent love of reading reads a page in a book that a ghost has been reading. She discovers that one of the sentences on that page is so dangerous that she suspects it changes according to the reader's ability to decipher it. The novel swirls in a kaleidoscope of ghosts and grief, joy and intimacy — all propelled by the necessity of books. Guest: Louise Erdrich is the author of “The Night Watchman,” winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her latest novel, “The Sentence,” was released Nov. 9. She is also the owner of Birchbark Books, an independent bookstore in Minneapolis.

Louise Erdrich is the author of the novel The Sentence, available from Harper. One of America's most celebrated authors, Erdrich was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Night Watchman. In 2012, she won the National Book Award for her novel The Round House, and twice she has been awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award, first for her debut novel Love Medicine in 1984, and again for her novel LaRose in 2016. Erdrich is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She is the author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood. She lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. A ghost lives in her creaky old house. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Support the show on Patreon Merch www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram  YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louise Erdrich, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Night Watchman, joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her latest book, The Sentence. "I always wanted to write a ghost story," Erdrich tells Ford. "I always wanted to write about a supernatural presence that wouldn't let you go." You can learn more about Louise Erdrich and her bookstore Birchbark Books by visiting their website, liking their Facebook page, and following them on Twitter and Instagram. Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

Chris and Emily of the Book Cougars join me for discussion part 1 of our joint readalong - When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by Joy Harjo et al. I also recorded the group discussion some of the Reading Envy Readers had, so I've included the majority of that discussion as well. It makes the episode slightly longer than usual, but I figure if you were in on discussing this amazing anthology, you'd likely be in for both discussions. Some people really took on the challenge to try poetry, and I know some readers are still working on it. Stay tuned to the Book Cougars where part 2 of our joint readalong, Braiding Sweetgrass, will post June 8th.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 221: Joint Poetry Readalong Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by Joy Harjo et al.A Poetry Handbook by Mary OliverOther mentions:Studies in American Indian Literature by Paula Gunn AllenThe Sacred Hoop by Paula Gunn AllenSpider Woman's Granddaughters by Paula Gunn AllenBirchbark BooksSharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong WashburnBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererWeigh in on the fall readalongRelated episodes:Episode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of EdenEpisode 099 - Readalong: The Secret HistoryEpisode 118 - Reading Envy Readalong: To the Bright Edge of the World Episode 137 - Reading Envy Readalong: The Golden NotebookEpisode 157 - Joint Readalong of Gone with the Wind with Book CougarsEpisode 185 - The Loyal Swineherd (Odyssey readalong)Episode 193 - And I Feel Fine (Ducks, Newburyport READALONG)Book Cougars - Joint Readalong of Sapphira and the Slave GirlBooks on the Go - Ep. 121 - American Sunrise with Jenny Colvin  Stalk us online: Book Cougars website/podcastBook Cougars are @bookcougars in Instagram Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

Join the East Side Freedom Library April 1 for the second iteration of The Kaleidoscope Project (MN), which includes public readings of poetry inspired by deep reflection on empathy, solidarity, and intercommunity healing. TKP, developed by creative writer/interdisciplinary artist Rebecca Nichloson, engages creative writers from historically marginalized communities in immersive virtual experiences centered on building solidarity and empathy between different communities across Minnesota. The methodology utilizes a human-centered design approach to foster a deeper understanding of the challenges each community faces and generates social justice/social equity-informed poetry that supports community-engagement and social change. This cohort includes readings by: Rebecca Nichloson, Anthony Ceballos, Wilt Hodges, and Duaba Unenra. Anthony Ceballos received his BFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2016 he was selected to be a Loft Literary Center Mentor Series mentee. His poetry has been featured in Yellow Medicine Review, Midway Journal, Sleet, Writers Resist and upcoming from Great River Review. He lives, breathes and writes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He can be found penning staff recommendations at Birchbark Books and Native Arts. Duaba Unenra is a survivor of the reconstruction process in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. He is an artist, community organizer, and scholar who looks at how forces of neoliberalism took advantage of openings created by environmental disasters in Haiti and New Orleans to reinforce anti-Black, anti-poor, anti-woman, and anti-queer living and ways of being. Unenra engages in mutual aid and building counter-sites as social tools for self-determination and healing in Black, Indigenous, Brown, and other communities, including in institutions of higher education. Wilt Hodges is a poet, essayist, and community reporter. He received his degree from Columbia University. A past Minnesota State Artist Grant recipient and Givens Fellow, he resides in Saint Paul. Rebecca Nichloson (She/Her) is a creative writer, singer/songwriter, playwright and theatre maker. She is the author of numerous creative works, including Mara, Queen of the World (an acapella musical), The Wild, Bold Enlightenment of Velvet the Mistress, Cooking With Keisha (or Anatomy of Pie), and Jill, Jack & the Martian Lady, among others. She holds an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Columbia University, an M.A. in English Literature, and a B.A. in Business Administration. She was also the recipient of a 2020 Commission from the Cedar Cultural Center for which she created Multicolored Musings: Jewels of Love, Loss, & Triumph and received a 2020 honorable mention from the McKnight Foundation (Spoken Word). www.RebeccaNichloson.com. View the video here: https://youtu.be/uMotuxjgCBM

When it comes to fictional musicians, we’re total groupies. This week, Michelle and Kim are joined by real-life crush, podcast host, and music journalist Dakin Hardwick (Spinning Platters Presents How Did I Get Here?) to reveal our fav fictional musicians that got us hitting all the high notes. Who we’re crushing on this week: Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Rita (Cheryl Pollak) from The Heights This week’s small business shout-out: Birchbark Books & Native Arts (Minneapolis, MN) __ Show Information Crush Fictionally is produced by Peter Byrnes. Original music by Edith Mudge. Artwork by Rose Feduk. Have a crush-worthy episode idea? Slide into those DMs... Instagram: @crushfictionally Twitter: @crushfctionally Email: crushfictionally@gmail.com

People keep asking if he’s back and we haven't really had an answer. But yeah! We’re thinking KEANU IS BACK. Excellent! This week, Michelle and Kim are joined by real-life crushes, podcast hosts (Guilt Free Features), and Keanu stans, Janet Kim and Karen Wang to reveal the fictional Keanu characters that got us like whoaaaaa... Whether you’re an FBI agent or not, be sure to strap in because this pod isn’t dropping below 50 mph! Who we’re crushing on this week: John Wick of the John Wick franchise, Jack Traven of Speed, and countless others played by the wonderful Keanu Reeves This week’s small business shout-out: Birchbark Books & Native Arts (Minneapolis, MN) __ Show Information Crush Fictionally is produced by Peter Byrnes. Original music by Edith Mudge. Artwork by Rose Feduk. Have a crush-worthy episode idea? Slide into those DMs... Instagram: @crushfictionally Twitter: @crushfctionally Email: crushfictionally@gmail.com

Cucumber sandwiches! Kidnapping! Boring sex! Lydia and Taylor rant about cardboard characters, crappy brothers and dumb friends in Julia Quinn’s 8th Bridgerton novel, On the Way to the Wedding. Wild happenings in an orangery, tying a crush to a toilet, and a lot of talk about love and sandwiches... Look, listeners, we’re really not fans of this one. We’ll be back in a few weeks to discuss the first episode of Bridgertons!Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think about our take on Gregory, Lucy, and the rest. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at callingcardspod@gmail.com. Theme music by PASTACAT, @pastacatmusic on Instagram. What we’re reading:Courtney Milan, The Duke Who Didn’t (2020)Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert (2020)Reading recs:Kate Clayborn, Love Lettering (2019)Jackie Lau, Ice Cream Lover (2019)Mia Sosa, The Worst Best Man (2020)Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars (2020)Alexis Daria, You Had Me at Hola (2020)***Support your local independent bookstores!Women-run, romance bookstore:The Ripped Bodice, LA area, https://www.therippedbodicela.com/ Twin Cities area:Moon Palace Books, https://www.moonpalacebooks.com/Storied Owl Books, https://storiedowlbooks.com/Next Chapter Booksellers, https://www.nextchapterbooksellers.com/Birchbark Books, author- and Native-owned, https://birchbarkbooks.com/Portland, OR:Powell's Books, https://www.powells.com/DC area:Loyalty Bookstore, Black- and Queer-owned, https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/Let us know about your favorite local bookstores!

They may have supernatural powers that we can’t understand, but our adoration for these spectacular beings needs no explanation. This week, Michelle and Kim are joined by real-life crush, actor (Grey, The Wish Collector), and musician (Night Darling), Zachary Webber, to reveal the fictional characters that have put us under their spell. Who we’re crushing on this week: Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill) of The Witcher, John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) of The Green Mile, and Spike (James Marsters) of Buffy the Vampire Slayer This week’s small business shout-out: Birchbark Books & Native Arts (Minneapolis, MN) __ Show Information Crush Fictionally is produced by Peter Byrnes. Original music by Edith Mudge. Artwork by Rose Feduk. Have a crush-worthy episode idea? Slide into those DMs... Instagram: @crushfictionally Twitter: @crushfctionally Email: crushfictionally@gmail.com

Today, conversations with two acclaimed authors. Tom's first guest is Madison Smartt Bell, the author of a dozen novels, who is perhaps best known for his award-winning trilogy of books on the Haitian Revolution and its iconic leader, the 18th century general, Toussaint Louverture. He’s also written several non-fiction books, including a biography of Louverture, and a literary biography of an iconic American author who was also a close friend. Robert Stone is considered by many to be one of the most singular and influential novelists of the 1960s. Stone passed away in 2015. Madison Smartt Bell’s new is called Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone Madison Smartt Bell joins Tom from his home here in Baltimore. Then, in an archive conversation (first broadcast on April 28, 2020), Tom speaks with writer Louise Erdrich. From her debut novel, Love Medicine, published more than 35 years ago, through 16 subsequent novels, Erdrich has introduced readers to some of literature’s most fascinating and intriguing characters and dazzled her legions of fans with prose that is consistently distinctive and powerful. Her latest novel is called The Night Watchman. It takes place in rural North Dakota in the 1950s. It chronicles the efforts of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to thwart the government’s attempt to terminate them, which is to say, end federal recognition of the tribe, and force them off their ancestral land. It’s based on the story of Ms. Erdrich’s grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, who led the Turtle Mountain Band’s fight against what the government called “emancipation.” Tom spoke with Louise Erdrich on March 11th, when public understanding of the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was in its nascent stage. They talked about the pandemic before they began recording their conversation, but they didn’t discuss it in the interview. On that day, Louise Erdrich was at the end of a 6-city book tour, still flying in full planes. She was in Lawrence, Kansas. They spoke in the afternoon, before her appearance that evening at Haskell Indian Nations University. Louise Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis. These conversation were pre-recorded, so we can't take your calls and comments.

Tom's guest is the acclaimed writer Louise Erdrich. From her debut novel, Love Medicine, published more than 35 years ago, through 16 subsequent novels, Erdrich has introduced readers to some of literature’s most fascinating and intriguing characters and dazzled her legions of fans with prose that is consistently distinctive and powerful. Her latest novel is called The Night Watchman. It takes place in rural North Dakota in the 1950s. It chronicles the efforts of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to thwart the government’s attempt to terminate them, which is to say, end federal recognition of the tribe, and force them off their ancestral land. It’s based on the story of Ms. Erdrich’s grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, who led the Turtle Mountain Band’s fight against what the government called “emancipation.” Tom spoke with Louise Erdrich on March 11th, when public understanding of the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was in its nascent stage. They talked about the pandemic before they began recording their conversation, but they didn’t discuss it in the interview. On that day, Louise Erdrich was at the end of a 6-city book tour, still flying in full planes. She was in Lawrence, Kansas. They spoke in the afternoon, before her appearance that evening at Haskell Indian Nations University. Louise Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis. A reminder that because this conversation is pre-recorded, we can't take your calls and comments.

Deena Metzger, author of A Rain of Night Birds, in conversation with Joan Tewkesbury. A Rain of Night Birds can be purchased at Birchbark Books: birchbarkbooks.com/fiction-and-poe…-of-night-birds, or wherever good books are sold. Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, producer and actress. She had a long association with the celebrated director Robert Altman, and wrote the screenplays for two of his films, Thieves Like Us (1974) and Nashville (1975). Nashville has been called "Altman's masterpiece",[2] and Tewkesbury's screenplay was widely honored including a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. Beyond the work with Altman, Tewkesbury has directed and written many television movies and episodes for television series. Tewkesbury is the author of the novel, Ebba and the Green Dresses of Olivia Gomez in a Time of Conflict and War, Hand to Hand,2011. Tewkesbury was born in Redlands, California, the daughter of Frances M. (née Stevenson), a registered nurse, and Walter S. Tewkesbury, an office machine repairman.[3] She has lived in Tesuque, New Mexico since 2003.

Deena Metzger, author of A Rain of Night Birds, in conversation with Nina Simons, cofounder and co-CEO of Bioneers. A Rain of Night Birds can be purchased at Birchbark Books: birchbarkbooks.com/fiction-and-poe…-of-night-birds, or wherever good books are sold.

Deena Metzger, author of A Rain of Night Birds, in conversation with author David Edward Walker, author of Tessa's Dance and Signal Peak. A Rain of Night Birds can be purchased at Birchbark Books: birchbarkbooks.com/fiction-and-poe…-of-night-birds, or wherever good books are sold. Please visit David Edward Walker at davidedwardwalker.com

Deena Metzger, author of A Rain of Night Birds, in conversation with Stephan Hewitt, publisher of Hand to Hand. A Rain of Night Birds can be purchased at Birchbark Books: http://birchbarkbooks.com/fiction-and-poetry/a-rain-of-night-birds

Sep. 5, 2015. Louise Erdrich receives the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. She discusses her work with Marie Arana, co-director of the festival. Speaker Biography: The winner of the 2015 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, Louise Erdrich is the author of novels, poetry, short stories, children's books and nonfiction books. She is one of the most acclaimed Ojibwe Native American writers and has received a Pushcart Prize, a National Book Award, an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and a PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction. Her novel "The Plague of Doves" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Erdrich's other books include "Love Medicine," "Four Souls," "The Painted Drum," "Shadow Tag," and her latest work, "The Round House." She lives in Minnesota, where she is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore that focuses on Native American literature. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6901

In episode 4 of Last Week in MPLS, Tom and Scott talk about a lot of stuff: Birchbark Books and Common Good Books are nice places where you can buy Once There Were Castles by Larry Millett. What’s the deal with municipal golf courses? MSP Business Journal frets over the cost to update our golf courses … Continue reading Episode 4 →