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SUMMARY:We: Layli Long Soldier in Conversation with Heid E. Erdrich
DESCRIPTION:Pohlad Hall (Downtown Central Library) 300 Nicollet Mall\, Mi
 nneapolis MN 55401 Birchbark Books hosts Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long S
 oldier\, joined by Heid E. Erdrich\, for a reading and discussion of her
  new collection\, We. In We\, Layli Long Soldier examines what it means 
 to be in community\, to be in relation with family\, nation\, history\, 
 and language. We is the first-person plural\, the pronoun of inclusion i
 n English. It is also Wé\, the Lakota word meaning “blood”—what is share
 d and what is shed. In this ingenious and insightful arrangement of poem
 s\, lyric essays\, and her own visual artworks presented in full color\,
  Long Soldier creates unique spaces of collaboration\, mentorship\, and 
 shared knowledge. The 184 X’s signed to a broken treaty\, the fringes of
  a winged dress braided in honor of children lost to Indian boarding sch
 ools\, and intricate Lakota star quilts become shapes and patterns that 
 convey collective kinship\, memory\, and grievance. “From this day forwa
 rd\,” Long Soldier wri\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-layli
 -long-soldier-in-conversation-with-heid-e-erdrich-tickets-1991871398974\
 n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/663e146f-eee7-41ca-854c-92ded5cd620
 9
LOCATION:Birchbark Books & Native Arts\, 2115 W 21st Street
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/663e146f-eee7-41ca-854c-92ded5cd620
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