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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Free
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Hennepin County Library — Minneapolis Central, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis,, MN
Join Birchbark Books and Native Arts along with Graywolf Press for an evening with award-winning poet and artist Layli Long Soldier (Oglala Lakota), in conversation with Heid E. Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe). Long Soldier will read from and discuss her new book " We ," a visionary new collection of poems, lyric essays, and her own visual artworks. Collaborators: Birchbark Books, Graywolf Press. Listed from Hennepin County Library's public calendar. Details and registration: https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/events/6aa41d5156fe62004a2f683d
Hennepin County Library — Minneapolis Central, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis,, MN
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