On this episode, Dave Fettig begins the episode talking with Patti Horvath about her debut story collection, But Now Am Found. The characters in these stories struggle to make sense of upheaval in their lives. But Now Am Found is a compelling exploration of the human spirit confronted by abrupt and rending change.
in the second part, Annie Harvieux has a discussion with Linda LeGarde Grover about her poetry collection, The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives. The Sky Watched is a collective memoir in poetry of an Ojibwe family and tribal community, from creation myth to this day, updated with new poems.
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Write On! Radio - Patti Horvath + Linda LeGarde Grover
Annie opens the show welcoming Linda LeGarde Grover, member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe and professor emeritus of University of Minnesota Duluth, to discuss Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong, her new collection combining history, essay, and memoir about the North Shore.
After the break, Liz and Teresa Dovalpage, prolific Cuban author and playwright in Spanish and English, to discuss her new mystery, Death Under the Perseids.
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Write On! Radio - Linda LeGarde Grover + Teresa Dovalpage
Great-GrandMother Mary Lyons is an Ojibwe elder, spiritual advisor, teacher and storyteller, and advocate for Indigenous/Native Women and children. She has been active on issues such as wellness and sobriety, fetal alcohol syndrome, the Indian Child Welfare Act, environmental protection and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
Mary has traveled, spoken and collaborated extensively. Some of her presentations have been at the United Nations, the World Parliament of Religions and at the “Osceti Sakowin Camp” in Standing Rock, North Dakota. She is also the author of, “WISDOM LESSONS: SPIRITED GUIDANCE FROM AN OJIBWE GREAT-GRANDMOTHER.”
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Indigeneity Rising - 8/5/20 - Great Grandmother Mary Lyons