Perch: Book Conversations

ANNOUNCING

Our first Perch with Terria Smith, author of I Love You So Many: A Native Memoir of Adventure, Culture, and Family, in conversation with Chris La Tray. We are thrilled to welcome Terria as our first Perch guest!

From the Bookshop.org page for I Love You So Many:

Growing up on the Torres Martinez Reservation in Southern California, Terria Smith longed for adventure. She became a journalist, hitting the road and reporting on the rich lives of Native people around the United States. As her hunger for travel grew, so did her understanding of community, and what it means to be a world citizen today. I Love You So Many--named after a favorite expression of her Spanish-speaking relatives--follows Smith from her ancestral homelands to Cuba, Iceland, Guyana, and back again. With exuberant, laugh-out-loud style she tells stories about forging profound friendships, falling in and out of love, and celebrating the determination that carried her through hard and heady times alike. She brings a fresh sensibility to travel writing, building enduring relationships with the people and cultures she visits. For Smith, travel is deeply rooted in Native traditions: It's about sharing, reciprocity, risk-taking, and the valuable (and sometimes awkward) work of bridging and holding differences. As fun as it is poignant, I Love You So Many is an irresistible tribute to getting out and living a life in full.

DATES

Sunday, July 26 at 5 pm Pacific/6 pm Mountain/7 pm Central/8 pm Eastern

COST

Donation is whatever you can afford, suggested $30-$50.*

*If you are an Indigenous person (Alaska Native, Native American, First Nations, etc) your cost is $0, but you still must register.

Why solicit donations for this event? Chickadee believes in paying our speakers. Authors rarely receive compensation for appearing at events promoting their books, and we want to offer this compensation to them. We pay every speaker who appears in our programming, as well as all the artists who license us their artwork, like Lindy Racine, above.

We also cover the zoom fees and other costs associated with maintaining mailing lists and email functionality. There's a lot to pay for! For those who can afford a donation, it is a good way to give back.

WHAT IS PERCH?

Ever seen birds perching on a limb, chattering with one another over their morning coffee? That could be you! Perch is a monthly book club culminating in a Zoom conversation with the author.

Artwork by Lindy Racine (Blackfeet)