The Memory Fields of Water
Women Writers on Water Crisis and Rescue
October 8th 2:00
East Side Freedom Librar, 1105 Greenbrier Street, Saint Paul
Join Margi for a conversation and collaboration of arts and action. Women writers will share their work on the many aspects of water—celebration, crisis, rescue, legacy, exploration, and place of healing.
Speakers include: Catherine Reid Day, Claire Wahanholm, Cole W. Williams, Diane Brady-Leighton, Diane Jarvenpa, Dralandra Larkins, Freya Manfred, Grace Guenthner, Ellen Rogers, Erin Sharkey, Heid Erdrich, Kathryn Kysar, Leslie Thomas, Lora Robinson, Margaret Hasse, Margi Preus, Noelle Wang, Pat Barron, Rebecca Ramsden, Sharon Chmielarz, Sheila O’Keefe, Su Hwang, Zoë Bird
The Oshkii Giizhik Singers from the Fond du Lac/Duluth area will open and close the program.
Sponsored by The East side Freedom Library
The East Side Freedom Library (ESFL) has its home in the former Arlington Hills library, one of St. Paul’s historic Carnegie library buildings at 1105 Greenbrier Street, located in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
The ESFL’s mission is to inspire solidarity, advocate for justice and work toward equity for all. The library houses non-circulating research collections that appeal to interested general learners as well as scholars, with innovative databases and finding aids that make using the collections fun and vital.