A Note from Louise

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Featured Books

First edition, first printing, hardcover of The Master Butchers Singing Club signed by Louise Erdrich. Limited quantity. Order yours today!
This stirring collection of linked stories portrays an Ojibwe community struggling to follow traditional ways of life in the face of a relentlessly changing world.

Author event Sept 17th!
The Master Butchers Singing Club (exclusive)
by Louise Erdrich
The Master Butchers Singing Club (exclusive)
  • Price: $35.00    (Hardcover)
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The Dance Boots
by Linda LeGarde Grover
The Dance Boots
  • Price: $24.95    (Hardcover)
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New from Louise Erdrich - Shadow Tag

Shadow Tag

New!  Order your signed copy today!
In brilliantly controlled prose, Shadow Tag fearlessly explores the complex nature of love, the fluid boundaries of identity, and one family's struggle for survival and redemption.

"A small masterpiece of compelling, painfully moving fiction."
                                                               ~Kirkus Reviews



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We Will Be Closed on Labor Day

Normal hours resume on Tuesday. Come visit us!

Birchbark Books Reading Series

Wednesday, September 8th @ 7pm
Birchbark Books and Kenwood Cafe
Full deli menu available prior to the reading
The Birchbark Books Reading Series begins its second season! Jim Lenfestey will be celebrating the release of his new book Low Down and Coming On: A Feast of Delicious and Dangerous Poems about Pigs. Jim will serve as guest curator with readings from the book. Readers will also include poets Jill Breckendridge, Margaret Hasse, and Thomas R. Smith. Hosted by Michael Kiesow Moore. This ongoing series features new, emerging, and established writers presenting their work at Birchbark Books and the Kenwood Cafe on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, from September through May. View the series flyer for more details!

Master Butchers at the Guthrie

September 11 through November 6
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis

The Master Butchers Singing ClubThe world premiere of The Master Butchers Singing Club at the Guthrie Theater! Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman. Based upon the novel by Louise Erdrich. Directed by Francesca Zambello. Francesca and Louise talk about the production in a video posted on the Birchbark Blog. Further information and tickets available from the Guthrie website. We couldn't be more excited! Get your tickets soon...

Three poets. One great night.

Wednesday, September 15 @ 7pm
Birchbark Books and Kenwood Cafe

A night of poetry at Birchbark Books! James Cihlar will be reading from Metaphysical Bailout, his new chapbook from Pudding House Press. Heid Erdrich will be reading from the newly re-issued Fishing for Myth, her first published collection of poems. William Reichard will be reading from his latest, Sin Eater. Enjoy a beverage, sandwich, or dessert at the Kenwood Cafe while listening to some great poetry!
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