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You’re invited to join us as Mona Susan Power chats about her newest novel A Council of Dolls. This conversation highlights how her work explores Native Rights and Native American culture, in particular using an important symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls. Register now to join the conversation!
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About the Author: Mona Susan Power is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Her novel, A Council of Dolls, was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. She is the author of three previously published works of fiction, The Grass Dancer, which won the Pen/Hemingway Prize, Sacred Wilderness, and Roofwalker. Her short stories have been published by The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, The Best American Short Stories, and more. Mona is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
A recording will also be available for later viewing on the online author events website. This event is part of the Lee County Library System's Online Author Events Series, made possible by the generous support of the following sponsors: Friends of the Bonita Springs Library, Friends of the Pine Island Public Library, Friends of the Cape Coral Library, Friends of the South County Regional Library, Inc. and the Johann Fust Library Foundation.
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