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Book Launch: "Calling for a Blanket Dance" by Oscar Hokeah

2023-09-23 15:00:00 2023-09-23 17:00:00 America/Chicago Book Launch: "Calling for a Blanket Dance" by Oscar Hokeah Join us for a conversation with Oscar Hokeah, author of "Calling for a Blanket Dance." In partnership with Fulton Street Books & Coffee. Zarrow Regional Library

Saturday, September 23
3:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-09-23 15:00:00 2023-09-23 17:00:00 America/Chicago Book Launch: "Calling for a Blanket Dance" by Oscar Hokeah Join us for a conversation with Oscar Hokeah, author of "Calling for a Blanket Dance." In partnership with Fulton Street Books & Coffee. Zarrow Regional Library

Zarrow Regional Library

South Meeting Room

Join us for a conversation with Oscar Hokeah, author of "Calling for a Blanket Dance." In partnership with Fulton Street Books & Coffee.

Oscar Hokeah is a citizen of Cherokee Nation and the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma from his mother's side and has Mexican heritage through his father. He holds an MA in English with a concentration in Native American Literature from the University of Oklahoma, as well as a BFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), with a minor in Indigenous Liberal Studies. He is a recipient of the Truman Capote Scholarship Award through IAIA and is also a winner of the Native Writer Award through the Taos Summer Writers Conference. His short stories have been published in South Dakota ReviewAmerican Short FictionYellow Medicine ReviewSurreal South and Red Ink Magazine. He works with Indian Child Welfare in Tahlequah. His debut, Calling for a Blanket Dance, is the winner of the PEN America/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the Reading the West Book Award for Debut Fiction, and a finalist for the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize/Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.

Zarrow Regional Library

Phone: 918.549.7323

Branch manager
Kelly Bayles

Hours
Mon, May 05 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, May 06 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, May 07 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, May 08 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, May 09 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, May 10 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, May 11 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Services

  • WiFi
  • Wireless printing
  • Public Access Computers
  • Meeting Room(s)
  • Bike Locks
  • Skateboard stand
  • Public Fax

Upcoming events

Tue, May 13, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
North Meeting Room
Join the Heartland Harmony Dulcimer Club as they share their love of music. Come to practice, learn or just listen to the sweet sounds of the dulcimer. For all ages.

Tue, May 20, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
North Meeting Room
Join the Heartland Harmony Dulcimer Club as they share their love of music. Come to practice, learn or just listen to the sweet sounds of the dulcimer. For all ages.

Tue, May 27, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
North Meeting Room
Join the Heartland Harmony Dulcimer Club as they share their love of music. Come to practice, learn or just listen to the sweet sounds of the dulcimer. For all ages.

Thu, May 29, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
South Meeting Room
Join us for a fun, hands-on Sashiko workshop and learn the art of Japanese mending and embroidery. All materials are provided. For ages 14 to adult.