Hood River County is reading Beth Piatote for the 2025 Hood River County Reads. A series of events, including a presentation by Piatote, is planned for February and March.
Hood River County is reading Beth Piatote for the 2025 Hood River County Reads. A series of events, including a presentation by Piatote, is planned for February and March.
HOOD RIVER — Join the 19th annual Hood River County Reads community reading adventure! This year, Hood River County is reading author Beth Piatote’s book The Beadworkers: Stories. Piatote's luminous collection opens with a feast, grounding its stories in the landscapes and lifeworlds of the Native Northwest, exploring the inventive and unforgettable pattern of Native American life in the contemporary world. Piatote will give a public presentation on Sunday, March 2, 2 p.m. This project is sponsored by the Friends of the Hood River County Library.
Piatote is a writer, scholar, and Indigenous language activist. She is Nez Perce enrolled with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, she serves as an associate professor of English and Comparative Literature and Director of the Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley. The Beadworkers was long-listed for both the PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and Aspen Words Literary Prize.
Hood River County Reads encourages readers of all ages to read and discuss books. Selected titles represent Hood River County's diversity and are shared widely throughout the area. Some previous titles include Stubborn Twig by Lauren Kessler, rough house by Tina Ontiveros, and Into the Beautiful North/Rumbo al Hermosa Norte by Luis Urrea. Hood River County Reads is sponsored and supported by the Friends of the Hood River County Library, with additional support from the Hood River County Library Foundation, Starseed Foundation, Hood River Valley LEOS, Hood River County Education Foundation, Hood River Cultural Trust, and the Gorge Community Foundation’s Friends of the Library Pat Hazlehurst Endowment Fund.
Everyone is welcome to enjoy the many events connected to the 2025 Hood River County Reads:
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2 p.m., They Were Here First: Native Americans and White Colonists in the Pacific Northwest with Pat Evenson-Brady, Executive Board of the History Museum of Hood River County, Hood River Library Reading Room.
Saturday, March 1, 2-4 p.m., Writing With/Without Constraints: a generative workshop with Beth Piatote, Hood River Library Reading Room. Sign-up on the library website.
Sunday March 2, 2 p.m., A Conversation with Beth Piatote, Hood River Library Reading Room.
Wednesday, March 12, 12:30 p.m., Hood River Library Book Club: The Beadworkers: Stories.
Saturday, March 22, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. OR 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., For the Love of Beads: Beginnings and Basics of Two-Needle Beadwork with Brigette McConville (Warm Springs) for teens and adults, Hood River Library Meeting Room. Sign up on the library website.
Saturday, March 29, 11 a.m., The Land, The People: Native Americans and the Natural World with Leon Ganuelas (Yakama) and Russell Spino (Warm Springs), FISH Food Bank meeting room. Check website for more information
Date: TBD, History Museum of Hood River County, Native American Beadwork Display. Check library website for updates.
These programs are free and open to the public. The book is available for checkout at the Hood River, Cascade Locks, Parkdale libraries and the bookmobile. For more information, please contact the Hood River County Library District at 541-386-2535, info@hoodriverlibrary.org, or visit their website at http://hoodriverlibrary.org.
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