Events

JOIN US FOR A BOOK SIGNING BY MARGARET JACOBS IN CONVERSATION WITH MARGARET HUETTL, HER ANISHINAABE COLLEAGUE, AS AS THEY PRESENT THE BOOK “AFTER ONE HUNDRED WINTERS: IN SEARCH OF RECONCILIATION ON AMERICA’S STOLEN LANDS” 

About the Presenters:
Margaret D. Jacobs is professor of history and director of the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Her books include White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880–1940. Website reconciliationrising.org

Margaret Huettl, a descendant of Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibweg, Assyrian refugees, and European settlers, is Assistant Professor in History and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is a scholar of Native American history and North American Wests, and her research examines the continuities of Ojibwe sovereignty in the context of settler colonialism in both the United States and Canada, centering Ojibwe ways of knowing.

 About the Book:
After One Hundred Winters: In Search of Reconciliation on America’s Stolen Lands confronts the harsh truth that the United States was founded on the violent dispossession of Indigenous people and asks what reconciliation might mean in light of this haunted history. In this timely and urgent book, settler historian Margaret Jacobs tells the stories of the individuals and communities who are working together to heal historical wounds—and reveals how much we have to gain by learning from our history instead of denying it. Jacobs traces the brutal legacy of systemic racial injustice to Indigenous people that has endured since the nation’s founding. Explaining how early attempts at reconciliation succeeded only in robbing tribal nations of their land and forcing their children into abusive boarding schools, she shows that true reconciliation must emerge through Indigenous leadership and sustained relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people that are rooted in specific places and histories. In the absence of an official apology and a federal Truth and Reconciliation Commission, ordinary people are creating a movement for transformative reconciliation that puts Indigenous land rights, sovereignty, and values at the forefront. With historical sensitivity and an eye to the future, Jacobs urges us to face our past and learn from it, and once we have done so, to redress past abuses.

Praise for the Book:
“When the Ponca people were forcibly removed from their homelands more than a century ago, they carried their seeds with them. In this compassionate and honest reckoning, Margaret Jacobs confronts a long history of settler theft and violence against Indigenous people and reveals how settler accountability and efforts at collective action can restore fractured relationships. After One Hundred Winters is a moving, vital story of how those very seeds made their way back, in Ponca hands, to their homelands to take root again. May this book be a seed of its own.”
—Beth Piatote, author of The Beadworkers: Stories

Order a copy of After One Hundred Winters HERE

Join us for an exciting visit from
Anna Lind Thomas as she presents her new book
We’ll Laugh About This (Someday): Essays on Taking Life a Smidge Too Seriously

About the Author:
Anna Lind Thomas is a humor writer and popular online personality who founded the funny site HaHas for HooHas. She spends her time writing for various media outlets and hosting her podcast, It’s Not That Serious, which is consistently ranked in the Top 25 of the iTunes Family section. She holds a bachelors in advertising and a masters in communication studies and spent many years copywriting and creating campaigns in ad departments before having children. Her story about a fart went viral and catapulted her to fame (or infamy). Anna and her husband, Rob, live in Nebraska with their two young daughters, Lucy and Poppy, and an English Bulldog named Bruno. You can learn more at AnnaLindThomas.com.

About the Book:
A hilarious argument in favor of taking life a smidge less seriously. Popular humor writer Anna Lind Thomas had an epiphany after her essay about a humiliating fart went mega-viral: Everything’s funny . . .eventually. You’ll cry-laugh your way through the many grave offenses she’s endured, like not getting credit for Lady Gaga’s career, an epic financial crisis, and exercising while her children dole out biting critiques about her dimpled thighs. Anna’s wit, charm, and painful relatability will encourage you to remember that your most humiliating moment may be the best thing to ever happen to you—or at the very least, it’ll make for a really good story.

Praise for the Book:
“With her classic unabashed laugh until cry humor, Anna Lind Thomas takes us on a hilarious heart warming trip through her life reminding us all that we’ll laugh about this one day.” -Bunmi Laditan, bestselling author of Confessions of a Domestic Failure

“Anna Lind Thomas will make you laugh and cry and remember what it’s like to get the giggles. Her stories are full of humor and heart, and remind you that you can laugh about some of the worst times in your life…eventually.” – Cindy Chupack, New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-winning writer of Sex and the City, Modern Family, Otherhood, and more

Order a copy of “We’ll Laugh About This Someday” HERE

Join us in welcoming Kevin Shinn to F&F. He will be signing copies of his new book Use Fewer Words and will share his story about the circumstances around which this book was conceived.

Use Fewer Words is a collection of thoughts and poetry by Kevin Shinn. Kevin began posting them on Instagram in April 2020 as a writing exercise. It soon became evident that these short pieces offered a means of expressing important concepts in a very simple fashion.

He offers them now to consider, consume, and enjoy.

You can follow Kevin’s current poems on Instagram @chefkevinshinn or his blog, www.55degrees.US.

Pre-order is available by contacting Francie & Finch Bookshop at 402.781.0459 or reach Leslie Huerta at leslie@francieandfinch.com for shipping info and purchase of multiple copies. Copies will also be availabe for purchase at the event.