Third Tuesday Author: Kent Nerburn

Author Kent Nerburn shares from his latest inspirational work on Tuesday, November 17 at 7pm. Kent Nerburn has been called “one of America’s living spiritual teachers” and “One of the few authors who can respectfully bridge the gap between Native and non-Native cultures.”  He recently relocated to Lake Oswego after 25 years of living and writing in the lake and pine country of northern Minnesota.

Nerburn is the two-time winner of the Minnesota Book award and has been featured on PBS, the History Channel, and C-Span. Among his works are Neither Wolf nor Dog:  On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder, Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce, and Make Me an Instrument of your Peace:  Living in the Spirit of the Prayer of St. Francis.  His books have been praised by such diverse readers as historian Howard Zinn, activist Leonard Peltier, and novelist Louise Erdrich.

He will read from and discuss his most recent work, The Girl who Sang to the Buffalo, a journey that takes us from a long forgotten asylum in South Dakota through the haunted landscapes of the Lakota and Ojibwe, to the very edge of the Native spirituality and belief.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Lake Oswego Public Library and admission is free. The Lake Oswego Public Library is located at 706 Fourth Street, Lake Oswego.  For more information, contact Alicia Yokoyama at ayokoyama@ci.oswego.or.us.