One Book SD author to speak at downtown library
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Staff report
In the 2019 One Book South Dakota selection, Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder, author Kent Nerburn challenges readers to re-examine their thoughts on race relations, cultural acceptance and other ideas crucial to co-existence.
Siouxland Libraries will host an appearance by Nerburn from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 14 at the Downtown Library, 200 North Dakota Ave. To guarantee a seat, registration is required at siouxlandlib.org/events or call 367-8700.
His book, told from a multicultural perspective, provides historical context for race relations in South Dakota and elsewhere while encouraging civil and thoughtful dialogue as readers reflect on the three main characters’ attempts to understand each other.
“In Neither Wolf nor Dog I tell the story of three men – two Native and one non-Native — as we journey through a world too often hidden and too little understood, and struggle to see the world through each other’s eyes,” Nerburn said. “I hope readers will learn something of our complex and difficult intertwined histories and reflect on what it means to go forward as common children of this common land.”
Born and raised near Minneapolis, Nerburn earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Minnesota in American Studies. He went on to study humanities and religious studies at Stanford University before earning a doctorate in religious studies and art at the University of California at Berkeley.
