Events › Author Talk: Jill Swenson

Join us for the Twin Cities launch of the new book, "The Land of Everlasting Sky: A Memoir of Loss and Legacy on Lake of the Woods" (She Writes Press, 2026), by Jill D. Swenson. For fans of the PBS television series Finding Your Roots, this is a true story about how land connects us all – and how, if we are to mend our relations to each other and the earth, we must first reckon with our past, no matter how distant, shameful, or tragic. Swenson is a descendant of immigrants who homesteaded on Red Lake Reservation land. She will be in conversation with Christopher Johnston, author of "Where You Come From Is Gone," a novel set on Lake of the Woods. Q&A to follow. Books will be available for purchase and signing.