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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Darcie Little Badger
LOCATION:The Urbana Free Library\nThe Urbana Free Library
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DESCRIPTION:Meet Lipan Apache author Darcie Little Badger as she discusses
  her novels Elatsoe and A Snake Falls to Earth and what inspires her. An a
 udience Q&A and a book signing will follow the discussion..\nhttps://urban
 afreelibrary.libnet.info/event/12650426
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache wri
 ter with a PhD in oceanography. Her critically acclaimed debut novel\,&nbs
 p\;<em><a href="https://cucatalog.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ct
 x=6.1033.0.0.1&amp\;type=Advanced&amp\;term=elatsoe&amp\;relation===&amp\;
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 &amp\;bool1=AND&amp\;bool4=AND&amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;sort=RELEVANCE&amp\;p
 age=0&amp\;searchid=3">Elatsoe</a></em>\,&nbsp\;was featured in <em>Time M
 agazine</em> as one of the best 100 fantasy books of all time.&nbsp\;<em>E
 latsoe</em>&nbsp\;also won the Locus award for Best First Novel and is a N
 ebula\, Ignyte\, and Lodestar finalist. Her second fantasy novel\,&nbsp\;<
 a href="https://cucatalog.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=6.1033
 .0.0.1&amp\;type=Advanced&amp\;term=snake%20falls%20to%20earth&amp\;relati
 on===&amp\;by=TI&amp\;term2=badger\,%20darcie%20little&amp\;relation2=ALL&
 amp\;by2=AU&amp\;bool1=AND&amp\;bool4=AND&amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;sort=RELEV
 ANCE&amp\;page=0&amp\;searchid=4"><em>A Snake Falls to Earth</em></a>\, re
 ceived a Nebula Award\, an Ignyte Award\, and a Newbery Honor and is on th
 e National Book Awards longlist. It&nbsp\;is a breathtaking work of Indige
 nous futurism. Darcie draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling struc
 ture to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters\, magic\, and family.
 </p>\n<p>Her third book\,&nbsp\;<em><a href="https://cucatalog.org/polaris
 /search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=6.1033.0.0.1&amp\;type=Keyword&amp\;term=Sh
 eine%20Lende&amp\;by=KW&amp\;sort=RELEVANCE&amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;query=&a
 mp\;page=0&amp\;searchid=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheine Lende</a
 ></em>\, is the prequel to&nbsp\;<em>Elatsoe</em>\,&nbsp\;which is centere
 d on Ellie&rsquo\;s grandmother\, deepens and expands Darcie&rsquo\;s one-
 of-a-kind world\, and introduces us to another cast of characters who will
  wend their way around readers&rsquo\; hearts.</p>\n<p>Darcie is an Earth 
 scientist\, writer\, and fan of the weird\, beautiful\, and haunting\; she
  is married to a veterinarian named Taran.</p>\n<p><em>This event is suppo
 rted by the <a href="https://nah.illinois.edu/"><strong>University of Illi
 nois Urbana-Champaign Native American House</strong></a> and generously sp
 onsored by&nbsp\;<strong>The Urbana Free Library Foundation</strong>.</em>
 </p>\nhttps://urbanafreelibrary.libnet.info/event/12650426
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