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“Jill D. Swenson presents The Land of Everlasting Sky in conversation with Laurie Hertzel”
Recorded August 11, 2026 at Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
“Who Are You? Where Are You From?A Wham! Bam! Book! Slam! Launch”
Jill Swenson invites 2 guests and the four of us tell 4-minute stories (give or take), based on the theme the author chooses. Jill invited Elizabeth Rynecki and Susan J. Tweit to join her for storytelling and a conversation about the book, The Land of Everlasting Sky , July 26, 2026
“Q&A: A Family History of Indigenous Land Displacement”
Author Jill Swenson’s new memoir takes a piercing look at her white family’s history to tell a larger story about Indigenous land displacement in the Upper Midwest.
Betsy Froiland, Daily Yonder, August 7, 2026.
“Q&A: Jill Swenson”
Elizabeth Rynecki, Authors Answer! #622, July 9, 2026
“Kirkus Reveals Finalists for the 2026 Indie Awards”
Michael Schaub, Kirkus Reviews, July 7, 2026
“Wham! Bam! Book! Slam! With Jill Swenson & guests Elizabeth Rynecki & Susan J Tweit”
Nan Tepper on Substack, July 6, 2026
“Author’s Memoir Explores History, Family Connections in Lake of the Woods Region”
Julie Bergman, Editor, Northern Light, June 16, 2026
“Project Kin, Speaker’s Corner”
Stories of Place with Jill Swenson and Katherine Brodt, June 11, 2026
“Jill D. Swenson and The Land of Everlasting Sky”
An interview with Deborah Copperrud on Read Minnesota Books, June 5, 2026
“The Land of Everlasting Sky”
St. Croix Splash Featured Event, June 4, 2026
“Q&A with Jill Swenson”
Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb, June 3, 2026
“Documenting History of the Ordinary People”
LIVE on Substack with Teri Leigh of Fierce Love, May 26, 2026
“‘The Land of Everlasting Sky’ calls us to account for our past sins if we are to move forward”
Kelly Fenton, The Dairyland Patriot, May 15, 2026
“Author Completes Book at Write On, Door County”
Door County Pulse, May 14, 2026
“Memoirist explores troubled history of one Ojibwe family in 20th-century Minnesota”
Carol Lenz, The Dairyland Patriot, May 9, 2026