Special Pop-Up Book Event with Malcolm Margolin and Deborah Miranda

Dear Friends of California I CAN,

Welcome to the return of “Monday Evenings with Malcolm” — an occasional gathering hosted by Malcolm Margolin, Claire Greensfelder and the California I CAN team with special guest speakers in the large conference room at the Earth Island Institute in the David Brower Center in Berkeley.

Our very first even is tomorrow, February 12th at 6:00 PM with award -winning California Indian author Deborah Miranda (Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen). Deborah will read from her landmark book Bad Indians (Heyday, 2012) now out in a special, updated,10th anniversary edition. After the reading, Deborah will be offering personally signed copies of Bad Indians for a donation of $25 and above to California I CAN.  All proceeds from donations will go to support this year’s 5th Annual California Native Ways Festival to be held on Saturday, 22 June 2024 in Ohlone Park in Berkeley.

We’ll be providing light snacks and hot and cold beverages, including hot teas and a special cake to celebrate the Year of the Dragon!

A personal note from Malcolm:
I’d love for you to come and do some “Deep Hanging Out” with me for a delightful evening with my dear friend Deborah Miranda.  We are requesting a sliding scale donation of $10 – $25 – $50 – $100, or whatever you care to offer. (You are certainly  welcome to make an additional donation to California I CAN!)

You can also make an advance donation for the event (or a general support donation for California I CAN) at:
https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=6541c7

I don’t get out quite as much as I used to, so I am really hoping to see some of you tomorrow evening in Berkeley!
Love, Malcolm

More about Bad Indians:

Alta Journal California Book Club Pick 2023

Winner, PEN Oakland–Josephine Miles Literary Award

Winner, 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award, Gold Medal for Autobiography/Memoir

Shortlisted for the 2014 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

Bad Indians—part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir—is essential reading for anyone seeking to learn about California Indian history, past and present. Widely adopted in classrooms and book clubs throughout the United States, Bad Indians—now reissued in significantly expanded form for its 10th anniversary—plumbs ancestry, survivance, and the cultural memory of Native California.

In this best-selling, now-classic memoir, Deborah A. Miranda tells stories of her Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen family and the experiences of California Indians more widely through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems. This anniversary edition—the first time the book has seen release in hardcover format—includes several new poems and essays, as well as an extensive afterword, totaling more than fifty pages of new material. Wise, indignant, and playful all at once, Bad Indians is a beautiful and devastating read, and an indispensable book for anyone seeking a more just telling of American history.