Book launch invitation post for "Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays" by Leah Altman. The post features event details and a photo of Leah sitting.
✨ Book Launch Alert! ✨
Join us at 6 p.m. on November 11 at the Literary Arts Bookstore to celebrate the release of CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS by Leah Altman—a powerful exploration of identity, family, and storytelling.
@LiteraryArts
#CekpaLaunch #LeahAltman #OoliganPress #BookLaunch
We’re so excited to celebrate the launch of CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS by Leah Altman—a moving story of identity, family, and resilience. 🌿Come be a part of this special evening honoring community, storytelling, and art on November 11, at Literary Arts.
@LiteraryArts
#CekpaLaunch #LeahAltman
We’re so excited to celebrate the launch of CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS by Leah Altman—a moving story of identity, family, and resilience. 🌿Come be a part of this special evening honoring community, storytelling, and art on November 11, at Literary Arts.
#CekpaLaunch #LeahAltman #OoliganPress
Book launch announcement for 'CEKPA: A Memoir in Beaded Essays' by Leah Altman on November 11, 2025, 6 PM, at Literary Arts, Portland, OR. The design includes decorative bead patterns and a grid background with blue spiders.
From buried cekpas to reconnected kinships, join us in celebrating CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS, a lyrical memoir of rediscovery, healing, and motherhood.
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection #MemoirRelease
Book cover design for "CEKPĄ: A Memoir in Beaded Essays" by Leah Altman, set against a pink background with intricate beaded patterns. The book release date is November 11, 2025.
My story is stitched with memory.
Each essay in CEKPA is a bead—sharp, beautiful, necessary.
🧵 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS
📚 By Leah Altman
🗓️ Coming November 11, 2025
🌐 Preorder now
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection
📙COMING SOON
NOVEMBER 11, 2025
#LeahAltman #IndigeniousMemoirs #BeadedEssays #OwnVoices
What does it mean to reclaim your name, your language, or your story?
In CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS, Leah Altman threads together her journey as a Lakota and Persian adoptee through a series of powerful, lyrical essays.
#Cekpa #LeahAltman #IndigeniousMemoirs #BeadedEssays #OwnVoices
Colorful book cover featuring abstract patterns and text.”'Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays by Leah Altman.' Coming soon: November 11, 2025”
Adopted. Reclaimed. Rewoven.
Leah Altman’s CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is a striking debut from a Lakota and Persian writer, threading memory and heritage into powerful nonfiction.
🔹Releases November 11, 2025, from Ooligan Press
#BeadedEssays #IndigenousVoices #CekpaMemoir #LeahAltman
A geometric pattern backdrop with cekpa-inspired designs. The overlay text reads, “Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays by Leah Altman. Coming November 11, 2025."
“In Lakota culture, your cekpa—your umbilical cord—is hidden in a sacred place to connect you to your homeland. Her’s was lost in the adoption papers. Follow Leah’s journey to find it.
#NonfictionReads #LakotaWriters #DecolonizeBooks #CekpaMemoir #LeahAltman”
