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Owls and Sharks lead the list of Minnesota Book Award winners Authors Jonathan C. Slaght and Kawai Strong Washburn were among those honored in a virtual celebration.  April 29, 2021 — 8:01pm Text size Copy shortlink: The Minnesota Book Awards honored writers both established and emerging Thursday night in their second consecutive virtual awards ceremony. Heres the full list of winners: Novel & short story: "Sharks in the Time of Sa...

Geoff Dyer Shows How Modern Culture Shaped Photography The author’s latest book, See/Saw: Looking at Photographs, condenses over 100 years of history into selected moments In his introduction to The Ongoing Moment (2005), Geoff Dyer fulsomely admits he doesn’t own a camera, before cheerfully embarking upon a masterful essay comparing the great photographs of the American Century. As someone who has spent the last four years writing a novel about a dead photographer while...

New Books by NER Authors Spring continues to be a busy season for NER authors — particularly our poets! Kerrin McCadden released American Wake (Black Sparrow Press), a book of poetry that explores the author’s Irish identity as well as “family, death and grief, apologies, and all manner of departures.” McCadden’s poem, “The Magpie: A Key” was published in Four-Legged Girl, recently published frank: sonnets(Graywolf Press). This candid collection of sonnets chronicles “a life...

April 8, 2021 The opening of “Subdivision,” J. Robert Lennon’s new novel, might be familiar to anyone who’s checked into a bed-and-breakfast. Familiar, and yet off a little off. “At the guesthouse, I was invited to come downstairs anytime and work on the puzzle,” the unnamed protagonist begins, describing a massive jigsaw puzzle that her hosts, Clara and the Judge, seem to be more interested in than her. “The ladies had not yet given me a key or even revealed which room I would be...

National Poetry Month 2021: 7 Asian Poets Whose Words Are an Act of Resistance Despite anti-Asian violence and societal expectations, these artists dare to “take as much space as possible. Be big. Be loud. Speak up. All the time.” Hannah Eko Apr 5, 2021 10:00AM ET Twitter: Choi and Sok, YouTube: Ashgar In the wake of rising anti-Asian violence across America, stereotypes, and other people’s expectations, these poets have decided to do something radical — cr...

Find mystery and poetry throughout Logues books. Written By: Staff reports | × Mary Logue, mystery and poetry author including her most recent book "The Streel." Marchs BookEnds online edition will be held via Zoom at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, March 13, with writer Mary Logue. The program is free and open to the public. Logue wrote her first mystery when she was in sixth grade—it was about a mysterious trail around a pond. She went on to write about mysterious trails around Lake in her Clair...

BookEnds is a monthly literary event hosted by the Wadena County Historical Society, Travelin’ Storyseller and the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center.

Yuka Igarashi named Graywolf executive editor By Claire Kirch | Mar 01, 2021 Graywolf Press, the venerable Minneapolis literary press, announced this morning that it has hired industry veteran Yuka Igarashi as executive editor, a newly created position; Jeff Shotts is also a Graywolf executive editor, working on poetry and creative nonfiction/essays. Igarashi will assume the position on April 8 and will work remotely from her home in Hawaii. She will report to publisher Fiona M...

Wake up to the sound of an alarm clock you didn’t really need to set. Remember the day that lies ahead of you, and drift off again for a few minutes. Repeat. Slide your feet into a pair of slippers, or don’t, and shuffle to the kitchen to make coffee. Still in your pajamas, drink this coffee at your desk while looking over your work from the day before. Remove a comma from the last sentence you translated before going to bed. Put it back. Remember that you haven’t brushed your teeth yet. ...

Ann Levin This cover image released by Graywolf Press shows "Wild Swims" by Dorthe Nors. (Graywolf Press via AP) February 01, 2021 - 6:27 AM “Wild Swims,” by Dorthe Nors (Graywolf Press) “Hygge” is the Danish word for a sense of coziness and comfort that is supposedly characteristic of that Scandinavian country. In her latest collection of short stories, “Wild Swims,” the Danish writer Dorthe Nors puts to rest any notion that her compatr...