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Winners of the 2021 Minnesota Book Awards This year's winners include a book on fish owls in Eastern Russia, a novel about a working-class family set in Hawaii, and a small town mystery. Kawai Strong Washburn The 2021 Minnesota Book Awards took place virtually last night for the second year in a row, but that still didn't stop the local celebration of authors and writing. Among the award winners: Danez Smith's singular style of verse in  Homie: Poems took home the poetry award, the Minnesota-via-Hawaii debut author Kawai Strong Washburn's  Sharks in the Time of Saviors was awarded th...

'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. Here's the full list of winners: Novel & short story: "Sharks in the Time of Saviors," by Washburn (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Seven-year-old Noa falls overboard and is care...

Denise Cox Bays In 'The Mutual Friend,' Bays writes about an ensemble of twenty-something New Yorkers over the course of one summer as they navigate love, loss, ambition and faith. Carter Bays, the co-creator of Emmy-winning series How I Met Your Mother, is set to release his debut novel after inking a deal with Dutton Books, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. His upcoming book, The Mutual Friend, is centered on an ensemble of twenty-something New Yorkers over the course of one summer as they navigate love, loss, ambition, and faith. Bays tells the story of aspiring doctor Alice who mu...

The YA novel Like Home tells the story of a teen named Chinelo, Nelo for short. Her best friend is Kate and life is good. Nelo's family owns a convenience store in a popular neighbourhood known as Ginger East. But when the store is vandalized and police get involved, Nelo is emotionally affected and her relationship with her friends and family change forever.  Like Home is for ages 14 and up. Louisa Onomé is a Nigerian Canadian living in Toronto. Fresh Air9:57How growing up in Mississauga inspired a new YA novel about community and the challenges of gentrificationLouisa Onomé speaks a...

Megan Nolan Recommends Jeffrey Eugenides, John Irving,  Oyinkan Braithwaite, and More March 8, 2021 In my cultural consumption I have always had a tendency to empathize with losers. Long before I knew anything of romantic love myself I was identifying with downtrodden suckers who yearn helplessly and are doomed to languish in the shadows. It’s little wonder that my first serious romantic incident was entirely one-sided, and was no less formative and vivid for being so. The object of my long lonely fixation was 16 to my 13, a gap which then felt as irreconcilable as a separating ocean. He w...