Books

On the shoulders of lions

By Stephen Brunia-Brown, Minneapolis World Beat
Those in the know are buzzing about an African literary renaissance.

An interesting article that appeared in Vanity Fair in July and has been republished on MORE »

From the Farm to the Table What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture

By Brian Devore, Land Stewardship Project
Gary Holthaus spent three years gathering material for From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture. With a ponderous title like that, one would think you couldMORE »

Food Fight The Citizen’s Guide to a Food and Farm Bill

By Brain Devore, Land Stewardship Project
The food industry spends $15 billion per year marketing to children.MORE »

Finds from the shelves

By Glenda Martin, Minnesota Women's Press
Glenda Martin picks from the Women's Press' bookshelves

Each spring when I return to Minnesota, a favorite task is waiting for me.

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Casa de Esperanza and the children

By Marco Fernández Landoni, La Prensa de Minnesota
Elena and the Magic Beans is more than a children's book.

It is a pleasure to know that Casa de Esperanza is celebrating its 25th Anniversary and that it’s celebrating it in a different mann

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Riding the rails in the Twin Cities

By Dave Healy, Park Bugle
Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar in Minneapolis and St. Paul
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Secret mothers

By Michele St. Martin, Minnesota Women's Press
Pregnant and unwed pre-Roe v. Wade, many were forced to hide their pregnancies and surrender their babies.

Goodbye, hello

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Author discusses adoption and abortion issues

By Diane White, Minnesota Daily
Emotions ran high as Ann Fessler's work brought many back to the realities of their own lives.

Birth parents, adopted adults and others involved in the adoption process listened as Fessler d

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Life After Harry Potter

By Amanda Bingham, Special to the TC Daily Planet

Audrey Axt dressed as Ron Weasley at the release party.
Photo by Amanda Bingham.

After ten years of Harry Potter, what comes next?

From the count down to midnight of July 20 in bookstores across the country to Monday, most avid Harry Potter fans probably spent the weeken

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S.E.X. talk: Review

By Samantha Hodges, Minnesota Women's Press
Heather Corinna provides accurate information for teens

Heather Corinna is a longtime advocate of what she calls "sex education for the real world." Corinna, a former Minnesotan who is the f

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