Books

Books to cuddle up with

By Amy Rea, Flyover Land

But first, a note: The Minnesota Historical Society has some very interesting and fun stuff going on around Minnesota in the Civil War, and I wrote about it here.

It's winter, it's cold, it's time to read, don't you think? I have a few books to share with you over the next couple of weeks. Let's start with some all-ages eye-candy.

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OUR STORY | Iraqi Minnesotans and U.S. veterans tell their stories: Meet them January 24

By Luke Wilcox, TC Daily Planet

Luke Wilcox of the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project told TCDP about the January 24 reception for U.S. vets and Iraqi refugees who told their stories through the Veterans Book Project. The reception will be 7-9 p.m. at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, Schulze Hall Atrium, 1000 LaSalle Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403

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CENTRAL CORRIDOR VOICES | July: A poem

By Marcie Rendon, Saint Paul Almanac

Photo by Diego Vazquez Jr.

Just one more day
A yellow daisy day

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Libraries offer free classes on 'eBook basics'

By Margo Ashmore, Northeaster

Jill Smith (wearing a lanyard at right) tried to help Cheyenne Mercier get on line with her Kindle. Claire Burgoyne is in the snowflake sweater. (Photos by Margo Ashmore)

“It’s harder than I expected it to be,” said Claire Burgoyne, one of about 15 people who brought their Kindle e–readers to the Columbia Heights Public Library to learn how to access eBooks on Saturday, Jan. 5. While most of the new users were older, young Cheyenne Mercier was also wrestling with getting on line with her new device.

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CENTRAL CORRIDOR VOICES | University Ave: A poem

By Loren Niemi, Saint Paul Almanac

Photo by Diego Vazquez Jr.

“Pho all the way around,”
The leather jacket boy says
While the girls compare nail polish.

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CENTRAL CORRIDOR VOICES | River prayer: A poem

By Linda Back McKay, Saint Paul Almanac

Photo by Diego Vazquez Jr.

The old man was not really in a rowboat
under the Mississippi River bridge.
He was in the process of turning
inside himself, as we all will do one day.

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Moms are always loyal

By Muzamil Yahya, Minnesota Literacy Council

Muzamil Yahya is a learner from the Minneapolis Adult Education program. This excerpt is taken from the Minnesota Literacy Council's annual reading by adult learners held on May 30, 2012 in collaboration with the Loft Literary Center. The event featured the stories of adult literacy students enrolled in English as a Second Language, GED, reading and other classes. Several of the readers were authors featured in the book Journeys: An Anthology of Adult Student Writings. Some are immigrants or refugees writing in their second or third language, while others shared their writing for the first time after years of frustration and anxiety attributed to low literacy skills. For more information or to order a copy of the book, visit mnliteracy.org.

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VIDEO | Ka Vang reads from "Shoua and the Northern Lights Dragon"

By Ben Zvan, TC Daily Planet

Author Ka Vang reads from her book Shoua and the Northern Lights Dragon, created and published as a part of the the Reading Together Project through the Minnesota Humanities Center and the Council for Asian Pacific Minnesotans.

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No "vanity": Minnesota authors say self-publishing offers rewards despite the challenges

By Jay Gabler, Front Row Seat

Ebony Adedayo, self-published author of Dancing on Hot Coals. Photo by Criquet Photography, courtesy Ebony Adedayo.

When Minneapolis author D.R. Martin, 61, first tried to find a literary agent, in the 1990s, he didn’t succeed—“but in those days, even when you were rejected you’d get a constructive response saying what they didn’t like and what they did.” Then he tried again, recently. “I submitted to over 50 agents by e-mail. I got 25 form rejections, and 25 non-responses. Not a single personalized response out of 50. I thought, I am not going to get through these gatekeepers. If I’m going to make anything happen, I’m going to have to do it myself.”

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