Books

Powderhorn Writers mark a decade of prose, poetry

By Staff, Southside Pride
At 7 o’clock on Friday evening, Nov.MORE »

'Born from Silence'

By Norma Smith Olson, Minnesota Women's Press
Deborah Prokipchuk Ackley's poetry gives voice to the violence that shattered her family life

Deborah Prokipchuk Ackley's ideas about violence and her belief in peace and justice were severe

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2008 Saint Paul Almanac: Review

By Mary Schoen, Special to the TC Daily Planet
Ben Franklin wrote many wise maxims in his Poor Richard’s Almanack that are still familiar to people today such as “a penny saved is a penny earned” and “early to bed and early to rise, makes a manMORE »

Good grief: Author shares insight into 'Peanuts' creator

By Betsy Graca, Minnesota Daily
Minnesotans are always proud of their native cultural icons: Bob Dylan, F.MORE »

Douglas McGill's new look at journalism

By Trang Do, KFAI
After thirty years as a journalist in such exotic locales as Hong Kong, Tokyo and London, Douglas McGill, a native of Rochester, was ready to come home.MORE »

Lofty ambitions

By Linda Lincoln, Downtown Journal
Jocelyn Hale takes the helm at the Loft Literary Center

If the most talented creative writers at the Loft Literary Center had tried to construct the ideal fictional character to take over th

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Signaling for Rescue

By Ann Klefstad , MN Artists
Marianne Herrmann's first book is assured and rewarding; it's published by New Rivers Press and available at bookstores now.

Signaling for Rescue: Stories by Marianne Herrmann, N

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Chicana activist and poet speaks on diversity, identity

By Justin Horwath, Minnesota Women's Press
Cherrie Moraga spoke and answered questions about life as an author.

Cherrie Moraga, an author and Chicana activist, brought her ideas on how to diversify higher-education curriculums and a

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Healing the prisoners

By Michele St. Martin, Minnesota Women's Press
A grandmother from Blaine at Abu Ghraib

Deanna Germain, author of Reaching Past the Wire: a Nurse at Abu Ghraib, took a sip of her coffee and thought back 37 years, to the days when s

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Like a dream: Newbery authors read in St. Paul

By Elowyn Pfeiffer, Special to the TC Daily Planet
Newbery award-winning authors Kate DiCamillo, Sharon Creech and Katherine Paterson came to the Fitzgerald Theater in St.MORE »
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