Books

Development in Dinkytown, part 4: The Book House fights for its life

By Bill Huntzicker, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Yadem.hayseed (Creative Commons)

Fourth in a ten-part series. Previously, part 3: The House of Hanson and the price of convenience.

Kristen Eide-Tollefson, who owns the Book House, is not happy to go. “I have spent the last three years investing heavily in preparing the store to be run by a new generation because I want the store to stay here, so the university has access to the kinds of books the Book House provides and the services the Book House provides,” Eide-Tollefson said.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Why ACCESS DENIED? Or, you and net-neutrality

By Nicholas P Heille, Free Speech Zone
Photos By: 
Nicholas P Heille

 They're out to get yah and Tim Wu's "The Master Switch" tells you how they will do it.  Photo by N P Heille

Why ACCESS DENIED?  Or, you and net-neutrality.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Review: A Minnesota Kid

By Joe Butwin, Free Speech Zone

Review: A Minnesota Kid: In Search of Heroes and Ghosts by David Butwin

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In "Her Stories," Virginia Hamilton tells African-American fairy tales—and tells them well

By Amina Harper, The Art House

Typically, when I spend the night at the house of local artist Rudy Fig I expect that there will be a lot of art making, snacking, and cuddling with her 17-month-old son Vincent. And while these things still happened, this time I went with a slight ulterior motive.

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Celebrating African American literature during Black History Month

By Mary Treacy, Poking Around

In Minnesota and throughout the nation the name Archie Givens – Senior or Junior — is synonymous with the rich legacy of African American literature.

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"The gatekeepers are gone": Minnesota publishers adapt to the self-publishing explosion

By Jay Gabler, Front Row Seat

A Paper Darts staff meeting (via Paper Darts on Facebook).

“I think that publishing is taking a long time to catch up to the technology that’s available,” says Jamie Millard, executive director of the Minneapolis publisher—and publication—Paper Darts. “There’s going to be a new role for publishers. We’re going to see self-publishing increase, but readers are still going to want some sort of curation.”

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OUR SCENE | Tish Jones: "There are many diverse communities, but there's a lot of cross-pollination"

By Tish Jones, TC Daily Planet

courtesy Tish Jones

I was born and raised in St. Paul, and I still live here. I’m now 25 years old. I’m an activist, an artist, an organizer, and an educator. I work in different media, including hip-hop and spoken word; I organize and participate in different events around the Twin Cities. I’ve curated at least five different open mic series over the past seven years, and I also create my own art, which I produce and share through different media.

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Local Jewish author Deborah Jiang Stein explores her troubled beginnings in new memoir

By Robin Doroshow, American Jewish World

Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus: Inside the World of a Woman Born in Prison by Deborah Jiang Stein is available from Cell 7 Media.

It’s not every day you get the opportunity to read a personal memoir written by your next-door neighbor.

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Lao Minnesotan arts year in review

By Bryan Thao Worra, Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

It's been such a busy year already, I haven't had time to take us all on a look back at the year that was for Lao Minnesotan artists and our friends and family in 20

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CENTRAL CORRIDOR VOICES | A pint-sized child: A poem

By Mike Hazard, Saint Paul Almanac

Photo by Diego Vázquez, Jr.

A pint of raspberries rests
in the lap of a pint-sized child.

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