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Michelle S. Phelps, author of The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley Each week leading up to the 37th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors…

Cathy Coats, author of To Banish Forever: A Secret Society, the Ho-Chunk, and Ethnic Cleansing in Minnesota Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley Each week leading up to the 37th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors…

Christopher P. Lehman, author of It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley Each week leading up to the 37th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their…

Sonja Trom Eayrs, author of Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley Each week leading up to the 37th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in…

Shannon Gibney, editor, with Nicole Chung, of When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology Anthology Category, sponsored by Minnesota Humanities Center Each week leading up to the 37th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here.…

Margaret Aldrich and Michelle Filkins, editors of Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces Anthology Category, sponsored by Minnesota Humanities Center Each week leading up to the 37th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. What…