For more than thirty years, Jim Sitter has been one of the most prolific and effective arts leaders in the state. He embodies the spirit of the Kay Sexton Award with an extraordinary array of accomplishments, helping to make the literary and book arts community in Minnesota what it is today. As David Unowksy, founder…
Read MoreAugsburg history professor William D. Green wins the 2016 Hognander Minnesota History Award for his book, “Degrees of Freedom: The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota, 1865–1912”
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Ojibwe historian and linguist Anton Treuer presents his latest work, Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe, a fascinating history which offers not only a chronicle of the Red Lake Nation but also a compelling perspective on a difficult piece of U.S. history. The Red Lake Nation has a unique and deeply important history.…
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Beginning March 15, 2016, The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, as the Library of Congress-designated Minnesota Center for the Book and hosts of the Minnesota Book Awards, will count down to the April 16 Book Awards Ceremony with its “32 Books in 32 Days” blog. In collaboration with community editors from the award-winning…
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In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. But as award-winning historian Erika Lee reminds us, Asian Americans also have deep roots in the country. The Making of Asian America tells the little-known history of Asian Americans and their role…
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In Winter’s Kitchen: Growing Roots and Breaking Bread in the Northern Heartland Coming from her native New Jersey, Beth Dooley had a lot of preconceptions about the Midwestern food scene. As she explored farmer’s markets and the burgeoning co-op scene in the Twin Cities, these assumptions faded and she eventually discovered a local food movement…
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