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Minnesota Book Awards 32 Books in 32 Days

Day 5: "Tailings: A Memoir" by Kaethe Schwehn

April 13, 2015

Each day as we down to the April 18 announcement of the Minnesota Book Award winners we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2015 Memoir and Creative Nonfiction writer Kaethe Schwehn.   Navigating the Space between Who We Are and Who We Would Like to Become Tailings: A Memoir by Kaethe Schwehn Published…

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Day 6: "Strongwood: A Crime Dossier" by Larry Millett

April 12, 2015

Each day counting down to the announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2015 Genre Fiction finalist Larry Millett.   A Uniquely Crafted Courtroom Novel Strongwood: A Crime Dossier by Larry Millett Published by: University of Minnesota Press Category sponsored by Macalester College Set in 1903 Minneapolis,…

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Day 7: "Queer Clergy" by R.W. Holmen

April 11, 2015

Each day leading up to the announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2015 General Nonfiction finalist R.W. Holmen. A Journey Toward Acceptance Queer Clergy: A History of Gay and Lesbian Ministry in American Protestantism by R.W. Holmen Published by: The Pilgrim Press Category sponsored by…

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Minnesota Book Awards 32 Books in 32 Days

Day 8: "Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold" by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen

April 10, 2015

Each day counting down to the April 18 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2015 Children’s Literature finalists Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen.   Nature’s Response to Winter in the North Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen Published by: Houghton Mifflin…

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Minnesota Book Awards 32 Books in 32 Days

Day 9: "West of the Moon" by Margi Preus

April 9, 2015

Each day counting down to the announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2015 Young People’s Literature finalist Margi Preus.   Norwegian history, fiction and folklore in West of the Moon West of the Moon by Margi Preus Published by: Amulet Books/Abrams Category sponsored by The Creative Writing…

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Minnesota Book Awards 32 Books in 32 Days

Day 10: "Soul Over Lightning" by Ray Gonzalez

April 8, 2015

Each day as we count down to the announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2015 Poetry finalist Ray Gonzalez.   Poems on History, Home, and the Natural World Soul Over Lightning by Ray Gonzalez Published by: The University of Arizona Press Category sponsored by Wellington Management…

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