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 Kelly Barnhill. A Story of Magic, Prophecies, and Warring Kingdoms  The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Barnhill Published by: Algonquin Young Readers/Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Category sponsored by The Creative Writing…
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Each day counting down to the announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2015 Poetry finalist Hieu Minh Nguyen. Raw Emotion in Powerful Verse This Way to the Sugar by Hieu Minh Nguyen Published by: Write Bloody Publishing Category sponsored by Wellington Management With themes of assimilation,…
Read MoreThe Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, as the home of the Minnesota Center for the Book, announces the state-level winners of the 2015 Letters About Literature essay contest, co-sponsored by the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English and Common Good Books.
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Each day counting down to the announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2015 Novel & Short Story finalist Nicole Helget. A Nation and City at a Crossroads Stillwater by Nicole Helget Published by: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Category sponsored by Education Minnesota Set in the harsh…
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Day 4: "Minnesota’s Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes" by Larry Millett, photography by Matt Schmitt
Each day counting down to the announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards we highlight one of the finalists. Today we feature 2015 Minnesota finalist Larry Millett and Matt Schmitt. A Tour of Minnesota’s Grand Homes  Minnesota’s Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes by Larry Millett, photography by Matt Schmitt Published by: Minnesota Historical Society Press Category…
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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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