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36 Finalists Blog: Danez Smith

April 15, 2021

Danez Smith, author of Homie: Poems Poetry category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. Each week leading up to the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. In a year defined by a pandemic…

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36 Finalists Blog: torrin a. greathouse

April 15, 2021

torrin a. greathouse, author of Wound from the Mouth of a Wound Poetry category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. Each week leading up to the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. In…

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36 Finalists Blog: Erika Lee

March 3, 2020

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Learn more about these incredible local writers and gear up to see the winners announced live in person April 28. Interview with Erika Lee, author of America for Americans: A History…

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36 Books Blog: Dianna Hunter

April 4, 2019

Each day leading up to the 2019 Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Learn more about these incredible local writers and gear up to see the winners announced live in person April 6. Interview with Dianna Hunter, author of Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life…

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36 Finalists Blog: Nancy O’Brien Wagner

March 17, 2018

Each day leading up to the 30th annual Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Learn more about these incredible local writers and gear up to see the winners announced live in person April 21.   Interview with Nancy O’Brien Wagner, author of Alice in France:…

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Letters About Literature Past Winners

October 13, 2017

Letters About Literature Past Winners 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2019 Level I – 1st place Margo Sadler, Grade 6, Dakota Hills Middle School, Eagan (Letter to Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Hidden) Dear Margaret Peterson Haddix, Society is like a box. Confining you. Trapping you. In the middle of 4th…

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