Arda CollinsThe Song Cave ($18.95) by Dobby Gibson “Poetry seems especially like nothing else so much as itself. Poetry is not like, it is the very lining of the inner life,” wrote C.D. Wright. She could have been addressing the work of Arda Collins, an aeronaut of inner weathers whose poetry sounds like no one […]
Friendship and Mourning in the New York Avant-Garde Ryan DohoneyBloomsbury ($29.95) by Patrick James Dunagan Ryan Dohoney’s Morton Feldman: Friendship and Mourning in the New York Avant-Garde explores how the composer’s work was both derived from and sustained by his early friendships in the 1950s Abstract Expressionist scene in New York City. Dahoney gives special […]
by Trisha Collopy In six novels for young adults, including Everything Leads to You and the Printz Award-winning We Are Okay, Nina LaCour has carved out a fictional terrain in the liminal space between late adolescence and early adulthood, exploring themes of grief, loss and the ways people move forward, despite those setbacks. Yerba Buena […]
Interviews A Permeable Border: Nina LaCour and Kelly Barnhill on the Line Between YA and Adult FictionInterviewed by Trisha CollopyTwo Minnesota authors, known for their work for young readers but who have branched out by writing novels for adults, here discuss what that distinction means for writers shaping a story and for the readers who […]
A Discussion on the Art of Publishing Wednesday, November 9, 7 pmThe Hook & Ladder Theater3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis Co-presented by Rain Taxi and the Walker Art Center Join us as we welcome celebrated artist Paul Chan for a conversation on the art of publishing, in all its messy social practice! This event is free. […]
To purchase issue #107 using Paypal, click here. INTERVIEWS Ryan Blacketter: His Own Private Idaho | interviewed by Arthur Shattuck O’KeefeHillary Leftwich: The Power of Intention | interviewed by Zack Kopp FEATURES Elements of the Icelandic Saga | by Emil SiekkinenThe New Life | a comic by Gary SullivanOn Writing in Public and Helping the Public […]
Kameron White is a comic artist, illustrator, and designer that specializes in fantasy, superhero, and slice-of-life comics while also illustrating stylized depictions of diverse groups and putting out bold and colorful pieces. He’s worked on horror anthologies, LGBTQ+ anthologies, and Indie comics. Learn more on his website at spacejamkam.com.
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota LibrariesTuesday, October 11, 20226:00 p.m. Central Please join us to celebrate the winner of the 2022 Kerlan Award, the renowned Andrea Davis Pinkney! This event is free to attend. The Kerlan Award is given annually by the Friends of the Kerlan Collection of Children’s Literature at the University of […]
Tuesday September 273:00 pm CentralCrowdcast Join us for a virtual visit with the international bestselling British author Booklist calls a “genre master,” Jeffrey Archer. At this special publication day event, Archer will discuss his latest novel, Next in Line, with Minnesota mystery writer Carl Brookins. Free to attend, registration required. We hope to “see” you there! If you can’t […]
Kjersti A. SkomsvoldTranslated by Martin AitkenOpen Letter ($15.95) by J. Ahana-Laba Although often sentimentalized, motherhood can be a distinctly jarring experience, one rife with resurfaced pains, tender loves, and the echo of long-lost memories. In The Child, Kjersti A. Skomsvold does not shy away from the brutal truth of the matter; she exposes us to […]