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L.A. novelist Percival Everett, in advance of his latest, 'Dr. No,' talks about nothing
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor his novel, "Dr. No," coming in November from Graywolf Press, Everett wrote a Bond-style caper...
Graywolf Press names new director and publisher
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCarmen Gimenez is the new executive director/publisher of Graywolf Press. The announcement was made Thursday by the Minneapolis-based literary press, one of the highest-profile in the country ...
Minneapolis’ Graywolf Press author Percival Everett wins Jean Stein Book Award
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGraywolf Press author Percival Everett won PEN America’s Jean Stein Book Award on Thursday. The $75,000 award was given to Everett for his novel “Dr. No,” which follows a mathematics professor ...
Joanne Von Blon, who fueled Minnesota's arts scene, dies at 100
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoJoanne Von Blon donated paintings to the Walker Art Center, money to Graywolf Press, time to Minnesota Public Radio. She hosted dinner parties and attended galas. But she never wore heels or ...
Gail See, force in Twin Cities books community, dies
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGail See, a strong influencer in the Twin Cities and national literary communities in the 1980s and ’90s, died Friday night at her home in Wayzata after a brief illness, according to her friends ...
Meet Percival Everett: 5 novels that showcase the L.A. writer's enigmatic style
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe L.A. Times Book Club is reading "Dr. No" by Percival Everett. (Graywolf Press/ Wesley Lapointe)...
20 Black poets to know this National Black Poetry Day
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvery year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much wider to allow for more...
Minnesota author a finalist for National Book Award in young people’s literature
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMinnesotan Kelly Barnhill’s “The Ogress and the Orphans,” a story about a kind giant who cares for her village, is a finalist for the National Book Award in young people’s literature. Barnhill ...
10 books to add to your reading list in March
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months ago(Photos by Ecco; Norton; FSG; Henry Holt; Dey Street; Knopf; Graywolf; Doubleday) Critic Bethanne Patrick Whether your March begins with the traditional...
Readers & Writers: What makes fiction work and a brave K-9
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInsights into what makes fiction work and a brave cadaver dog. Two very different books by Minnesotans show the wide variety available to readers. “Wonderlands” by Charles Baxter (Graywolf Press ...