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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 ...
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 ...
Joanne Von Blon, who fueled Minnesota's arts scene, dies at 100
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 3 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 ...
Literary calendar for week of July 31
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWHAT’S GOING ON Talking Volumes fall reading series will host Karen Armstrong, Celeste Ng, Dani Shapiro and Ross Gay at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul. Armstrong discusses her new ...
Readers and writers: Three novels that are out of the ordinary
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree novels, including the big PEN prize winner, are our good reads today. “Sometimes Creek”: by Steve Fox (Cornerstone Press, $24.95 paperback). And it occurs to you that somehow this man ...