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Mary Ann Grossmann
Mary Ann joined the Dispatch-Pioneer Press in 1961 when there were two papers. She has been a fashion writer, a women's columnist and the women's department editor who brought "society" pages into the 20th century. She was named book editor in 1983, just when the local literary community exploded. She has won the Minnesota Book Awards Kay Sexton Award, a Page One Award and YWCA Leader Lunch Award. She retired in 2001 and works part time. A graduate of Macalester College, she lives on St. Paul's West Side in a money-sucking Victorian house with assorted old animals.
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A Finnish Blood Witch. A Hmong-American boy searching for his identity. An angry farmer contributing to generations of abuse. These three novels by Minnesotans offer a wide variety of emotions...
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Literary calendar for Aug. 25
FREEMAN NG: Introduces "Bridge Across the Sky," his historical novel in verse about a Chinese teen who immigrates to the United States with his family and endures mistreatment at the...
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Literary pick for Aug. 18
All the moons in the sky become friends with Lucy in "The Moons," a beautiful children's picture book written by musician Chan Poling and illustrated by Lucy Michell (Minnesota Historical...
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Kids at the Fair can take a break at the Alphabet Forest
You can take pictures with Fair letters, create alphabet Ferris Wheels and add your words to the Fair Dictionary.
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Readers and writers: Plenty of thrills and danger in these Minnesota author’s mysteries
Two exciting novels today from Minnesota writers who are also poets.
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Literary calendar for week of Aug. 18
GAIL BURTON: Launches "Drown Me with Dreams." 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls. HENGEVELD/BARONE: Poetry with Minnesotans Nancy Hengeveld and Patricia Barone. Hengeveld,...
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Literary calendar for week of Aug. 11
SARAH GERARD: Discusses "Carolyn Carrie Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable." 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls. BURTON/GRIFFITH:...
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Readers and writers: Cork O’Connor returns in Kent Krueger’s latest
It's a good day for readers.
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Literary pick for Aug. 11
Nobody is going to be blue Friday, Aug. 16, when Andrea Swensson launches her new book, "Deeper Blues, The Life, Songs, and Salvation of Cornbread Harris," about a living Minnesota...
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Minnesota poets receive grants to lead public poetry programs
Heid E. Erdrich and Jean Prokott are both award winning poets.