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  • Composite image featuring a photo of author David Mura and the cover to his book, "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself."

    St. Paul – Minnesota Writers Series: The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself Book Launch

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Join us on Wednesday, February 8, to celebrate the release of David Mura's new book, "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives", released in January of 2023 by University of Minnesota Press. Following a reading of selections from the new book, Mura will be joined by his friend and fellow writer Alexs Pate for a discussion on dismantling the myth of whiteness.

    Free

  • Composite image with a photo of author Lynette Reini-Grandell with her trans-spouse Venus DeMars and the cover to her book, "Wild Things: A Trans-Glam-Punk-Rock Love Story."

    St. Paul – Minnesota Writers Series: Wild Things

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Join us on Trans Day of Visibility for a conversation with author Lynette Reini-Grandell, author of "Wild Things: A Trans Glam Punk Rock Love Story," in a deeply personal conversation with her trans spouse, Venus de Mars.

    $10

  • Composite image featuring a photo author Linda LeGarde Grover and the cover to her book, "The Sky Watched - Poems of Ojibwe Lives."

    Duluth – Minnesota Writers Series: The Sky Watched

    American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) 202 West 2nd Street, Duluth, MN, United States

    Author and poet Linda LeGarde Grover joins the Minnesota Writers Series for a special event in Duluth for Poetry Month. In addition to reading selections from her recently re-released collection, The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives , Grover will also join in conversation with Dr. Jill M. Doerfler, head of American Indian Studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth.

    Free

  • Composite image featuring a picture of author Rose McGee and the cover to her book, "Can't Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie Like Our Mama!"

    St. Paul – Minnesota Writers Series: Rose McGee Children’s Book Release

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Minnesota Humanities Center, in partnership with Minnesota Historical Society Press, is pleased to host the launch of Rose McGee's new children's book, "Can't Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie Like Our Mama!”

    Free

  • St. Cloud – Minnesota Writers Series: Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX

    St. Cloud City Hall 1201 7th Street South, St. Cloud, MN, United States

    The Minnesota Writers Series welcomes Sheri Brenden, author of "Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX" in a conversation with her sister, Peg Brenden, one of the St. Cloud student athletes behind the groundbreaking 1972 federal court case that took on the unequal system of school athletics nationwide.

    Free

  • Red Wing – Minnesota Writers Series: Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX

    Anderson Center at Tower View 163 Tower View Drive, Red Wing, MN, United States

    The Minnesota Writers Series welcomes Sheri Brenden, author of “Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX” in a conversation with her sister, Peg Brenden, one of the St. Cloud student athletes behind the groundbreaking 1972 federal court case that took on the unequal system of school athletics nationwide.

    Free

  • St. Paul & Online – Minnesota Writers Series: Trauma Sponges

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    The Minnesota Writers Series welcomes Jeremy Norton, author of "Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response" for a hybrid in-person and virtual event. Norton will use excerpts from his new book, published by University of Minnesota Press, to spark conversations with his co-panelists, Jeanelle Austin from the George Floyd Global Memorial, and attorney and police-reform activist Abigail Cerra.

    Free

  • St. Paul & Online – Minnesota Writers Series: A Council of Dolls

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    The Minnesota Writers Series begins 2024 by welcoming Mona Susan Power, author of “A Council of Dolls” (Mariner Books, 2023). The acclaimed author will read excerpts from her recently published book, which will inspire conversation with the event moderator, Sheila O’Connor.

    Free

  • St. Paul & Online – Minnesota Writers Series: Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Join us for the February 2024 edition of the Minnesota Writers Series as we welcome multidisciplinary artist, Maya Washington, who will discuss her film and memoir, “Through the Banks of the Red Cedar.”

    Free

  • Minneapolis – Minnesota Writers Series: American Precariat

    Capri Theater 2027 W Broadway, Minneapolis, United States

    Join us for the March 2024 edition of the Minnesota Writers Series as we welcome Zeke Caligiuri, Chris Fausto, and Fong Lee, three editors of the anthology “American Precariat: Parables of Exclusion,” published by Coffee House Press.

  • Minneapolis – Minnesota Writers Series: Tartarus

    Open Book 1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, the Minnesota Writers Series will feature Ty Chapman and his debut poetry collection, “Tartarus,” published by Button Poetry. Join us in downtown Minneapolis at Open Book, for an afternoon of readings and discussions.

    Free

  • Mankato – Minnesota Writers Series: It Took Courage

    Blue Earth County Historical Society 424 Warren Street, Mankato, MN, United States

    Join us at the Blue Earth County Historical Society in Mankato as we welcome acclaimed scholar Dr. Christopher P. Lehman, author of the recently published “It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom” (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2024).

    Free