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SUMMARY:St. Paul & Online - Minnesota Writers Series: Through the Banks of the Red Cedar
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the February 2024 edition of the Minnesota Writers Series as we welcome multidisciplinary artist\, Maya Washington\, who will discuss her documentary film\, “Through the Banks of the Red Cedar\,” and memoir\, “Through the Banks of the Red Cedar: My Father and the Team that Changed the Game.” Through film clips\, book readings\, and conversation\, Maya will highlight her bond with and appreciation for her father\, Gene Washington\, a celebrated professional athlete who came of age during the peak of the civil rights movement. Maya will be joined by noted author and educator\, Dr. Artika Tyner\, who will moderate the discussion.  \nMaya Washington will be available for book signing and conversation after the event. “Through the Banks of the Red Cedar: My Father and the Team that Changed the Game\,” will be available for purchase at the event.  \nAbout the Book\n“Through the Banks of the Red Cedar” follows Maya Washington’s path towards understanding the legacy of her father\, Gene Washington. Maya retraces her father’s journey from the segregated south to Michigan State University during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement and his journey as a groundbreaking NFL player after the 1967 draft. Through the memoir\, Maya reflects on the influence her father’s childhood had on her upbringing\, the emotional bond of teammates and friends\, and the deepened connection she has to her family and football.       \nAbout the Author\nMaya Washington is an award-winning\, multi-hyphenate artist: writer\, poet\, director\, narrative and documentary filmmaker (writer/director/producer)\, actress\, creative director\, visualist (photography)\, and arts educator. Her background\, on stage/camera and behind the scenes\, has given her the opportunity to work on everything from public art\, live theatre\, commercials and print ads\, to web series\, films and television. Maya received a BA in Dramatic Arts from the University of Southern California and an MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University. As a writer\, Maya’s poetry and prose have been featured in a number of literary journals and notable anthologies including “The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2 : Black Girl Magic” (Haymarket Books 2018)\, “Nothing To Lose But Our Chains: Black Voices on Activism\, Resistance and Love” (Justice Matters Press\, 2018)\, and “The Beiging of America: Personal Narratives About Being Mixed Race in the Twenty-First Century” (2Leaf Press\, 2017). Additionally\, Maya received a Pushcart nomination from The Under Review literary journal for her poetry inspired by the historic MLK Tennis Buffs of St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood. She is the editor of “White Space Poetry Anthology” featuring the work of deaf and hearing poets as a companion to her award-winning short film starring Ryan Lane\, “White Space.” Her award-winning film\, “Through the Banks of the Red Cedar\,” about her father Vikings Legend Gene Washington and the desegregation of college football aired on the Big Ten Network and is currently available on PBS platforms. Her memoir\, “Through the Banks of the Red Cedar: My Father and the Team that Changed the Game\,” is an Amazon Editor’s pick for Best History\, and was a 2023 Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. As a freelance tv and film director\, Maya has directed episodes of the Fox series “The Killer Next Door\,” History Channel’s “I Was There\,” and the PBS Kids series “Black SciGirls.”  \nBesides being her first memoir\, “Through the Banks of the Red Cedar: My Father and the Team that Changed the Game” is also a documentary\, “Through the Banks of the Red Cedar\,” directed\, produced\, and written by Maya. The documentary is available on PBS platforms including PBS Documentaries Channel through Amazon Prime\, Comcast\, and iTunes. The film has been shown at community screenings and film festivals across the country. A curriculum for communities and educators is available at throughthebanksoftheredcedar.com.    \nAbout the Moderator\nAdvocate\, attorney\, author\, and educator Dr. Artika Tyner is committed to creating a more inclusive and racially and economically just world. She received her BA from Hamline University and her JD\, Master of Public Policy\, and EdD from the University of St. Thomas. A prolific author\, Dr. Tyner has written books for children and adults promoting literacy\, cultural awareness\, and leadership development. She is the founder and director of the nonprofit Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute.  \nRegistration\nThis free event will be in-person with an option to attend virtually via Zoom. Registration required. Captioning will be available for those attending virtually. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org  \nAttend In-Person \nAttend Online
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/through-the-banks-of-the-red-cedar/
LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Minnesota Writers Series,Online,Public Programming,Public Programs
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SUMMARY:Minneapolis - Minnesota Writers Series: American Precariat
DESCRIPTION: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. Through readings and discussions\, the editors will share the genesis of the anthology\, and the importance of bringing to light the stories of those society deems invisible and chooses to exclude. The editors will be joined by Mike Alberti\, executive director of the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop\, who will moderate the discussion. \nZeke\, Chris\, and Fong will be available for book signing and further conversation after the event. “American Precariat: Parables of Exclusion” will be available for purchase from Subtext Books at the event. \nThis event will take place at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis and is presented in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW)\, which connects incarcerated individuals to arts and educational programming and fosters a creative community of writers both within and outside of prisons and correctional facilities. \nAbout the Book\nThis groundbreaking anthology of essays edited by incarcerated writers takes a sharp look at the complexity and fluidity of class and caste systems in the United States. Featuring accounts that include gig work as a delivery driver\, homelessness among trans youth\, and life with immense student loan debt\, in addition to transcripts of insightful discussions between the editors\, “American Precariat” demonstrates how various and often invisible extreme instability can be. With the understanding that widespread recognition of collective precarity is an urgent concern\, the anthology situates each individual portrait within societal structures of exclusion\, scarcity\, and criminality.  \nAbout the Editors\nZeke Caligiuri is a writer and activist from South Minneapolis. He is the author of “This is Where I Am\,” published by University of Minnesota Press. He has won multiple awards through the PEN Prison Writing Contest and is the co-founder of the Stillwater Writer’s Collective\, the first all-prisoner created and facilitated collective in the country. He is a contributor to “The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting a Writer’s Life in Prison” as well as “School\, Not Jail: How Educators Can Disrupt School Pushout and Mass Incarceration.” He is directly impacted by over two decades of incarceration and is now currently the re-entry education coordinator for the Minnesota Justice Research Center re-investing in the humanization of those still stuck within the captivity business. \nChris Fausto Cabrera is a multi-genre artist\, writer & activist recently released from incarceration after 21 years. His work has appeared in: The Colorado Review\, The Antioch Review\, Puerto del Sol\, The Woodward Review\, among others. “The Parameters of Our Cage\,” his prose epistle project with photographer Alec Soth is released through MACK books. His latest project is “American Precariat: Parables of Exclusion” where he serves as an editor\, published by Coffee House Press. Cabrera co-founded The Stillwater Writers Collective\, partnered with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. He works closely with Until We Are All Free and We Are All Criminals to bring attention to the multifaceted ways justice impacts people. \nFong Lee is a Saint-Paul-based artist and We Are All Criminal’s first Storytelling Fellow. Fong spent nearly 18 years inside Minnesota State prisons; he is a celebrated poet\, with publications through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and Asian American Writers Workshop\, a beloved painter\, and a published photographer. Fong is a restorative justice practitioner and the Storytelling Curator with The Legal Revolution. Fong and his family immigrated to the U.S. as Hmong refugees when Fong was a child\, after his family was displaced from their home in Laos. His experience and expertise with incarceration and displacement enable him to make We Are All Criminals all the more dynamic\, including strengthening the collaborations between inside and outside artistic partners. \nAbout the Moderator\nMike Alberti has been an administrator for MPWW since 2016\, when he graduated from the University of Minnesota with his MFA in Creative Writing. Mike’s fiction has been published in many venues\, and his first book\, “Some People Let You Down\,” won the 2020 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. He was born and raised in Albuquerque\, New Mexico and now lives in Minneapolis. In addition to his work with MPWW\, he teaches at Century College. \nRegistration\nThis event is free but registration is required. K-12 Educators will receive 1 clock hour upon completion of the event. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/american-precariat/
LOCATION:Capri Theater\, 2027 W Broadway\, Minneapolis\, 55411\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs
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SUMMARY:Minneapolis – Minnesota Writers Series: Tartarus
DESCRIPTION: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. Ty will be in conversation with Sun Yung Shin to reflect on the origins and themes of the collection and why he decided to take up the poetic form. \nBoth Ty and Sun Yung will be available for book signing and further conversation after the event. “Tartarus” will be available for purchase at the event through Strive Publishing and Bookstore. \nThis event is presented in partnership with The Loft Literary Center\, a haven for readers and writers\, and where both Ty and Sun Yung were recently named Lit!Commons Experts. \nAbout the Collection\nBetween three sections of Basquiat-inspired vignettes\, “Tartarus” offers the reader an unflinching look into Chapman’s emerging understanding of his relationship to Black masculinity through familial ties\, the oscillation between nihilism and hope\, and the ever present tensions felt moving through a state which sees the existence of your body as an inherent danger.  \nAbout our Guests\nTy Chapman is an author and poet based in Minnesota. He is the author of “Sarah Rising” (Beaming 2022); “Looking for Happy\,” a Minnesota Book Award finalist (Beaming 2023); “Stokes\,” written with John Coy (Lerner 2024); “James Finds the Beat” (Free Spirit 2024); and “Tartarus” (Button Poetry 2024). Ty is a 2024 Cave Canem fellow; a 2022 Center for Arts + Social Justice Fellow; a Mirrors & Windows fellow; and a Mentor Series fellow. He holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults through Vermont College of Fine Arts. \n신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin was born in Seoul\, Korea and was raised in the Chicago area. She is a poet\, writer\, and cultural worker. She is the editor of “What We Hunger For: Refugee and Immigrant Stories on Food and Family” (2021) and of “A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota\,” author of poetry collections “The Wet Hex” (winner of the Midland Authors Society Award for Poetry and finalist for a Minnesota Book Award) “Unbearable Splendor” (finalist for the 2017 PEN USA Literary Award for Poetry\, winner of the 2016 Minnesota Book Award for poetry); “Rough\, and Savage”; and “Skirt Full of Black” (winner of the 2007 Asian American Literary Award for poetry)\, co-editor of “Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption\,” and author of bilingual illustrated book for children “Cooper’s Lesson” and picture book “Where We Come From\,” co-written with Diane Wilson\, Shannon Gibney\, and John Coy. Her forthcoming picture book\, “Revolutions are Made of Love: Grace Lee Boggs and James Boggs\,” co-written with Mélina Mangal\, will be published in 2025. \nRegistration\nThis free event will be in-person at Open Book; registration is required. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/minnesota-writers-series-tartarus/
LOCATION:The Loft at Open Book\, 1011 Washington Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55415\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs
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SUMMARY:Mankato - Minnesota Writers Series: It Took Courage
DESCRIPTION: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). Dr. Lehman will discuss the moving and impactful life of Eliza Winston with the event moderator\, Stacy Wells. \nDr. Lehman will be available for book signing and conversation after the event. Be sure to show up early for the event – the first 25 attendees will receive a complimentary copy of “It Took Courage” or “Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State\,” also by Dr. Lehman and the winner of the 2020 Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota Nonfiction. \nAbout the book:\n“It Took Courage” examines the life of Eliza Winston\, an enslaved woman from Mississippi who\, in 1860\, appealed for her freedom before a judge in Minnesota and won. Previous research and considerations of Winston have examined her life and the impact of her case from other perspectives\, including the abolitionists who helped Winston petition for her freedom and then claimed more credit than they were due\, as well as white Minnesotans who reacted violently after learning the decision of the case. While these accounts have centered on the effect of Winston’s freedom on Minnesota politics\, “It Took Courage” uncovers the life of Eliza Winston\, her resilience\, and her powerful self-advocacy. Dr. Lehman’s book offers us a new account of Eliza Winston\, from the tragedies of her youth to her enslavement by the family of President Andrew Jackson\, to her journey from the American South to Minnesota and the aftermath of the trial. \nAbout the author:\nChristopher P. Lehman is a professor of ethnic studies at St. Cloud State University\, where he has been a faculty member since 2002. An historian\, Dr. Lehman’s research focuses on American popular culture\, representation of African Americans throughout U.S. history\, and the struggle of African American equality. He is the author of seven historical nonfiction books and his most recent works\, “It Took Courage” and “Slavery’s Reach” investigate the profound impact that slavery had in Minnesota and across the United States. \nAbout the moderator:\nStacy Wells is a dedicated educator and equity thought leader with experience as a leader in the public and private sectors\, K-12 teacher and administrator\, higher education faculty member\, and consultant. She is the co-founder of Love & Struggle\, LLC\, which consults with organizations to embed equity and create racially just environments\, and co-author of “WRITE on RACE to Be RIGHT on RACE Resource Journaling Guide.” Stacy is the Chief Health Equity Director-Direct Care & Treatment at the Minnesota Department of Human Services. \nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org  \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/minnesota-writers-series-it-took-courage/
LOCATION:Blue Earth County Historical Society\, 424 Warren Street\, Mankato\, MN\, 56001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Greater Minnesota,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming
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