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Tyler Barton
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Notable Twin Cities: 9/4–9/10
Sunday 9/4: Magers and Quinn hosts poet Holly J. Hughes and memoirist BJ Hollars for a literary reading centered around extinct birds. Seriously. Their work forecasts climate change and its effect on all species. 5 p.m., free. Monday 9/5: Button…
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Notable Twin Cities: 8/28–9/3
Sunday 8/28: Spend your afternoon at the Highland Park Library in St. Paul to hear poetry performances by Marjorie Saiser, James Cihlar, and William Reichard. 1:30 p.m., free. Wednesday 8/31: A collaboration between Dreamhaven Books and Science Fiction Minnesota, the…
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Notable Twin Cities: 8/21–8/27
Wednesday 8/24: Want to bookend your summer with some craft beer and the science of marketing? Join the authors of The Physics of Brand at Surly Brewing Co for Beer, Books & Brands, a release party presented by Magers and…
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Notable Twin Cities: 8/14–8/20
Sunday 8/14: Celebrate the release of All We Can Hold (Sage Hill Press), an anthology of poems about motherhood. This evening reading at Magers and Quinn will include short performances by Tyler Davis, Kristin Laurel, Freya Manfred, Eva Olsgard, Margaret…
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Notable Twin Cities: 7/31–8/6
Sunday 7/31: The 24th annual Diversicon, a multicultural speculative fiction convention, wraps up Sunday with readings by Jessica Amanda Salmonson and Naomi Kritzer. Best Western Plus Bandana Square. 12 p.m., free. Monday 8/1: Wenonah Hauter reads and answers questions about…
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Notable Twin Cities: 7/24–7/30
Tuesday 7/26: Don’t miss 2014 Minnesota Book Award winner, Sean Hill, reading new work at Augsburg College. The reading takes place on campus, in the Foss Center chapel. 7 p.m., free. Wednesday 7/27: Rain Taxi presents Salman Rushdie reading from…
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Notable Twin Cities: 7/17–7/23
Sunday 7/17: Hear former Minnesota governor, wrestler, actor and now author Jesse Ventura read from his blunt, comedic new book, Sh*t Politicians Say: The Funniest, Dumbest, Most Outrageous Things Ever Uttered By Our “Leaders”. Barnes and Noble, St. Paul. 2 p.m., free.…
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Notable Twin Cities: 7/10–7/16
Monday 7/11: What is the ‘war on science’? Find out at the release reading for Shawn Otto’s newest book, The War on Science: Who’s Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It (Milkweed Editions). Family Means, 7…
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Notable Twin Cities: 7/3–7/9
Sunday 7/3: A twenty-minute drive from St. Paul, Chapter 2 Books hosts J. Ryan Stradal, who’ll be answering questions and signing copies of his bestselling debut novel, Kitchens of the Great Midwest. 12 p.m., free. Wednesday 7/6: Hear Krista Tippett,…
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Notable Twin Cities: 6/26–7/2
Sunday 6/26: Enjoy the afternoon in the suburbs with a reading by painter Marley Kaul, whose newest book pairs 77 egg-tempura paintings with letters to his granddaughter. Valley Bookseller in Stillwater presents Letters to Isabella: Paintings by Marley Kaul from…