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  • Notable Twin Cities: 6/24-6/30

    Notable Twin Cities: 6/24-6/30

    Literary events in and around the Twin Cities this week!

  • Notable Twin Cities: 6/11-6/17

    Monday 6/12: Dani Shapiro will present her new memoir, Hourglass. Magers & Quinn, 7 p.m., free. Tuesday 6/13: Check out the June Books & Bars! It’s a live performance and discussion centering around a monthly book, plus beer, and this month’s book is Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler. Indeed Brewing Company, 5:30…

  • Notable Twin Cities: 3/19–3/25

    Sunday 3/19: Start your week right at Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church (right around the corner from Birchbark Books) with debut Anishinaabe novelists Marcie Rendon and Carter Meland. They’ll read from their work, with a reception and signing to follow. 7…

  • Notable Twin Cities: 2/26–3/4

    Sunday 2/26: Writer, teacher, and artist Wendy Brown-Baez will read with special guests at the Banfill Locke Center for the Arts. 2 p.m., free. Monday 2/27: Poet Kao Kaila Yang will feature for the Club Book reading series at Rum…

  • The Rumpus Interview with Dessa

    The Rumpus Interview with Dessa

    There are some important strands of humanity that I think do unite us, and I think stories are a powerful way of showcasing those universals or those commonalities.

  • The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

    Someone bought Agatha Christie’s old “battered” trunk for a hundred quid at auction, and in it, she found some  jewels, most likely from the great mystery writer’s infamous collection. (via Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind) Someone made a font out of Franz…