Ready to think about politics again? We've got just the event for you. Thursday night, Jeff Blodgett--who has steered the Minnesota campaigns of Paul Wellstone, Barack Obama, and Amy Klobuchar--will be in the store with his new book Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way. He'll also be giving his analysis of this month's elections--and where … Continue reading Nuts and Bolts
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Up and Coming and in Minneapolis
This just in from Publishers Weekly: "Vietnamese-Australian writer Nam Le is the second winner of the biannual Dylan Thomas Book Prize, which awards £60,000 ($100,000) to a writer under 30 and working in English." (The full report is here.) Le won for his book The Boat, whose seven short stories travel the globe almost as … Continue reading Up and Coming and in Minneapolis
Book and a Beer Chaser
The next meeting of the Twin Cities' most unusual and interesting book club is Tuesday, November 11. Books & Bars meets at Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake Street, in Minneapolis. Doors open at 6:00pm; the discussion begins at 7:00pm.November's book is The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Michael Chabon's novel about a fanciful Jewish community in Alaska … Continue reading Book and a Beer Chaser
Musings from Magers and Quinn 