NPR's Michele Norris returns to her hometown to discuss The Grace of Silence: On Matters of Race and the Consequence of Silence--7:30pm, Friday, October 1, at the Cowles Auditorium, in the Hubert Humphrey Institute, on the University of Minnesota campus.In the wake of talk of a “postracial” America upon Barack Obama’s ascension as president of … Continue reading Coming Home to Minneapolis
Young at Heart
Magers & Quinn Booksellers is pleased to host the launch party for one of the first books from Carolrhoda Lab--The Absolute Value of -1 by St Paul's Steve Brezenoff.Noah, Lily, and Simon have been a trio forever. But as they enter high school, their relationships shift and their world starts to fall apart. Privately, each … Continue reading Young at Heart
Tuesday Trifecta
Three Dan Brown impersonators visited Magers & Quinn Booksellers today. OK, they're actually Jonathan Franzen, Gary Shteyngart, and Per Petterson. They stopped by today to sign copies of their new books--respectively, Freedom, Super Sad True Love Story, and I Curse the River of Time. All three were in town for various events, so we thought … Continue reading Tuesday Trifecta
Musings from Magers and Quinn 