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See who won at the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards. Written By: News Tribune | × Bookstore Zenith Bookstore, 318 N. Central Ave., offers these book clubs. Call 218-606-1777 or go to zenithbookstore.com. Poetry Book Club meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 12 to discuss Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky. Email [email protected] to register. Queering Pleasure group meets at 5:30 p.m. May 19 to discuss Kink edited by R. O. Kwon. Email [email protected] and type queering pleasure in the subject line. to register. Chapter & Verse group meets at 6:30 p.m. May 20 to discuss Some Places More Than Others by Renee Watson and Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by Meg Medina. Email [email protected] and type Chapter & Verse in the subject line to register. ....
Owls and Sharks lead the list of Minnesota Book Award winners Authors Jonathan C. Slaght and Kawai Strong Washburn were among those honored in a virtual celebration. April 29, 2021 8:01pm Text size Copy shortlink: The Minnesota Book Awards honored writers both established and emerging Thursday night in their second consecutive virtual awards ceremony. Here s the full list of winners: Novel & short story: Sharks in the Time of Saviors, by Washburn (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Seven-year-old Noa falls overboard and is carefully, tenderly returned to the boat by sharks. Washburn s story is about a working-class Hawaiian family touched by the gods. General nonfiction: Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World s Largest Owl, by Slaght (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). The author spent five winters in far eastern Russia, tracking, banding and studying the rare Blakiston ....