Tag: Reading
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James Lenfestey: Coyote and the Thunderbird
FREE EVENT! ‘Coyote and the Thunderbird: New Tales for the Book of Coyote’, wild and wily ”contemporary mythology at its best,” inspired especially by the long tradition of Native trickster storytelling plus the lively Coyote images of the contemporary California Maidu artist Harry Fonseca. Preface by Lewis Hyde, author of ‘Trickster makes this world’. Books…
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Jules’ Poetry Playhouse Back Porch Reading
Doors open 6:30 pm – complimentary pizza, wine, refreshments Reading starts aprx 7 pm followed by audience conversation $12 per ticket – audience limit is 15 VIP seats on our Back Porch. This performance will be outside under our covered patio. In case of inclement weather, we will be inside. Books by the authors will be…
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Jules’ Poetry Playhouse
FREE EVENT! American School of Storytelling is proud to host the founders of New Mexico’s Jules’ Poetry Playhouse– Jules Nyquist and John Roche, joined by special guest Roslye Ultan. Don’t miss this magical afternoon of poetry and stories. Award winning books will be available for purchase. Jules Poetry Playhouse Authors: Jules Nyquist is…
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Greg Watson “The Shape of Your Absence”
Greg Watson’s The Shape of Your Absence is a poignant exploration of love, loss, and the echoes that linger after departure. With quiet precision and emotional clarity, Watson transforms absence into a living presence—something that shapes, rather than empties, the heart. These poems remind us that what is gone still breathes within what remains. “The Shape…
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ICE OUT Reading
ICE OUT: Minnesota Writers Rising Up is a powerful anthology of poetry and prose responding to the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota—and to the human cost of policies that blur the line between law enforcement and occupation. Written in real time by Minnesota writers, poets, immigrants, activists, and witnesses, these pieces…
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Saint Paul Almanac Reading Series: Illumination
This Solstice reading features Alyssa Berry, Stephani Maari Booker, Mary Christine Kane, Evelyn Klein, Thomas Strong, Beth Voigt, Pamela Wynn, and James Zimmerman. Ann Regan, retired editor in chief, Minnesota Historical Society Press says, “Illumination is an invitation to empathy, a gift to community, a challenge, and a balm. With this fourteenth edition of the…
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Agates Poetry Reading
The Founder, Loren Niemi, is part of this Agates Reading organized by the League of MN Poets at the newly relocated and expanded Eat My Words bookstore. He’ll read his poem in this year’s publication and a few others, including some December 7th Pearl Harbor material.
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Dougie Padilla’s 40 feet down
Selected one of 2025’s best books of poetry by The Latinx Project at New York University Dougie Padialla’s 40 feet down centers around the natural world and Padilla’s coonhound, painting and the art world, sports, writing, love, climate change, the nastiness of contemporary politics, aging, and living a life centered on the spiritual. Poet bio:…
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Richard Vargas Poetry Reading
FREE EVENT! Richard Vargas Poetry Reading will be reading from his collection of poems inspired by people and places in Rockford, IL., titled ‘The Screw City Poems’. Poetry, creative non-fiction, and fiction depicting life in a small mid-western town during the 1990s from an outsider’s point of view. Published July 2025 by Roadside Press. Check…
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Scott Vetsch
FREE EVENT! One of the Twin Cities great narrative poets and a co-founder of the Bosso Poetry Company, Scott Vetsch- joined by Michael “Spam” Hall and Lonesome Dan Kaseon- on our stage celebrating his new book Tilt-A-Whirl and a few other things besides. Come for the words, stay for the fun!! NOTE: Starting on March…