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St. Cloud – Minnesota Writers Series: Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX

St. Cloud City Hall 1201 7th Street South, St. Cloud, MN, United States

The Minnesota Writers Series welcomes Sheri Brenden, author of "Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX" in a conversation with her sister, Peg Brenden, one of the St. Cloud student athletes behind the groundbreaking 1972 federal court case that took on the unequal system of school athletics nationwide.

Free

St. Paul – Our Ancestors Are Us: An Asian Adoptee Life Writing Workshop

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

As part of the Minnesota Humanities Center’s writing and reflection offerings, we are excited to collaborate with Jennifer Kwon Dobbs to host Our Ancestors Are Us: An Asian Adoptee Life Writing Workshop, a project funded by the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.

Free

St. Paul – Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

Are you a young person (13-19 years of age) who writes poetry or aspires to start writing poetry? Do you want to connect with other youth writers? Then join us for the Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop with Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman, and former St. Paul Youth Poet Laureate Chavah Gabrielle.

Free

Canceled Online – Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop

Online

Are you a young person (13-19 years of age) who writes poetry or aspires to start writing poetry? Do you want to connect with other youth writers? Then join us for the Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop with Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman, and former St. Paul Youth Poet Laureate, Chavah Gabrielle.

Free

St. Paul – Veterans Voices Month Celebration

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

October is Veterans Voices Month in Minnesota. Veterans and civilians are invited to gather at Minnesota Humanities Center for a dinner and poetry reading honoring the experiences of those serving the U.S. military from the margins, including women, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals, Black, and American Indian service members among others.

Free

St. Paul & Online – Minnesota Writers Series: Trauma Sponges

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

The Minnesota Writers Series welcomes Jeremy Norton, author of "Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response" for a hybrid in-person and virtual event. Norton will use excerpts from his new book, published by University of Minnesota Press, to spark conversations with his co-panelists, Jeanelle Austin from the George Floyd Global Memorial, and attorney and police-reform activist Abigail Cerra.

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St. Paul & Online – Minnesota Writers Series: A Council of Dolls

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

The Minnesota Writers Series begins 2024 by welcoming Mona Susan Power, author of “A Council of Dolls” (Mariner Books, 2023). The acclaimed author will read excerpts from her recently published book, which will inspire conversation with the event moderator, Sheila O’Connor.

Free

Online – Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series

Online

In this three-part discussion series, we will consider how gender and sexuality are refracted, or how their meaning and social expression are changing and moving as we think through the topics of transgender rights, book bans, and masculinity. This session of Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series will examine the controversy over sexuality and book bans, and what can be done to continue the freedom to read.

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Online – Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series

Online

In this three-part discussion series, we will consider how gender and sexuality are refracted, or how their meaning and social expression are changing and moving as we think through the topics of transgender rights, book bans, and masculinity. This session of Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series will examine issues related to gender and sexuality continue to be paramount in many areas, including politics, law, health care, parenting, identity, and social justice.

Free

Online – Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series

Online

In this three-part discussion series, we will consider how gender and sexuality are refracted, or how their meaning and social expression are changing and moving as we think through the topics of transgender rights, book bans, and masculinity. This session of Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series, will seek to pull apart the term toxic masculinity and look instead at detoxing masculinity.

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Minneapolis – Minnesota Writers Series: American Precariat

Capri Theater 2027 W Broadway, Minneapolis, United States

Join us for the March 2024 edition of the Minnesota Writers Series as we welcome Zeke Caligiuri, Chris Fausto, and Fong Lee, three editors of the anthology “American Precariat: Parables of Exclusion,” published by Coffee House Press.