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			1	2 Sean Patrick Hill at Magers & Quinn Sean Patrick Hill at Magers & Quinn Sean Patrick Hill at Magers & Quinn P.J. Stories at Coffee Grounds Coffee Shop P.J. Stories at Coffee Grounds Coffee Shop May 2, 2013 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM P.J Stories is a story time just like a peanut butter sandwich – a story on both sides and lots of fun squished in-between. Stories are targeted toward elementary school children. Sarah Stonich at Common Good Books Sarah Stonich at Common Good Books May 2, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Sarah Stonich reads from her latest novel, Vacationland. From the best-selling author of These Granite Islands, a novel of stories intersecting at a broken-down fishing resort in the north woods of Minnesota On… Andrea Pitzer at Magers & Quinn Andrea Pitzer at Magers & Quinn May 2, 2013 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Andrea Pitzer reads from The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov A startling and revelatory examination of Nabokov’s life and works—notably Pale Fire and Lolita—bringing new insight into one of the twentieth…	3 Andrea Pitzer at Magers & Quinn The Loft Mentor Series Reading: Susan Power The Loft Mentor Series Reading: Susan Power May 3, 2013 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM The 2012-2013 Loft Mentor Series in Poetry and Creative Prose presents fiction mentor Susan Power reading along with program participants Romelle Adkins (fiction) and Andy Bennett (nonfiction). Romelle Adkins was born…	4
5 The Loft Mentor Series Reading: Susan Power Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers at Magers & Quinn Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers at Magers & Quinn May 5, 2013 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers Reunion Reading featuring Kathryn Kysar, Heid Erdrich, Sheila O’Connor, Taiyon Coleman, Ka Vang, Shannon Olson, and Sun Yung Shin. With honesty and extraordinary self-knowledge,…	6 Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers at Magers & Quinn Soap Boxing: Grand Slam at The Artist’s Quarter Soap Boxing: Grand Slam at The Artist’s Quarter May 6, 2013 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM The Soap Boxing poetry slam will present its Grand Slam, hosted by Sierra Demulder. Doors open at 7pm. 18+. Tickets are $10 ($7 with a student ID). For more information, click…	7 Soap Boxing: Grand Slam at The Artist’s Quarter Soap Boxing: Grand Slam at The Artist’s Quarter Soap Boxing: Grand Slam at The Artist’s Quarter Ethan Rutherford at Micawber’s Books Ethan Rutherford at Micawber’s Books May 7, 2013 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Micawber’s Books is thrilled to be kicking off Ethan Rutherford’s tour for The Peripatetic Coffin. Matt Burgess (Dogfight, a Love Story) will be opening. About the book: Alternately funny, menacing, and deeply… Jess Walter at Magers & Quinn Jess Walter at Magers & Quinn May 7, 2013 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Jess Walter reads from Beautiful Ruins The acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poets returns with his funniest, most romantic, and most purely enjoyable novel… Story Slam: Game at Kieran’s Story Slam: Game at Kieran’s May 7, 2013 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM May Theme: Game 7:30 sign-up/8:00 show RULES: Anybody can sign-up to tell a tale FACT OR FICTION (but with original words by the storyteller) as it relates to the theme of the evening. We…	8 Story Slam: Game at Kieran’s Story Slam: Game at Kieran’s Story Slam: Game at Kieran’s Two Chairs Telling at Bryant Lake Bowl Two Chairs Telling at Bryant Lake Bowl May 8, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Paired storytellers, poets, musicians and more. May 8: Linda Gorham & Maggie Ryan Sandford Linda Gorham is a Chicago-based African American storyteller specializing in reinterpretation of tradition. Maggie Ryan Sandford is a… Club Book with John Sandford Club Book with John Sandford May 8, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM John Sandford is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and fiction writer, and author of the bestselling Virgil Flowers and Prey series. A prolific writer of both fiction and journalism, he received… Literary Death Match Twin Cities, Episode 9 Literary Death Match Twin Cities, Episode 9 May 8, 2013 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Literary Death Match, starring Ed Bok Lee, Robyne Robinson, Lorna Landvik, Jay Gabler, Sally Franson, Christy Marie Kent, Allegra Lingo Order tickets via Eventbrite: http://ldmtwincities9-efbevent.eventbrite.com/ BONUS: If you preorder, we’ll send you a…	9 Literary Death Match Twin Cities, Episode 9 Literary Death Match Twin Cities, Episode 9 MPR’s Kerri Miller with Temple Grandin at The Fitzgerald MPR’s Kerri Miller with Temple Grandin at The Fitzgerald May 9, 2013 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM WHAT: Kerri Miller, host of The Daily Circuit on Minnesota Public Radio News, will interview Temple Grandin, best-selling author, autism activist and animal behaviorist, about her new book on the latest science… dislocate Issue 9 Launch Party dislocate Issue 9 Launch Party May 9, 2013 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM dislocate your borders An Issue 9 Launch Event ATLAS OF THE MIDWEST is coming! Join us for readings, art, and free issues! with special guests Ed Bok Lee John Colburn Wing Young Huie Jolene Brink Patrick Nathan John Flynn and…	10	11 dislocate Issue 9 Launch Party Confess by Revolver Confess by Revolver May 11, 2013 8:00 PM – 11:55 PM Every story is a confession. Revolver’s next event, CONFESS, explores storytelling through the act of confession. Also, lots of drinking/dancing/epic partying. Here’s what’s going on: - The premier of WE ARE ALL CRIMINALS,…
12 Confess by Revolver Trebor Healey at Magers & Quinn Trebor Healey at Magers & Quinn May 12, 2013 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Quatrefoil Library presents Trebor Healey reading from A Horse Named Sorrow. Award-winning novelist Trebor Healey depicts San Francisco in the 1980s and ’90s in poetic prose that is both ribald…	13	14 Trebor Healey at Magers & Quinn Trebor Healey at Magers & Quinn Trebor Healey at Magers & Quinn MN Publishing Tweet Up MN Publishing Tweet Up May 14, 2013 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Hopefully May flowers, and less Spring showers, but there’s always a good time at the Chatterbox. Let’s start the busy spring season together, celebrating the end of the winter and… Books & Bars at Bryant Lake Bowl Books & Bars at Bryant Lake Bowl May 14, 2013 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM The Books & Bars book club will discuss Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple. For more information, click here. Word Ninjas Open Mic at Kieran’s Word Ninjas Open Mic at Kieran’s May 14, 2013 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Word Ninjas (est. September 2008) is the Rockstar Storytellers monthly open mic night, taking place the second Tuesday of every month at Kieran’s Irish Pub in downtown Minneapolis. Sign-up begins at…	15 Word Ninjas Open Mic at Kieran’s Jerry Apps at Magers & Quinn Jerry Apps at Magers & Quinn May 15, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Jerry Apps presents Limping Through Life: A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir “Families throughout the United States lived in fear of polio throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, and now the…	16 Jerry Apps at Magers & Quinn Jerry Apps at Magers & Quinn Ethan Rutherford at Barnes & Noble – Edina Ethan Rutherford at Barnes & Noble – Edina May 16, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Author Event Meet one of the Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers! This reading, discussion and signing event will include author Benjamin Percy, Red Moon, as well, at the Barnes &… Pen Pals with Armistead Maupin Pen Pals with Armistead Maupin May 16, 2013 7:30 PM – May 17, 2013 9:00 PM Pen Pals with Armistead Maupin (A ticketed series benefiting the Friends of HCL) Click here for the Pen Pals page Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1944 but grew up…	17 Pen Pals with Armistead Maupin Pen Pals with Armistead Maupin Pen Pals with Armistead Maupin Pen Pals with Armistead Maupin May 16, 2013 7:30 PM – May 17, 2013 9:00 PM Pen Pals with Armistead Maupin (A ticketed series benefiting the Friends of HCL) Click here for the Pen Pals page Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1944 but grew up… Book Arts Roundtable: Quinn McDonald Book Arts Roundtable: Quinn McDonald May 17, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Book Arts Roundtables Spring / Summer 2013 Minnesota Center for Book Arts is a hub of creativity where interesting, passionate, and knowledgeable people like you learn, share ideas, and get inspired. Join…	18 Book Arts Roundtable: Quinn McDonald Book Arts Roundtable: Quinn McDonald Children’s and YA Literature Conference at The Loft Children’s and YA Literature Conference at The Loft May 18, 2013 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Children’s and Young Adult authors David Small, Sarah Stewart, Donna Bray, and William Alexander will participate in a 2-day conference discussing Children’s and YA literature and craft. Registration is required. For… Overcome Your Writing Resistance with Rosanne Bane Overcome Your Writing Resistance with Rosanne Bane May 18, 2013 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM If you’ve ever wondered why it’s so hard to write sometimes or if you want to write more – more often, more freely or more effectively – you need to understand…
19 Overcome Your Writing Resistance with Rosanne Bane Children’s and YA Literature Conference at The Loft Children’s and YA Literature Conference at The Loft May 19, 2013 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Children’s and Young Adult authors David Small, Sarah Stewart, Donna Bray, and William Alexander will participate in a 2-day conference discussing Children’s and YA literature and craft. Registration is required. For…	20	21 Children’s and YA Literature Conference at The Loft Fierce Mosquito at Common Good Books Fierce Mosquito at Common Good Books May 21, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM “Fierce Mosquito (Small But Persistent Prose)” presents fiction and nonfiction stories, written and read by local writers who are also filmmakers, performers, journalists, chefs, and entrepreneurs. John Cosgrove grew up in…	22 Fierce Mosquito at Common Good Books Fierce Mosquito at Common Good Books Silaat Showcase at St. Paul Almanac’s Reading Series Silaat Showcase at St. Paul Almanac’s Reading Series May 22, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM May 22 \| 7 p.m. \| Black Dog Café \| FREE 308 E. Prince St., St. Paul 55101 Mizna, the Twin Cities’ own nationally-recognized Arab literary arts organization, brings a diverse group… Writer’s Night Out (+32.4) at Harriet Brewing Writer’s Night Out (+32.4) at Harriet Brewing May 22, 2013 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Greetings Msp writers! Join your fellow scribblers for a drink at Harriett Brewing’s back patio. Complain about deadlines! Commiserate about editing! Commune over assignments! Share your hopes and dreams! Then…	23	24 Writer’s Night Out (+32.4) at Harriet Brewing B.J. Best at Magers & Quinn B.J. Best at Magers & Quinn May 24, 2013 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM B.J. Best reads from But Our Princess Is in Another Castle The color, noise, and often cryptic images of classic video games set the prose poems in B.J. Best’s But Our…	25
26	27	28 B.J. Best at Magers & Quinn B.J. Best at Magers & Quinn Books & Bars at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Books & Bars at Amsterdam Bar & Hall May 28, 2013 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM The Books & Bars book club will discuss Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple. For more information, click here. Folktales Rising at The Book House Folktales Rising at The Book House May 28, 2013 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Interested in telling folktales? Interested in listening to them? Join us at The Book House in Minneapolis legendary Dinkytown for an evening of telling and listening to stories that have…	29 Folktales Rising at The Book House Club Book with Benjamin Percy Club Book with Benjamin Percy May 29, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Club Book with Benjamin Percy Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 7 PM Southdale Library, 7001 York Ave. S., Edina Hosted by Hennepin County Library Benjamin Percy is a fiction author and essayist whose work appears…	30 Club Book with Benjamin Percy Club Book with Benjamin Percy Ethan Rutherford and Matt Rasmussen at The Loft Ethan Rutherford and Matt Rasmussen at The Loft May 30, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Publication Celebration with Ethan Rutherford and Matt Rasmussen Help us celebrate two incredible first-time published authors and recent award winners. Ethan Rutherford’s stories have appeared in Ploughshares, One Story, American Short Fiction, andThe Best American Short… Kate Hallett Dayton at Magers & Quinn Kate Hallett Dayton at Magers & Quinn May 30, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM An evening of poetry with Kate Hallett Dayton and Pat Barone Kate Hallett Dayton is the author of Salt Heart (Nodin Press, 2013). In 2004 Pudding House Publications released the chapbook,Missing.…	31 Kate Hallett Dayton at Magers & Quinn Sean Patrick Hill at Magers & Quinn Sean Patrick Hill at Magers & Quinn May 31, 2013 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Sean Patrick Hill reads from Hibernaculum Sean Patrick Hill will be reading from his new chapbook, Hibernaculum, published by the University of Alabama’s Slash Pine Press. A graduate student in the Warren Wilson…