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A flurry of announcements about the Minnesota Book Award
It's January, and you know what that means: The Minnesota Book Awards gala event is getting close, with a steady stream of announcements and auxiliary awards leading up to it. The Book Artist award was announced last month, Wendy Fernstrum. (An exhibit of her work will open at Open Book on Feb. 19.) The Kay Sexton Award will be...
Brenda Child's new book wins Jon Gjerde Prize
Brenda J. Child's 2014 memoir, "My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation," has won the 2015 Jon Gjerde Prize, sponsored by the Midwest History Association. Child will receive the award on Oct. 8 at the annual meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul. Her book is the story...
