Due to COVID-19, the library has cancelled all events through April 30th. We are hoping to reschedule this event for fall if things calm down. Instructors: Melissa Olson and Ryan Dawes Description: Melissa and Ryan will walk through the interview process with students interviewing each other. We will explore how to use recording gear, including...
In this More Than a Single Story conversation, we will engage with Haitian authors Beaudelaine Pierre, Gabrielle Civil, Valerie Deus, Marie Cerat and Jaira Placide on the themes in Pierre’s new book “You May Have the Suitcase Now,” a collection of essays that explores home and exile, and all that we carry with us in...
After the uprisings for George Floyd and Daunte Wright, sharing knowledge inter-generationally is more important than ever. Join us for monthly conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s Black literary history. On Wednesday, Oct. 20, Alanna Morris-Van Tassel will join Arleta Little and...
In the Cento form, lines from different sources stand next to each other to create new narratives. This exercise encourages participants to focus closely on their favorite lines from various poems and helps them understand how the individual parts relate to the whole. In this workshop, we will work with multiple poems to create our...
