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SUMMARY:Writer to Writer: A conversation between Mary Moore Easter and Christopher P. Lehman
DESCRIPTION:*This is a virtual event* \nRegister Here \nPanelist Bios: \nMary Moore Easter is the author of a memoir The Way She Wants to Get There and four books of poetry including Free Papers\, inspired by the testimony of Eliza Winston. She was the Founder and Director of Carleton College’s dance program. In 2022\, Carleton College named their new studios in the Weitz Center for Creativity to honor her legacy: the Mary Easter Dance Studios. Now emerita professor\, she continues in her performance and written works the overlap of movement\, words and song sourced from African American culture. \nChristopher P. Lehman is a professor in the Department of Social Sciences at St. Cloud State University. He is the 2023 winner of the Minnesota Humanities Center’s Ruth Riester Award and the 2020 winner of the Minnesota Book Award in the Minnesota Nonfiction category for his book Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State. He has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. His latest book is It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/writer-to-writer-a-conversation-between-mary-moore-easter-and-christopher-p-lehman/
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SUMMARY:Embracing Our Roots: Rooted and Rising with Dr. Haki Madhubuti and Chaun Webber
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Haki Madhubuti and Chaun Webster in a conversation about self-determination in Black writing\, publishing and distribution. Elder Madhubuti a widely published author and poet\, and is the founder of Third World Press\, the oldest Black Publishing house in the world. Chaun Webster is also a widely published poet and graphic artist. This event continues a series of intergenerational discussions between African American creatives and is co-sponsored by More Than a Single Story\, The Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life\, the In Black Ink publishing arts initiative\, Givens Foundation For African American Literature\, and University of Minnesota MFA Program in Creative Writing Program with funds from the Edelstein-Keller Endowment. \nThis is an in-person event at the following address: \nElmer L. Andersen Library  \nGivens Conference Suite 120  \n222 21st Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55455 \nPlease Register here: Click Here \n  \nPanelist Bios: \nHaki R. Madhubuti is an award winning poet\, author\, and educator. Widely regarded as one of the architects of the Black Arts Movement (BAM)\, he is the founder and publisher of Chicago’s Third World Press\, the oldest independent Black book publishing company in the world (1967).  Madhubuti holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He has authored more than 37 books and has been awarded five Honorary degrees. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Chicago State University where he founded and directed the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing. His poetry and teaching have been recognized by numerous awards\, most recently the “Living in her Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award” given by the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in recognition of his lifetime of service and exemplary art activism.    \nChaun Webster is a poet and graphic designer living in Minneapolis whose work is attempting to put pressure on the spatial and temporal limitations of writing\, of the english language\, as a way to demonstrate its incapacity for describing blackness outside of a regime of death and dying. Webster’s books include\, Gentry!fication: or the scene of the crime (Noemi Press\, 2018)\, and Wail Song: wading in the water at the end of the world\, (Black Ocean Press\, 2023).  Both books were awarded the Minnesota Book Award for Poetry.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/embracing-our-roots-rooted-and-rising-with-dr-haki-madhubuti-and-chaun-webber/
LOCATION:Elmer L. Andersen Library\, 222 21st Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:Embracing Our Roots
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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:More Than a Single Story is excited to be bringing Jason Reynolds\, #1 bestselling children’s and Young Adult author and MacArthur Genius\, to the Twin Cities for a stimulating conversation with our own Shannon Gibney and two 15-year-old readers\, Boisey Corvah and Asher Parks. Minneapolis Poet Laureate\, Junauda Petrus will open with a poem. \nReynolds has written over 20 books that depict the rich inner lives of children of color and offer profound moments of human connection. Beyond the page\, he is a dynamic champion of storytelling who inspires reluctant readers and the adults who teach and care for them. \n\nIn order to ensure that the event is accessible to educators and their students\, it will be in the afternoon.\n\nThursday\, May 8\, 2025\, 1-3 pm\nGuthrie Theater Wurtele Stage\n\nThe event is free and open to the public. All are invited but you will need to register. ASL interpreters available upon request.\nRegister Here: Click Here \n\nMany thanks to the MN Humanities Center for their sponsorship\, and Hennepin County Library for partnering with us. We couldn’t have done it without you.\nWho Should Attend?\n\n\nWriters and readers of all ages and communities\nSchool groups\, after school groups\, and other interested groups\nParents and adults who want to hang out with a young person for an afternoon\n\nAll other interested persons\n\n\nRegistration Tips\nThe Guthrie Theater is taking registrations for this event.\n\nIf you want to register your group\, click on the registration link\, scroll down to Student Groups and fill out the form provided\n\nIf you want to register as an individual\, click Register\, then click Select. Then select your seats from the highlighted sections\, Orchestra Center or Orchestra Left.\n\nIf you have special needs\, call or email the Guthrie Box Office\n\nBox office hrs Tues-Fri 1-8pm\, Sat-Sun 10am-8pm\n612.377.2224 or 1.877.447.8243 (toll-free)\nEmail: boxoffice@guthrietheater
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/an-afternoon-with-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:Guthrie Theatre\, 818 South 2nd Street\, Minneapolis\, 55415\, United States
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SUMMARY:Songs For Our Fathers: Fathers Shaping the World
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nFathers shape the world. Through their love\, labor\, lessons and sometimes through their absence\, they leave a legacy that lives on in us. Join More Than a Single Story and The Friends of the Saint Paul Library for a series of 2 panels that aim to bridge cultural\, racial\, and generational divides as single fathers\, married fathers\, stepfathers\, and grandfathers gather to explore the songs and silences passed down by our fathers\, and the stories we’re crafting now as we raise\, support\, and stand beside the next generation. \nCo-Moderators: Suleiman Adan and Ben Weaver. \nTo Register Click Here \nPanelist Bios: \nImam Makram El-Amin is a respected religious and civic leader whose work for over two decades has centered on human dignity and community uplift. He leads Masjid An-Nur in Minneapolis and Al Maa’uun Community Outreach Services\, addressing food insecurity\, housing\, career support\, and mentorship. A student of Imam W. Deen Mohammed\, his balanced approach to Islam has led to global interfaith work including meetings with Pope John Paul II\, the Dalai Lama\, and Bishop Desmond Tutu. He served as advisor to Keith Ellison and was once called the “congressman’s imam” by The New York Times. Imam El-Amin has lectured internationally\, served as a police chaplain\, and currently chairs the Urban League Twin Cities. He earned his MDiv from Bayan Islamic Graduate School and is pursuing a Doctorate in Leadership there. He is married to Sharon\, and together they have three children and three grandsons. \nLars Kommienezuspadt is an internationally recognized photographer\, videographer\, and illustrator. For over a decade\, he has documented times of social crisis. His work has captured pivotal moments such as the killing of Philando Castile and George Floyd in Minneapolis\, the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock\, and the ongoing Palestine movement during the ongoing genocide in Gaza. \nLong Vang is a father of three sons and has worked in the Human Services Field for more than 25 years. He has worked with front-line staff\, case managers\, mental health practitioner and upper management as well as Executive Director. He is currently with Oyate Hotanin (One People). As one of the co-designers for the Repair Circle Process. Oyate Hotanin is looking for alternatives to incarceration and system reform to improve lives and communities. He also pioneered and developed one of the first aftercare programs for youth and families for the Hmong community in the early 1990’s when families were struggling with adjudicated youth in Minnesota. As a member of the Hmong community\, Vang mentors young adults finding their career journey and serves his civic duties to inform and educate families struggling to navigate our currently broken system. \nJosh Tecumseh Wabaunsee is a lighting designer/director\, and is currently the Lighting Supervisor at Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota.  He is an enrolled member of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi and currently live in Annandale\, MN. He is father to three children: One biological\, Forest Tecumseh\, 18\, and two step children\, Maddie\, 23 and Abhram\, 21. Abhram was adopted from Ethiopia.  He and Forests mother divorced when he was 3. She had the majority of parenting time initially\, but Forest has been living with Josh full time since he was in 6th grade. \nModerater Bios: \nSuleiman Adan is a writer\, poet\, and writing teacher whose work has been published in the anthology We are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World. In addition to his creative pursuits\, Suleiman is a dedicated systems builder\, community advocate\, and DEI trainer with over a decade of experience empowering teams and building capacity through grassroots trainings and organizing efforts. Passionate about youth education\, he has operated a free tutoring company focused on increasing literacy and proficiency in BIPOC youth\, while also serving on Education and Arts boards. As an experienced project manager and fundraiser\, Suleiman has led diverse global initiatives across sectors. A skilled trainer\, he has mobilized volunteers in 8 countries for social justice causes and facilitates critical dialogues on diversity\, equity and inclusion. Suleiman currently serves as the Deputy Executive Director at CAIR MN\, the nations largest civil rights organization. \nBen Weaver is a father\, caregiver\, songwriter\, poet and hide tanner\, who travels by bicycle. He uses music and poetry to strengthen relationships and culture between human and non-human entities. He has released nine studio albums of music and five books of poetry. Given the choice he will side with the animals\, lakes\, rivers and trees. Relationship is the repair.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/songs-for-our-fathers-fathers-shaping-the-world/
LOCATION:Rondo Community Library\, 461 Dale St N\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55103\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Songs For Our Fathers: The Glory That is Fatherhood
DESCRIPTION:  \nFathers shape the world. Through their love\, labor\, lessons and sometimes through their absence\, they leave a legacy that lives on in us. Join More Than a Single Story and The Friends of the Saint Paul Library for a series of 2 panels that aim to bridge cultural\, racial\, and generational divides as single fathers\, married fathers\, stepfathers\, and grandfathers gather to explore the songs and silences passed down by our fathers\, and the stories we’re crafting now as we raise\, support\, and stand beside the next generation. \nCo-Moderators: Ben Weaver and Suleiman Adan. \nTo Register Click Here \nPanelist Bios \nAlexei Moon Casselle\, known on stage as Crescent Moon\, is a father\, educator\, and artist who first discovered the power of words at age 12—thanks to a teacher who turned classroom outbursts into creative writing assignments. By 15\, he was writing rap lyrics and performing at South High School\, launching a music career rooted in Hip Hop that remains at the core of his work. As a former member of the group Oddjobs and current member of Kill The Vultures\, he has toured internationally and shared stages with artists like Snoop Dogg\, Shock G of Digital Underground\, and De la Soul. Over the years\, his creative expression has expanded to include Folk/Americana\, Spoken Word\, and experimental music that resists easy categorization. Alexei is the proud father of a teenage daughter\, and together they write and perform as the duo DoubleDragon. His journey as a parent deeply shapes both his songwriting and his work as a secondary educator\, where he helps amplify young voices. \nNick Metcalf is Sicangu Oyate – Burnt Thigh People – Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Nick has lived in the Twin Cities for 30 years where they’ve made a life filled with lots of friends\, family\, and community. Nick is a proud Parent and Grandparent. Nick is a Poet and Writer. Nick participated in the Loft’s 2024 year-long Poetry Apprenticeship with Heid E. Erdrich. Abdirahman (Abdi) Mukhtar is passionate about the health of the young people in his community. A leader\, coach for numerous sports teams\, mentor\, and passionate youth worker over two decades\, he is widely known on the West Bank of Minneapolis and in the Somali American community in Minnesota for his community work. He founded Daryeel (the Somali word for “care”) Youth to be a non-judging beacon of light for young people in the throes of active addiction. He welcomes all to his Friday night gatherings\, where he supplies food\, clean clothing\, personal hygiene products\, a first aid kit with Narcan\, and dressing for wounds. His compassion has earned him the trust of his community\, especially parents who are trying to help their children reclaim a healthy life. \nMohamud Nur has been living in Minnesota since 1998. He is a proud father and grandfather. While raising his children\, he worked double shifts to support them and ensure his familys survival. Raising children\, especially boys in the United States\, and particularly in Minnesota\, comes with many challenges. It requires time\, space\, and most importantly\, presence. Mohmed made it a priority to not just be a parent\, but also a friend to his children. \nModerater Bios: \nSuleiman Adan is a writer\, poet\, and writing teacher whose work has been published in the anthology We are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World. In addition to his creative pursuits\, Suleiman is a dedicated systems builder\, community advocate\, and DEI trainer with over a decade of experience empowering teams and building capacity through grassroots trainings and organizing efforts. Passionate about youth education\, he has operated a free tutoring company focused on increasing literacy and proficiency in BIPOC youth\, while also serving on Education and Arts boards. As an experienced project manager and fundraiser\, Suleiman has led diverse global initiatives across sectors. A skilled trainer\, he has mobilized volunteers in 8 countries for social justice causes and facilitates critical dialogues on diversity\, equity and inclusion. Suleiman currently serves as the Deputy Executive Director at CAIR MN\, the nations largest civil rights organization. \nBen Weaver is a father\, caregiver\, songwriter\, poet and hide tanner\, who travels by bicycle. He uses music and poetry to strengthen relationships and culture between human and non-human entities. He has released nine studio albums of music and five books of poetry. Given the choice he will side with the animals\, lakes\, rivers and trees. Relationship is the repair.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/songs-for-our-fathers-the-glory-that-is-fatherhood/
LOCATION:Rondo Community Library\, 461 Dale St N\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writer to Writer Queer Voices: Curators\, Past and Present
DESCRIPTION:Writer to Writer is a series featuring conversations between BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous and people of color) writers. \nQueer Births & Queer Battles: A Panel Discussion with Queer Voices Curators \nThe four curators of Queer Voices\, past and present\, have been honored to celebrate the queer literary community of Minnesota and create space for all voices across our big\, beautiful\, and bold rainbow. This Pride month founding curators\, Andrea Jenkins\, and John Medeiros\, along with present curators\, LM Brimmer and Sherrie Fernandez-Williams will share their work and discuss their writing lives\, while providing some stories around Queer Voices’ 32-year history. \nThis program takes place at Quatrefoil Library. \nTo register please Click Here \nPanelist Bios: \nAndrea Jenkins is a soulful poet\, educator\, artist\, respected historian and  political powerhouse. In 2017 she became the 1st out Black Trans woman elected to public office in the United States. She serves on the Minneapolis City Council. She holds a Masters Degree in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University\, a Masters of Fine Arts from Hamline University\, and Bachelors Degree from Metropolitan State University. Additionally she completed the Senior Government and Executive Leadership program at Harvard University. She has been featured in TIME Magazine\, Essence\, Teen Vogue\, The New York Times\, The Guardian\, Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine. In 2022 she was named on the OUT100 list by OUT Magazine\, Twin Cities Business 100 People to Know\, and Fast Company Top 50 Queers. \nJohn Medeiros is a poetry\, memoirist\, and lawyer living in Minneapolis. His is the author of couplets for a shrinking world (North Star Press) and co-editor of Queer Voices: Poetry\, Prose\, and Pride (Minnesota Historical Society Press). His work has appeared in several anthologies\, including Squares and Rebels (Handtype Press)\, Poetry City\, USA\, vol. 2 (Lowbrow Press)\, Collective Brightness (Sibling Rivalry Press)\, Other Words: A Writer’s Reader (Kendall/Hunt)\, and Gents\, Badboys\, and Barbarians: New Gay Male Poetry (Alison Publications). His writing is featured in numerous journals\, including qarrtsiluni\, Midway Journal\, Marco Polo Quarterly\, Two Hawks Quarterly\, Raging Dove\, Second Run\, Swell\, Sport Literate\, Hot Metal Press\, Water~Stone Review; Gulf Coast; Willow Springs\, The Talking Stick\, and Evergreen Chronicles.  He is the recipient of two Minnesota State Arts Board grants; Gulf Coast ‘s Nonfiction Award; and the AWP Intro Journals Award.  He has an MFA from Hamline University (St. Paul)\, and his work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, and as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays (2006). He co-curated the Queer Voices Reading Series with Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, from 2005 to 2018. More information about him can be found at his website\, www.jmedeiros.net. \nLM Brimmer is an interdisciplinary artist living on Dakota land in Minneapolis\, MN. Co-editor of the anthology Queer Voices: Poetry\, Prose and Pride\, their poetry have appeared in Colorado Review\, Voicemail Poems\, Impossible Archetype\, Gasher Journal\, The B’K’\, Quarterly West and are forthcoming from Sonora Review.  A Randolph College MFA alumni\, they are Artistic Director of Queer Voices of Minnesota – a reading series that since 1993 has celebrated and supported queer lives and the writers living them. They teach at Century College and the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. \nSherrie Fernandez-Williams is a Black\, Queer writer who earned her MFA from Hamline University. She is the author of the book of poems\, Goddess of the Whole Self\, and the memoir Soft. She has published poems and essays in New Limestone Review\, Aquifer: The Florida Review\, Duke University Press\, We are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World\, How Dare We Write: A Multicultural Creative Writing Discourse\, and The Poverty and Education Reader. Her grants and awards include a Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship\, a Black Voices in Children’s Literature award\,  Minnesota State Arts Board\, The Loft Literary Center\, The Givens Foundation for African American Literature\, Intermedia Arts\,  SASE: The Write Place\, and The Playwrights’ Center. Sherrie is Operation Director of Queer Voices.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/writer-to-writer-queer-voices-curators-past-and-present/
LOCATION:Quatrefoil Library\, 1220 E Lake st\, Minneapolis\, 55407\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer to Writer
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SUMMARY:Writer to Writer with Marian Hassan and Ahmed Ismail Yusuf
DESCRIPTION:  \nWriter to Writer is a series featuring conversations between BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous and people of color) writers. \nIn Somali pastoral tradition\, a genre of writing that depicts an idealized rural life\, language is the richest possession – carried like water\, full of poetry\, memory\, and heritage. Join Somali American writers Marian Hassan and Ahmed Ismail Yusuf in a conversation of how their writing is a way to remember\, resist\, and make meaning of stories shaped by migration\, tradition\, and the shadow of war. \nThey will explore language as both a bridge and barrier and discuss the challenges of transferring fragmented oral stories to the page\, balancing truth with craft\, and searching for home in memory and language. Q&A session to follow. Collaborator: More Than a Single Story. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nThis is a virtual event please Register here \nPanelist Bios: \nMarian Hassan is a writer\, educator\, third culture adult\, and advocate for bi-literacy and educational equity. Her work focuses on creating inclusive learning materials that honor students’ heritage languages and cultural identities. Hassan is the author of several bilingual children’s books and the editor of Crossroads: An Anthology of Resilience and Hope\, a collection of youth writing. \nAhmed Ismail Yusuf was raised in a nomadic upbringing and is the author of three books: Gorgorkii Yimi\, The Lion’s Binding Oath\, Somalis in Minnesota\, and Maana-faay (translated from Somali into English). Two new books will be released in 2026. He holds a BS in Creative Writing and Psychology from Trinity College in Hartford\, Connecticut and an MPA (Master of Public Affairs) from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/writer-to-writer-with-marian-hassan-and-ahmed-ismail-yusuf/
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SUMMARY:Our Stories Ourselves with Crown Shepard
DESCRIPTION:Our Stories\, Ourselves (OSO) is our legacy series which include a panel discussion and related writing workshops led by BIPOC writers. Each cluster of OSO events are shaped around a specific theme and a set of BIPOC writers. \nLocal author Crown Shepherd shares how writers can bring stories to life with bold characters\, exciting plots and kid-friendly dialogue! Learn how to write engaging comics that capture children’s imaginations. From crafting compelling narratives to understanding pacing and tone\, you’ll gain the tools to create a comic that entertains\, educates and connects with young readers. Collaborators: More Than a Single Story\, MN BIPOC KidLit Creators. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \n*This is an online event* – Please register here \nPanelist bio \nCrown Shepherd is a prolific author with ten published books to her name and many more in the pipeline. She is a seasoned marketing manager at Wise Ink Creative Publishing\, a dedicated owner and bookseller at Liberate Your BookShelf\, and an unwavering advocate for reading. \nBorn and raised in the vibrant community of North Minneapolis\, Crown Shepherd has always been passionate about literacy and education. Her life’s mission revolves around reducing the illiteracy rate within the Black community. She firmly believes that reading is the key to unlocking a world of knowledge and opportunity. \nWith the firm conviction that if you can read\, you can learn; if you can learn\, you can grow; and if you can grow\, you can be anything\, Crown Shepherd has tirelessly worked to inspire and empower individuals through the written word. \nIn addition to her literary pursuits\, Crown Shepherd actively contributes to her community by serving on several non-profit boards in the Twin Cities. Her commitment to fostering positive change has not gone unnoticed\, and she has been recognized as a publishing fellow for Wise Ink. \nCrown Shepherd’s dedication to the arts and literature has also earned her accolades in the form of several prestigious Minnesota Arts grants. These grants have allowed her to further her mission of promoting literacy and making a lasting impact on her community. \nAs an author\, marketer\, bookseller\, advocate\, and community leader\, Crown Shepherd’s multifaceted contributions continue to leave an indelible mark on the world of literature and education. Her passion for storytelling and her commitment to the betterment of her community make her a true literary force to be reckoned with. \nFor more about Crown Shepherd\, visit www.crownthewriter.com
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/our-stories-ourselves-with-crown-shepard/
CATEGORIES:Our Story Ourselves
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SUMMARY:Embracing Our Roots: Rooted and Rising with Dr. John S. Wright & Davu Underwood Seru
DESCRIPTION:Embracing Our Roots consists of monthly conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s literary history within their community. The series started with a collaboration between More Than a Single Story\, Black Table Arts and In Black Ink to highlight conversations between Black artists across generations. \n*This is an in-person event* please register here \nPanelist Bios \nJohn S. Wright– Morse-Amoco Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of African American & African Studies and English at the University of Minnesota. Born in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis\, Wright earned degrees in three different fields from the University: his Ph.D. (American Studies / History of African Peoples\, 1977)\, M.A.\, (English & American Literature\, 1971)\, and B.E.E. (Electrical Engineering\, 1968). Before leaving in 1973 to build a program in Afro-American & African Studies at Carleton College\, he participated in the student movement that helped found both the University’s Department of African American & African Studies and its Martin Luther King Program\, which he subsequently administered for three years. After returning to the University in 1984\, he chaired the AFRO Department\, spearheaded the acquisition of the Archie Givens Collection of African American Literature & Life\, and served on the CLA faculty for thirty-five years before retiring in 2019. \nWhile serving as senior editor of Coffeehouse Press’s Black Arts Movement Reprint Series and Simon & Schuster’s Givens Collection Series\, he published the critically acclaimed intellectual biography\, Shadowing Ralph Ellison: Art\, Freedom\, and Technologies of the Spirit; and he has consulted for such television documentaries as Africans in America; Midnight Ramble: the Cinema of Oscar Micheaux; and PBS’s Free to Dance series. His extended essay on African American Intellectual Life for the Macmillan Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History remains a scholarly landmark. As performer\, he headlined revivals of Langston Hughes’s Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz at Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center on a double-bill with Imamu Amiri Baraka\, and on stage with John Faddis and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band in its 2000 production. \nDavu Underwood Seru is the Curator of the Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life and co-author of the book Sights\, Sounds\, Soul: The Twin Cities Through The Lens of Charles Chamblis\, which was a finalist for the 2017 MN Book Award. He has published articles on literature\, music\, history and culture in American Book Review\, The Waker Art Center online magazine MnArtist.org and the French jazz magazine Les Allumés du Jazz. He is currently working on a book project with the artist Seitu Ken Jones. \nIn 2023\, before leaving the English Department at Hamline University\, where he had taught since 2011\, Davu was awarded the Dr. Colleen S. Bell Outstanding Faculty Award. He continues to teach on- and off-campus. \nDavu is also an improvising musician and composer known primarily for his work on drums. His compositions often emphasize interdisciplinarity and draw from archival research. This work has afforded him an international reputation and awards from McKnight Foundation (2020 Composer Fellowship)\, Jerome Foundation (2017-18 Composer/Sound Artist Fellow) and commissions from Walker Art Center and Zeitgeist ensemble. \nDavu remains the longest-serving teaching assistant to Dr. John S. Wright and the longest-serving graduate research fellow to the Givens Collection.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/embracing-our-roots-rooted-and-rising-with-dr-john-s-wright-davu-underwood-seru/
LOCATION:Elmer L. Andersen Library\, 222 21st Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:Embracing Our Roots
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SUMMARY:EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING -A conversation with Mary Moore Easter and Leslie Parker
DESCRIPTION:Embracing Our Roots consists of conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s history within their community. The series is a collaboration between More Than a Single Story\, The Givens Collection of Literature and Life\, and In Black Ink to highlight conversations between Black artists across generations. \nDon’t forget to register here \nPanelist Bios \nMary Moore Easter\, author of five poetry collections and a memoir\, continues to comment on her world\, inner and outer. Her most recent collection\, Dancing on the Precipice\, a good description of not falling over the edge\, chronicles healing to dance\, travel\, family\, politics and new love following core-opening surgery at 85. Honors: Cave Canem Fellow; recipient of book and dance awards; Carleton College’s Mary Easter Dance Studio in honor of her legacy in that place. Poetry Memberships ongoing: Penchant\, Twin Cities Black Women Writing and others. \nLeslie Parker was born in the traditional homeland of Dakhóta and Ojibwe and raised in the Rondo neighborhood which led her to refining her dance practice in her second art home base of the Lenape people (aka Brooklyn\, NY). Parker\, a dance artist\, educator\, performer\, improviser\, organizer\, choreographer\, and director is a 2017 Bessie award recipient\, a Jerome Hill Artist\nFellow 2019-2021\, 2022 Mcknight Choreographer Fellow and 2024-2026 Jerome@Camargo artist-in-residence in Cassis\, France. She holds a MFA from Hollins University in partnership with Dresden Frankfurt Company and Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt\, Germany. She lectured\, choreographed\, improvised\, and taught dance at Spelman College\, Florida State\nUniversity\, TU Dance Center\, University of Michigan\, Sarah Lawrence College\, University of Minnesota\, Alabama School of Fine Arts\, Keshet Dance School and Performing Arts\, Carleton College\, Point Park University\, Temple University\, and Hollins University. Parker has worked and studied with local\, national and international choreographers globally.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/embracing-our-roots-rooted-and-rising-a-conversation-with-mary-moore-easter-and-leslie-parker/
LOCATION:Elmer L. Andersen Library\, 222 21st Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:Embracing Our Roots
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SUMMARY:EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING -A conversation with Carolyn Holbrook and Arleta Little
DESCRIPTION:This event has been rescheduled to April 4th \n  \nJoin beloved artists and culture bearers\, Carolyn Holbrook and Arleta Little in a wide ranging conversation as they reflect on the paths that led them to where they are today in their lives and careers; paths that have often been lit by unseen and unexpected sources. Embracing our Roots: Rooted and Rising pairs Black artists and arts activist Elders with next-generation arts leaders in conversation\, mining the continuum of cultural knowledge and experience that built today’s arts community. It is a partnership between More Than a Single Story\, The Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life\, and the In Black Ink publishing arts initiative. \nEmbracing Our Roots consists of conversations where young arts leaders will join our elders in conversation about their histories of significant milestones in Minnesota’s history within their community. The series is a collaboration between More Than a Single Story\, The Givens Collection of Literature and Life\, and In Black Ink to highlight conversations between Black artists across generations. \nDon’t forget to register here \nPanelist Bios: \nCarolyn Holbrook is founder and director or More Than a Single Story. Her memoir\, Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify\, won the 2021 Minnesota Book Award in memoir/creative nonfiction. She is co-editor with David Mura of the anthology\, We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (UMN Press) and is co-author with Dr. Josie Johnson and Arleta Little of Hope in the Struggle (UMN Press). Her essays have been published in anthologies including A Good Time For the Truth and Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota. Her 2022 TEDx talk\, The Life you Live is the Legacy You will Leave\, was presented at Concordia College in Moorhead\, MN. Her awards include the Minnesota Book Awards Kay Sexton Award\, 2010; Hamline University Exemplary Teacher\, 2014; 50 over 50\, 2017; Celebrate the Sistahs\, 2020; and Flowers Now!\, 2024. She is the 2025 McKnight Distinguished Artist. \nArleta Little is a poet\, writer\, and culture worker who has made good trouble for nearly 30 years in nonprofit organizations and philanthropy in Minnesota. Arleta’s latest book of poetry\, Black Swallowtail\, pairs her poetry with paintings by visual artist Ta-coumba T. Aiken. Her poems and essays have appeared in multiple journals and publications including We Are Meant to Rise:\nVoices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (UMN Press)\, Blues Vision: African American Writing From Minnesota (MNHS Press)\, Water-Stone Review\, Calyx\, and more. She is a co- author along with Josie Johnson and Carolyn Holbrook of Hope in the Struggle: A Memoir (UMN Press). Arleta was the first Executive Director of the Givens Foundation for African American Literature and co-founder of the influential Givens Black Writers Retreat program. She currently serves as the Executive & Artistic Director for the Loft in Minneapolis\, serving literary creatives\, culture bearers\, and changemakers.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/embracing-our-roots-rooted-and-rising-a-conversation-with-carolyn-holbrook-and-arleta-little/
LOCATION:Elmer L. Andersen Library\, 222 21st Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:Embracing Our Roots
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260505T173000
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SUMMARY:LAND & WATER: A WRITER’S RELATIONSHIP WITH PLACE May 5th Writing Workshop with Diane Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a two-part workshop in support of the Mary Ann Key Book Club conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer. Today’s workshop\, led by novelist Diane Wilson\, focuses on land\, encouraging participants to write about a beloved place that has influenced their lives. Refreshments begin at 5:30 p.m.\, followed by the workshop at 6 p.m. The workshop is offered in a hybrid format\, both in person at All My Relations Arts Gallery or online via Facebook Live. \nPlease register by clicking here \nSetting is often described as an element in a writer’s story\, a tool that helps the reader visualize the place where their characters live. And yet\, as humans\, we are profoundly shaped by the land we come from\, the water we live near\, the plants and animals who share the earth with us\, and the horizon that greets us each day. Along with discussion of select excerpts by various writers\, such as Robin Wall Kimmerer\, Linda Hogan\, and Kimberly Blaeser\, participants will explore their relationship to place through brief writing exercises\, and consider how they might extend that visualization to their broader work. \nDiane Wilson is a Dakota writer\, educator\, and bog steward\, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation. She has published six award-winning books as well as essays in numerous publications. Her novel\, “The Seed Keeper\,” won the 2022 Minnesota Book Award and is a selection for the 2026 NEA Big Read. Her memoir\, “Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past\,” won a 2006 Minnesota Book Award and her nonfiction book\, “Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life\,” received the Barbara Sudler Award from History Colorado. Wilson has written two middle-grade biographies about Dakota language protectors and co-authored a 2022 picture book – “Where We Come From\,” winner of the 2023 Carter G. Woodson Award. Wilson’s work explores seed sovereignty\, social justice\, cultural recovery\, and environmental stewardship. She is currently working on a memoir\, “Mapping My Way Home: A Story of Love\, Loss\, and a Bog.”
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/land-water-a-writers-relationship-with-place-may-5th-writing-workshop-with-diane-wilson/
LOCATION:All My Relations Gallery\, 1414 E Franklin ave #1\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55404\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writer to writer with Payal Doshi and Nicole D. Collier
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis is an online event please Register Here \nPanelist Bios: \nPayal Doshi is the author of Rea and the Blood of the Nectar\, a middle grade fantasy novel and recipient of the IPPY Gold Award. Her young adult short story\, “A Confluence of Fates” can be found in the YA anthology\, My Big\, Fat\, Desi Wedding. Her forthcoming four-book series of chapter books\, Magic Gems\, published by Scholastic Inc. will be available in 2026. Payal has an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from The New School\, New York. Born and raised in Mumbai\, India\, she currently lives with her family in Minnesota. When she isn’t writing stories that celebrate her South Asian heritage\, you can find her nose deep in a book with a cup of coffee or daydreaming of fantasy realms to send her characters into. For more information\, visit her website\, www.payaldoshiauthor.com\, or follow her on Instagram @payaldoshiauthor. \nNicole D. Collier writes warm-hearted stories about learning to be true to yourself. Her books have been nominated for state book awards\, earned starred reviews\, and been named on ‘best of’ lists. A former elementary school teacher\, Nicole champions literacy\, critical thinking\, imagination and compassion as essential 21st century skills. Born and raised in Atlanta\, she is currently based in sunny St. Petersburg\, Florida where she is daydreaming about her next project.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/writer-to-writer-with-payal-doshi-and-nicole-d-collier/
CATEGORIES:Writer to Writer
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:LAND & WATER: A WRITER’S RELATIONSHIP WITH PLACE May 20th Writing Workshop with Halee Kirkwood
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a two-part workshop in support of the Mary Ann Key Book Club conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer. Today’s workshop\, led by poet Halee Kirkwood\, focuses on water\, encouraging participants to write about a waterway that nourishes them. Refreshments begin at 5:30 p.m.\, followed by the workshop at 6 p.m. The workshop is offered in a hybrid format\, both in person at All My Relations Arts Gallery or online via Facebook Live. \nPlease register by clicking here \nSetting is often described as an element in a writer’s story\, a tool that helps the reader visualize the place where their characters live. And yet\, as humans\, we are profoundly shaped by the land we come from\, the water we live near\, the plants and animals who share the earth with us\, and the horizon that greets us each day. Along with discussion of select excerpts by various writers\, such as Robin Wall Kimmerer\, Linda Hogan\, and Kimberly Blaeser\, participants will explore their relationship to place through brief writing exercises\, and consider how they might extend that visualization to their broader work. \nHalee Kirkwood’s debut poetry collection\, “To Think of a Match\,” is forthcoming with Curbstone Press in spring 2027. Kirkwood is a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow\, an inaugural and returning Indigenous Nations Poets fellow\, and a 2019 Loft Mentor Series fellow. They are a direct descendant of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/land-water-a-writers-relationship-with-place-may-5th-writing-workshop-with-halee-kirkwood/
LOCATION:All My Relations Gallery\, 1414 E Franklin ave #1\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55404\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Writing: Turning Life into Fiction with Carolyn Holbrook
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThrough Rooted in Writing\, we will offer 1-3 single-session classes each season through the library’s systemwide catalog. \nThis is a new program with our long-time partner\, Hennepin County Library and is  funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWorkshop description: There’s no doubt that your life has been full of interesting\, fun or painful events that you have wanted to write about. Maybe you want to reveal names\, dates or places — but maybe you fear that you might hurt someone or worse\, that you may be sued. Should our stories be written as truthful essays or memoirs\, or as fiction? Toni Morrison said “Teaching is about taking things apart; writing is about putting things together.” In this class we will play with writing your story as both memoir and fiction. The point is to help you consider which genre(s) you are most comfortable telling your truths in. \nClick here to register! \nCarolyn Holbrook’s memoir\, Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify\, won the 2021 Minnesota Book Award in memoir/creative nonfiction. She is co-editor with David Mura of the anthology\, We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (UMN Press) and is co-author with Dr. Josie Johnson and Arleta Little of Hope in the Struggle (UMN Press). Her essays have been published in anthologies including A Good Time For the Truth and Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota. Her 2022 TEDx talk\, The Life you Live is the Legacy You will Leave\, was presented at Concordia College in Moorhead\, She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the 2025 McKnight Distinguished Artist.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rooted-in-writing-turning-life-into-fiction/
LOCATION:East Lake Library\, 2727 E. Lake St.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260930T193000
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SUMMARY:Our Stories Ourselves- Still Here: Together Through The Storm
DESCRIPTION:  \nTo register click here \nPANELISTS\nSuleiman Adan is a first-generation Somali American community leader\, educator\, chaplain\, and advocate whose work spans faith\, civil rights\, higher education\, prison chaplaincy\, and community organizing. He serves in leadership roles dedicated to supporting families\, strengthening communities\, and advancing justice across Minnesota. As a husband and father\, Suleiman brings both professional experience and lived perspective to conversations about navigating the challenges of recent years from racial reckoning and the pandemic to immigration enforcement and community resilience. He believes that every person and every community deserves to be seen in their full humanity\, because no individual or community can ever be defined by a single story. \nKahlil and Felicia Permenter are high school sweethearts from the Washington\, DC metro area. They have been married for 18 years and are the proud parents of 3 children. In 2020 they moved with their family from Arizona to the Twin Cities. Kahlil is an Air Force veteran turned chiropractor\, and Felicia is an ICU nurse turned Integrative Nurse Practitioner. In 2024 after\ncompleting their graduate programs they partnered with a colleague to open Right Spot Wellness\, an integrative care and chiropractic clinic located in Roseville. They are passionate about serving their community through providing high quality\, holistic care for the whole person. Collectively their philosophy is that wellness can be fun\, and joy brings healing. \nLongtime residents of South Minneapolis\, Xavier and Tina Tavera have spent more than two decades raising their two children in the community. They share a deep passion for the arts that permeates every aspect of their careers\, community engagement\, and creative practices. Both are established artists in their own right who regularly collaborate on creative projects. Rooted in a shared commitment to education and social justice\, community advocacy is a central theme in their involvement and creative work.Currently\, Xavier serves as a photography professor at Carleton College while Tina works as a consultant for Public Art for the City of Minneapolis and is director of the non-profit Serpentina Arts. \nMee Yang and Sebastian Sae-Mua. Mee is an aspiring writer and realtor. She grew up in Wisconsin and moved to Minnesota in 2012. Mee serves the Hmong community as a realtor often explaining the home buying process in Hmong and helping families purchase their next home. Sebastian works for Ramsey County and grew up in Thailand. He came to the United States as an international student in 2011 where they met during Thanksgiving. They married in 2012. Sebastian serves the Hmong community as a qeej player playing the traditional six reed bamboo instrument at traditional Hmong ceremonies. Mee and Sebastian live in Minnesota with their five children. They petitioned for Sebastian’s mother from Thailand and she also lives with\nthem. \nMODERATORS\nMakayla Overton and Jaquane Williams met during Makayla's senior year at Norfolk State University in Norfolk\, VA. In 2025\, Makayla decided to move back home to Minnesota\, and Jaquane\, happily followed. Since the relocation to Minnesota\, Jaquane has been continuing his work in the electrical field as a Electromechanical Technician\, and Makayla is currently serving\nthe community as a Case Manager Supervisor at The Bridge for Youth. Both of them have been happy to be in Minnesota and excited to continue to grow their community. \nOPENING POET\nAshley E. Wynter is a writer\, editor\, curator\, and community organizer living in Saint Paul. Invested in the transformative power of storytelling\, Wynter is also poetry mentor and program coordinator for More Than a Single Story’s emerging black writers program. Her award-winning poetry has been supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board\, the Loft Mentor Series\, the\nCarolyn Moore Writers Residency\, the Tofte Lake Center National Emerging Artist Residency\, and most recently\, a 2025-28 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. Wynter’s poems have appeared\, or are forthcoming\, in the Black Warrior Review\, Torch Literary Arts\, The Florida Review\, New Millenium\, and elsewhere. Her poetry and visual art collaboration\, “I Too\, Am America\,” was\nexhibited at the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery in 2026
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/our-stories-ourselves-still-here-together-through-the-storm/
LOCATION:Rondo Library at Hallie Q. Brown Center\, 270 N Kent St.\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Our Story Ourselves
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Writer to Writer: Verses\, Voices\, and Fatherhood with Bao Phi and Douglas Kearney
DESCRIPTION:Douglas Kearney and Bao Phi will talk about how a chance meeting at a small poetry reading in a club in Downtown Minneapolis turned into freestyle rap emails\, parallel but divergent careers in literature\, and melding their lives to adapt to being fathers of color in America. Which is a fancy way of saying that two word nerds whose friendship spans across nearly three decades will talk about art\, life\, and random subjects that tickle their fancy. \n*This is an online event* \nClick here to register! \nBao Phi is a Vietnamese American refugee\, a Minnesotan\, spoken word artist\, poet\, children’s book author\, and single co-parent father. He has authored two poetry collections\, Song I Sing and Thousand Star Hotel\, and five picture books\, including A Different Pond\, which was named one of the best books of the quarter century by Kirkus Reviews\, and\, most recently\, Ride / Đ p Xe. He was on the editorial team of the AANHPI poetry anthology\, We The Gathered Heat. His work is anthologized in collections such as A Good Time for the Truth\, Octavia’s Brood\, and a special 2025 issue of McSweeney’s. Among the recognitions he’s received are multiple City Pages and Star Tribune Artist of the Year awards\, a Caldecott Honor\, the Charlotte Zolotow Award for Outstanding Writing in a Picture Book\, and the 2024 Kay Sexton Award. His fifth children’s book is forthcoming from Capstone in fall of 2026\, and his first book of creative prose is forthcoming from Coffeehouse Press in winter of 2027. \nDouglas Kearney is a poet\, essayist and librettist. His newest book\, I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always won the NYPL Best Book of 2025\, a Minnesota Book Award\, and was a 2026 Pulitzer Prize finalist (poetry). In 2023\, Optic Subwoof won the Pegasus Prize for Poetry Criticism (Poetry Foundation) and the CLMP Firecracker Award for CNF. His seventh\, Sho\, won a Griffin Poetry Prize and an MN Book Award. Kearney won OPERA America’s Campbell Opera Librettist Prize. His five operas include Sweet Land (Music Critics of NA Best Opera of 2021)\, and The Comet / Poppea\, a 2025 Pulitzer finalist (music) and a New York Times selection for best Classical Music of 2025. Kearney is a Cy Twombly awardee with residencies/fellowships including Cave Canem\, The Rauschenberg Foundation\, and The McKnight Foundation. Kearney is a Samuel Russell Chair in the Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and a Distinguished McKnight Professor of English at the University of Minnesota –Twin Cities.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/writer-to-writer-verses-voices-and-fatherhood-with-bao-phi-and-douglas-kearney/
CATEGORIES:Writer to Writer
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Writing: Writing Through Trauma with Carolyn Holbrook
DESCRIPTION:Through Rooted in Writing\, we will offer 1-3 single-session classes each season through the library’s systemwide catalog. \nThis is a new program with our long-time partner\, Hennepin County Library and is  funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWorkshop description: When we experience trauma\, we feel alone and unprotected. Whether the trauma is physical or psychological\, we often feel shame\, believing that what happened is our fault. In this workshop we will learn tools and techniques for using the journal to tap into our innate abilities to help ourselves heal and restore wellness\, and to begin to believe that we are not the problem\, the problem is the problem. This class is not intended to replace any healing work you’re doing\, whether you’re receiving talk therapy\, bodywork\, yoga\, painting\, running\, cooking\, making music\, or any other healing modalities you are engaged in. Instead\, it is intended to encourage you to use your journal as a way of enhancing other forms of healing. The intention is for you to leave the workshop feeling affirmed and empowered. \nClick here to register! \nCarolyn Holbrook’s memoir\, Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify\, won the 2021 Minnesota Book Award in memoir/creative nonfiction. She is co-editor with David Mura of the anthology\, We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (UMN Press) and is co-author with Dr. Josie Johnson and Arleta Little of Hope in the Struggle (UMN Press). Her essays have been published in anthologies including A Good Time For the Truth and Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota. Her 2022 TEDx talk\, The Life you Live is the Legacy You will Leave\, was presented at Concordia College in Moorhead\, She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the 2025 McKnight Distinguished Artist.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rooted-in-writing-writing-through-trauma-with-carolyn-holbrook/
LOCATION:Oxboro Library\, 8801 Portland Ave. S\, Bloomington\, MN\, 55420\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Writing: Writing Through Trauma with Carolyn Holbrook
DESCRIPTION:Through Rooted in Writing\, we will offer 1-3 single-session classes each season through the library’s systemwide catalog. \nThis is a new program with our long-time partner\, Hennepin County Library and is  funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWorkshop description: When we experience trauma\, we feel alone and unprotected. Whether the trauma is physical or psychological\, we often feel shame\, believing that what happened is our fault. In this workshop we will learn tools and techniques for using the journal to tap into our innate abilities to help ourselves heal and restore wellness\, and to begin to believe that we are not the problem\, the problem is the problem. This class is not intended to replace any healing work you’re doing\, whether you’re receiving talk therapy\, bodywork\, yoga\, painting\, running\, cooking\, making music\, or any other healing modalities you are engaged in. Instead\, it is intended to encourage you to use your journal as a way of enhancing other forms of healing. The intention is for you to leave the workshop feeling affirmed and empowered. \nClick here to register! \nCarolyn Holbrook’s memoir\, Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify\, won the 2021 Minnesota Book Award in memoir/creative nonfiction. She is co-editor with David Mura of the anthology\, We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (UMN Press) and is co-author with Dr. Josie Johnson and Arleta Little of Hope in the Struggle (UMN Press). Her essays have been published in anthologies including A Good Time For the Truth and Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota. Her 2022 TEDx talk\, The Life you Live is the Legacy You will Leave\, was presented at Concordia College in Moorhead\, She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the 2025 McKnight Distinguished Artist.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rooted-in-writing-writing-through-trauma-with-carolyn-holbrook-2/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Central Library\, 300 Nicollet Mall\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55401\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T140000
DTSTAMP:20260815T181712Z
CREATED:20260815T181712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T181712Z
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Writing: Turning Life into Fiction with Carolyn Holbrook
DESCRIPTION:Through Rooted in Writing\, we will offer 1-3 single-session classes each season through the library’s systemwide catalog. \nThis is a new program with our long-time partner\, Hennepin County Library and is  funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWorkshop description: There’s no doubt that your life has been full of interesting\, fun or painful events that you have wanted to write about. Maybe you want to reveal names\, dates or places — but maybe you fear that you might hurt someone or worse\, that you may be sued. Should our stories be written as truthful essays or memoirs\, or as fiction? Toni Morrison said “Teaching is about taking things apart; writing is about putting things together.” In this class we will play with writing your story as both memoir and fiction. The point is to help you consider which genre(s) you are most comfortable telling your truths in. \nClick here to register! \nCarolyn Holbrook’s memoir\, Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify\, won the 2021 Minnesota Book Award in memoir/creative nonfiction. She is co-editor with David Mura of the anthology\, We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (UMN Press) and is co-author with Dr. Josie Johnson and Arleta Little of Hope in the Struggle (UMN Press). Her essays have been published in anthologies including A Good Time For the Truth and Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota. Her 2022 TEDx talk\, The Life you Live is the Legacy You will Leave\, was presented at Concordia College in Moorhead\, She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the 2025 McKnight Distinguished Artist.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rooted-in-writing-turning-life-into-fiction-with-carolyn-holbrook/
LOCATION:Webber Park Library\, 4440 N Humboldt Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55412\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T160000
DTSTAMP:20260815T184519Z
CREATED:20260815T184519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T184519Z
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Writing: The Poem as a Container with Ashley E. Wynter
DESCRIPTION:Through Rooted in Writing\, we will offer 1-3 single-session classes each season through the library’s systemwide catalog. \nThis is a new program with our long-time partner\, Hennepin County Library and is  funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWorkshop description: In this class\, writers will be encouraged to imagine the poem as a container—a way to hold our ghosts and ancestors\, our memories and hauntings\, our questions and uncertainties\, old loves and new flames\, the wildness of our secret selves. And what happens when we place a certain feeling\, memory\, or thought into a specific poetic structure? The sonnet\, perhaps? Or Airea D. Matthews’ “Letters to My Would-be Lover…”? Seeking to balance the physical and metaphorical pressurizer that is poetry\, this generative workshop will guide attendees through a series of “rapid-fire” writing exercises and imitations—each designed to nurture the instinct of writing\, to move the poet out of their ow way! Participants will leave energized\, with several musings and poem drafts that can be carried into tomorrow. \nClick here to register! \nA.E. Wynter is a writer\, editor\, curator\, and community organizer living in Saint Paul\, MN. Invested in the transformative power of storytelling\, Wynter is the poetry mentor and program coordinator for More Than a Single Story’s emerging black writers program. Her award-winning poetry has been supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board\, the Loft Mentor Series\, the Carolyn Moore Writers Residency\, the Tofte Lake Center National Emerging Artist Residency\, and most recently\, a 2025-28 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. Wynter’s poems have appeared\, or are forthcoming\, in the Black Warrior Review\, Torch Literary Arts\, The Florida Review\, New Millenium\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rooted-in-writing-the-poem-as-a-container-with-ashley-e-wynter/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave. S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55419\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261029T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261029T193000
DTSTAMP:20260816T004906Z
CREATED:20260816T004906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T004906Z
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SUMMARY:A Novel in November Writing Workshops with Marcie Rendon
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description: This week we will spend time deciding the genre of your novel\, where it will take place\, and the arc of the story. We will also work with character development: Who your characters will be: the protagonist\, the antagonist\, and a side-kick. \nClick here to register! \nMarcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation\, author\, playwright\, poet\, and freelance writer. Also a community arts activist\, Rendon supports other native artists / writers / creators to pursue their art\, and is a speaker for colleges and community groups on Native issues\, leadership\, writing. She is an award-winning author of a fresh new murder mystery series\, and also has an extensive body of fiction and nonfiction works. The creative mind behind Raving Native Theater\, Rendon has also curated community created performances such as Art Is… Creative Native Resilience\, featuring three Anishinaabe performance artists\, which premiered on TPT (Twin Cities Public Television)\, June 2019.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/a-novel-in-november-writing-workshops-with-marcie-rendon/
LOCATION:Roosevelt Library\, 4026 28th Ave. S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55406
CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261105T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261105T193000
DTSTAMP:20260816T005219Z
CREATED:20260816T005219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T005219Z
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SUMMARY:A Novel in November Writing Workshops with Marcie Rendon
DESCRIPTION:In this session we will consider our main characters’ back stories. What was the defining moment in each character’s life that made them who they are in the ‘today’ of your novel? What does each character want more than anything in the world? What are they willing to do to get it? We will also continue to develop the setting that will support and determine the action of your characters. \nClick here to register! \nMarcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation\, author\, playwright\, poet\, and freelance writer. Also a community arts activist\, Rendon supports other native artists / writers / creators to pursue their art\, and is a speaker for colleges and community groups on Native issues\, leadership\, writing. She is an award-winning author of a fresh new murder mystery series\, and also has an extensive body of fiction and nonfiction works. The creative mind behind Raving Native Theater\, Rendon has also curated community created performances such as Art Is… Creative Native Resilience\, featuring three Anishinaabe performance artists\, which premiered on TPT (Twin Cities Public Television)\, June 2019.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/a-novel-in-november-writing-workshops-with-marcie-rendon-2/
LOCATION:Roosevelt Library\, 4026 28th Ave. S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55406
CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T170000
DTSTAMP:20260815T183016Z
CREATED:20260815T183016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T183016Z
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Writing: Writing Through Trauma with Carolyn Holbrook
DESCRIPTION:Through Rooted in Writing\, we will offer 1-3 single-session classes each season through the library’s systemwide catalog. \nThis is a new program with our long-time partner\, Hennepin County Library and is  funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWorkshop description: When we experience trauma\, we feel alone and unprotected. Whether the trauma is physical or psychological\, we often feel shame\, believing that what happened is our fault. In this workshop we will learn tools and techniques for using the journal to tap into our innate abilities to help ourselves heal and restore wellness\, and to begin to believe that we are not the problem\, the problem is the problem. This class is not intended to replace any healing work you’re doing\, whether you’re receiving talk therapy\, bodywork\, yoga\, painting\, running\, cooking\, making music\, or any other healing modalities you are engaged in. Instead\, it is intended to encourage you to use your journal as a way of enhancing other forms of healing. The intention is for you to leave the workshop feeling affirmed and empowered. \nClick here to register! \nCarolyn Holbrook’s memoir\, Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify\, won the 2021 Minnesota Book Award in memoir/creative nonfiction. She is co-editor with David Mura of the anthology\, We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (UMN Press) and is co-author with Dr. Josie Johnson and Arleta Little of Hope in the Struggle (UMN Press). Her essays have been published in anthologies including A Good Time For the Truth and Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota. Her 2022 TEDx talk\, The Life you Live is the Legacy You will Leave\, was presented at Concordia College in Moorhead\, She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the 2025 McKnight Distinguished Artist.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rooted-in-writing-writing-through-trauma-with-carolyn-holbrook-3/
LOCATION:North Regional Library\, 1315 Lowry Ave N.\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, 55411\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261110T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261110T150000
DTSTAMP:20260815T184854Z
CREATED:20260815T184854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T184854Z
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Writing: The Poem as a Container with Ashley E. Wynter
DESCRIPTION:Through Rooted in Writing\, we will offer 1-3 single-session classes each season through the library’s systemwide catalog. \nThis is a new program with our long-time partner\, Hennepin County Library and is  funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWorkshop description: In this class\, writers will be encouraged to imagine the poem as a container—a way to hold our ghosts and ancestors\, our memories and hauntings\, our questions and uncertainties\, old loves and new flames\, the wildness of our secret selves. And what happens when we place a certain feeling\, memory\, or thought into a specific poetic structure? The sonnet\, perhaps? Or Airea D. Matthews’ “Letters to My Would-be Lover…”? Seeking to balance the physical and metaphorical pressurizer that is poetry\, this generative workshop will guide attendees through a series of “rapid-fire” writing exercises and imitations—each designed to nurture the instinct of writing\, to move the poet out of their ow way! Participants will leave energized\, with several musings and poem drafts that can be carried into tomorrow. \nClick here to register! \nA.E. Wynter is a writer\, editor\, curator\, and community organizer living in Saint Paul\, MN. Invested in the transformative power of storytelling\, Wynter is the poetry mentor and program coordinator for More Than a Single Story’s emerging black writers program. Her award-winning poetry has been supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board\, the Loft Mentor Series\, the Carolyn Moore Writers Residency\, the Tofte Lake Center National Emerging Artist Residency\, and most recently\, a 2025-28 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. Wynter’s poems have appeared\, or are forthcoming\, in the Black Warrior Review\, Torch Literary Arts\, The Florida Review\, New Millenium\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rooted-in-writing-the-poem-as-a-container-with-ashley-e-wynter-2/
LOCATION:East Lake Library\, 2727 E. Lake St.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261112T193000
DTSTAMP:20260816T005418Z
CREATED:20260816T005418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T005418Z
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SUMMARY:A Novel in November Writing Workshops with Marcie Rendon
DESCRIPTION:Workshop description: We will spend our final session sharing what we wrote in the previous two sessions \nClick here to register! \nMarcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation\, author\, playwright\, poet\, and freelance writer. Also a community arts activist\, Rendon supports other native artists / writers / creators to pursue their art\, and is a speaker for colleges and community groups on Native issues\, leadership\, writing. She is an award-winning author of a fresh new murder mystery series\, and also has an extensive body of fiction and nonfiction works. The creative mind behind Raving Native Theater\, Rendon has also curated community created performances such as Art Is… Creative Native Resilience\, featuring three Anishinaabe performance artists\, which premiered on TPT (Twin Cities Public Television)\, June 2019. \n 
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/a-novel-in-november-writing-workshops-with-marcie-rendon-3/
LOCATION:Roosevelt Library\, 4026 28th Ave. S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55406
CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261114T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261114T160000
DTSTAMP:20260815T185906Z
CREATED:20260815T185906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T185906Z
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Writing: The Poem as Protest with Ashley E. Wynter
DESCRIPTION:Through Rooted in Writing\, we will offer 1-3 single-session classes each season through the library’s systemwide catalog. \nThis is a new program with our long-time partner\, Hennepin County Library and is  funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWorkshop description: Poetry lives in a world of multitudes—it moves through us hungry and delectable\, fleeting and resonant\, sonic and physical\, as both an act of remembrance and erasure. Whenreading poetry\, we invite an unnamable force to make a home of us\, to rewire our body andmind. In this way\, the act of reading or writing a poem is transformative\, rebellious even. In this class\, writers will be encouraged to lean into this rebellious nature\, to imagine the poem as an agent of change\, an act of protest—against social injustice and gender norms\, against false narratives and personal misbeliefs\, against opposers of love\, land\, and humanity. Participants will read and discuss short poems that navigate an expansive idea of “protest\,” responding to related prompts with their own spontaneous writing. Writers will leave the workshop feeling affirmed\, energized\, and empowered. \nClick here to register! \nA.E. Wynter is a writer\, editor\, curator\, and community organizer living in Saint Paul\, MN. Invested in the transformative power of storytelling\, Wynter is the poetry mentor and program coordinator for More Than a Single Story’s emerging black writers program. Her award-winning poetry has been supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board\, the Loft Mentor Series\, the Carolyn Moore Writers Residency\, the Tofte Lake Center National Emerging Artist Residency\, and most recently\, a 2025-28 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. Wynter’s poems have appeared\, or are forthcoming\, in the Black Warrior Review\, Torch Literary Arts\, The Florida Review\, New Millenium\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rooted-in-writing-the-poem-as-protest-with-ashley-e-wynter/
LOCATION:Arvonne Fraser Library\, 1222 4th St. S.E.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261115T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261115T160000
DTSTAMP:20260815T190208Z
CREATED:20260815T190208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T190208Z
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Writing: The Poem as Protest with Ashley E. Wynter
DESCRIPTION:Through Rooted in Writing\, we will offer 1-3 single-session classes each season through the library’s systemwide catalog. \nThis is a new program with our long-time partner\, Hennepin County Library and is  funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWorkshop description: Poetry lives in a world of multitudes—it moves through us hungry and delectable\, fleeting and resonant\, sonic and physical\, as both an act of remembrance and erasure. Whenreading poetry\, we invite an unnamable force to make a home of us\, to rewire our body andmind. In this way\, the act of reading or writing a poem is transformative\, rebellious even. In this class\, writers will be encouraged to lean into this rebellious nature\, to imagine the poem as an agent of change\, an act of protest—against social injustice and gender norms\, against false narratives and personal misbeliefs\, against opposers of love\, land\, and humanity. Participants will read and discuss short poems that navigate an expansive idea of “protest\,” responding to related prompts with their own spontaneous writing. Writers will leave the workshop feeling affirmed\, energized\, and empowered. \nClick here to register! \nA.E. Wynter is a writer\, editor\, curator\, and community organizer living in Saint Paul\, MN. Invested in the transformative power of storytelling\, Wynter is the poetry mentor and program coordinator for More Than a Single Story’s emerging black writers program. Her award-winning poetry has been supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board\, the Loft Mentor Series\, the Carolyn Moore Writers Residency\, the Tofte Lake Center National Emerging Artist Residency\, and most recently\, a 2025-28 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. Wynter’s poems have appeared\, or are forthcoming\, in the Black Warrior Review\, Torch Literary Arts\, The Florida Review\, New Millenium\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rooted-in-writing-the-poem-as-protest-with-ashley-e-wynter-2/
LOCATION:Plymouth Library\, 15700 36th Ave. N.\, Plymouth\, MN\, 55446\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261121T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261121T153000
DTSTAMP:20260815T190647Z
CREATED:20260815T190647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T190647Z
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Writing: The Poem as Protest with Ashley E. Wynter
DESCRIPTION:Through Rooted in Writing\, we will offer 1-3 single-session classes each season through the library’s systemwide catalog. \nThis is a new program with our long-time partner\, Hennepin County Library and is  funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nWorkshop description: Poetry lives in a world of multitudes—it moves through us hungry and delectable\, fleeting and resonant\, sonic and physical\, as both an act of remembrance and erasure. Whenreading poetry\, we invite an unnamable force to make a home of us\, to rewire our body andmind. In this way\, the act of reading or writing a poem is transformative\, rebellious even. In this class\, writers will be encouraged to lean into this rebellious nature\, to imagine the poem as an agent of change\, an act of protest—against social injustice and gender norms\, against false narratives and personal misbeliefs\, against opposers of love\, land\, and humanity. Participants will read and discuss short poems that navigate an expansive idea of “protest\,” responding to related prompts with their own spontaneous writing. Writers will leave the workshop feeling affirmed\, energized\, and empowered. \nClick here to register! \nA.E. Wynter is a writer\, editor\, curator\, and community organizer living in Saint Paul\, MN. Invested in the transformative power of storytelling\, Wynter is the poetry mentor and program coordinator for More Than a Single Story’s emerging black writers program. Her award-winning poetry has been supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board\, the Loft Mentor Series\, the Carolyn Moore Writers Residency\, the Tofte Lake Center National Emerging Artist Residency\, and most recently\, a 2025-28 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. Wynter’s poems have appeared\, or are forthcoming\, in the Black Warrior Review\, Torch Literary Arts\, The Florida Review\, New Millenium\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://morethanasinglestory.com/event/rooted-in-writing-the-poem-as-protest-with-ashley-e-wynter-3/
LOCATION:Hosmer Library\, 347 E 36th St\, Mineapolis\, 55408\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="More Than A Single Story":MAILTO:mtassinfo@gmail.com
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