Lake Superior College Lake Superior College Announce Minnesota Writers? Series

For more information, contact Gary Kruchowski, (218) 733-7649 or g.kruchowski@lsc.edu or Janet Blixt, (218) 723-4743, j.blixt@lsc.edu

For immediate release: Feb. 15, 2006

Lake Superior College and Friends of the Duluth Public Library Announce Minnesota Writers' Series

(Duluth, Minn.) --- Lake Superior College (LSC) and co-sponsor Friends of the Duluth Public Library will host a series of readings by Minnesota writers. All readings are free and open to the public.

Joyce Sutphen will read on Tues., Feb. 28, 7 p.m. in LSC Library's Minnesota Room. Sutphen lives in Chaska, Minnesota and teaches at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. She won a 2005 Minnesota Book Award in Poetry for her book, Naming the Stars (Holy Cow! Press, 2004). Her poems have appeared in the American Poetry Review, Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, Water~Stone, Hayden's Ferry, Shenandoah, Luna, and others. Her first book, Straight Out of View (Beacon Press, 1995) won the Barnard New Women Poets Prize and was republished by Holy Cow! Press in 2001. Her second book, Coming Back to the Body (Holy Cow! Press, 2000) was a Minnesota Book Award finalist. Her poems have been featured in such spotlights as Billy Collins's Poetry 180 project.

William Reichard will read on Tues., March 14, 7 p.m. in LSC Library's Minnesota Room and Wed., March 15 at 12 noon in Duluth Public Library's Gold Room. Reichard is the author of three collections of poetry: This Brightness, (Mid List Press, forthcoming); How To, (Mid List Press, 2004, finalist for the 2003 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets); and An Alchemy in the Bones, (New Rivers Press, 1999, Minnesota Voices Prize). Reichard has one chapbook published, To Be Quietly Spoken, (Frith Press, 2001) and one, Signs of Light, (META Press) is forthcoming. He is the editor of The Evening Crowd at Kirmser's: A Gay Life in the 1940s, (University of Minnesota Press, 2001, Publishing Triangle Award winner).

Art Przybilla will read on Tues., March 21 at 12 noon in the Duluth Public Library's Gold Room and Tues., March 21, 7 p.m. in the LSC Library's Minnesota Room. He is a 2004 Winner of Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards in the Fiction, Poetry, Drama category for "Ojibwe Tales: Stories of the Ojibwe People," written with the aid of the late Randy Councillor.

Przybilla taught English, speech and theatre and directed plays at Rainy River Community College in International Falls for twenty-two years. He also worked as a seasonal interpretive ranger at Voyageurs National Park. Most recently, Przybilla taught in the Mass Communication Department and supervised a group of student teachers for the Teacher Training Department at St. Cloud State University.

David Mura will read on Tues., April 11 at 12 noon in the Duluth Public Library's Gold Room

and on Tues., April 11 at 7 p.m. in the LSC Library's Minnesota Room. Mura is a poet, creative nonfiction writer, critic, playwright and performance artist. A Sansei or third generation Japanese American, Mura has written two memoirs: Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei, (Grove-Atlantic), which won a 1991 Josephine Miles Book Award from the Oakland PEN and was listed in the New York Times Notable Books of Year, and Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality and Identity, (1996, Anchor).

Mura's third and most recent book of poetry is Angels for the Burning, (2004, Boa Editions Ltd.). His second book of poetry, The Colors of Desire, (1995, Anchor), won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award from the Friends of the Chicago Public Library. His first book, After We Lost Our Way, (Carnegie Mellon University Press), won the 1989 National Poetry Series Contest. He has also written a chapbook, A Male Grief: Notes on Pornography & Addiction, (Milkweed Editions). His book of critical essays, Song for Uncle Tom, Tonto & Mr. Moto: Poetry & Identity, was published by the University of Michigan Press in 2002.

The Minnesota Writers' Series will culminate with an open reading on Tues., April 25 at 7 p.m. in LSC Library's Minnesota Room. LSC students, staff and the public are welcome to sign up to read that evening.

The Friends of the Duluth Public Library is a non-profit organization that supports the Library through fundraising and advocacy.


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For more information, contact Gary Kruchowski, (218) 733-7649 or g.kruchowski@lsc.edu or Janet Blixt, (218) 723-4743, j.blixt@lsc.edu For immediate release: Feb. 15, 2006 Lake Superior College and Friends of the Duluth Public Library Announce Minnesota Writers' Series (Duluth, Minn.) --- Lake Superior College (LSC) and co-sponsor Friends of the Duluth Public Library will host a series of readings by Minnesota writers. All readings are free and open to the public. Joyce Sutphen will read on Tues., Feb. 28, 7 p.m. in LSC Library's Minnesota Room. Sutphen lives in Chaska, Minnesota and teaches at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. She won a 2005 Minnesota Book Award in Poetry for her book, Naming the Stars (Holy Cow! Press, 2004). Her poems have appeared in the American Poetry Review, Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, Water~Stone, Hayden's Ferry, Shenandoah, Luna, and others. Her first book, Straight Out of View (Beacon Press, 1995) won the Barnard New Women Poets Prize and was republished by Holy Cow! Press in 2001. Her second book, Coming Back to the Body (Holy Cow! Press, 2000) was a Minnesota Book Award finalist. Her poems have been featured in such spotlights as Billy Collins's Poetry 180 project. William Reichard will read on Tues., March 14, 7 p.m. in LSC Library's Minnesota Room and Wed., March 15 at 12 noon in Duluth Public Library's Gold Room. Reichard is the author of three collections of poetry: This Brightness, (Mid List Press, forthcoming); How To, (Mid List Press, 2004, finalist for the 2003 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets); and An Alchemy in the Bones, (New Rivers Press, 1999, Minnesota Voices Prize). Reichard has one chapbook published, To Be Quietly Spoken, (Frith Press, 2001) and one, Signs of Light, (META Press) is forthcoming. He is the editor of The Evening Crowd at Kirmser's: A Gay Life in the 1940s, (University of Minnesota Press, 2001, Publishing Triangle Award winner). Art Przybilla will read on Tues., March 21 at 12 noon in the Duluth Public Library's Gold Room and Tues., March 21, 7 p.m. in the LSC Library's Minnesota Room. He is a 2004 Winner of Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards in the Fiction, Poetry, Drama category for "Ojibwe Tales: Stories of the Ojibwe People," written with the aid of the late Randy Councillor. Przybilla taught English, speech and theatre and directed plays at Rainy River Community College in International Falls for twenty-two years. He also worked as a seasonal interpretive ranger at Voyageurs National Park. Most recently, Przybilla taught in the Mass Communication Department and supervised a group of student teachers for the Teacher Training Department at St. Cloud State University. David Mura will read on Tues., April 11 at 12 noon in the Duluth Public Library's Gold Room and on Tues., April 11 at 7 p.m. in the LSC Library's Minnesota Room. Mura is a poet, creative nonfiction writer, critic, playwright and performance artist. A Sansei or third generation Japanese American, Mura has written two memoirs: Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei, (Grove-Atlantic), which won a 1991 Josephine Miles Book Award from the Oakland PEN and was listed in the New York Times Notable Books of Year, and Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality and Identity, (1996, Anchor). Mura's third and most recent book of poetry is Angels for the Burning, (2004, Boa Editions Ltd.). His second book of poetry, The Colors of Desire, (1995, Anchor), won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award from the Friends of the Chicago Public Library. His first book, After We Lost Our Way, (Carnegie Mellon University Press), won the 1989 National Poetry Series Contest. He has also written a chapbook, A Male Grief: Notes on Pornography & Addiction, (Milkweed Editions). His book of critical essays, Song for Uncle Tom, Tonto & Mr. Moto: Poetry & Identity, was published by the University of Michigan Press in 2002. The Minnesota Writers' Series will culminate with an open reading on Tues., April 25 at 7 p.m. in LSC Library's Minnesota Room. LSC students, staff and the public are welcome to sign up to read that evening. The Friends of the Duluth Public Library is a non-profit organization that supports the Library through fundraising and advocacy.
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