Books
7 2025 Books by MN Authors to Gift the Reader on Your List
We've got something for every kind of reader: poems for the doomscroller, essays about the natural world, a comic collab with Redman, and more.
Mary Lucia Didn’t Owe Us a Memoir (But I’m Glad She Wrote It)
Lucia's storytelling in 'What Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder To Relate To' recalls maudlin lyrics set to a bright pop chord progression.
A New Cookbook Celebrates the Artists (and Stagehands, and Engineers, and Fans) of MN’s Music Scene
'A Musician’s Menu: Recipes That Rock by the Minnesota Music Community' offers a taste of local music.
Meet the Writers, Chefs, Foragers, and Photographers who Helped Bring Sean Sherman’s ‘Turtle Island’ To Life
A dynamic Twin Cities team helped create Sherman’s latest cookbook.
Read an Excerpt From ‘Mysterious Tales of Old Minneapolis,’ Larry Millett’s Newest Story Collection
Then head to the book release party at Once Upon a Crime this Thursday.
In MN Cookbook ‘Back of House,’ Immigrants and Community Caretakers Share Family Recipes, Traditions
A new collection of ancestral recipes celebrates working and at-home chefs—the folks who 'don’t get their flowers,' as one co-author explains.
