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Amy Thielen’s homecoming memoir Give a Girl a Knife

From butter-infused casserole dishes of Park Rapids, MN, to brightly colored sauces in New York City’s Danube restaurant, Mac grad Amy Thielen continues to sharpen her cooking skills.

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Peter Bognanni releases novel: Things I’m Seeing Without You

by Brooke Leonard [email protected] On Tuesday, October 3, Common Good Books filled with excited chatter. Rows of folding chairs in the back of the store filled quickly with colleagues, students, friends and fans of Peter Bognanni, Macalester College professor, Iowa Writer’s Workshop graduate, and Alex Award-winning novelist. His new book, Things I’m Seeing Without You,…

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Marlon James’ novel gets its TV break

A Brief History of Seven Killings, the Man-Booker-Prize-winning novel by Macalester ’s author-in-residence and Associate Professor of English Marlon James, is coming to Amazon in the form of an original TV series. The story, set in Jamaica, follows the eight people who attempted to murder Bob Marley in 1976. “They vanished and nobody in Jamaica…

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Amy Thielen’s homecoming memoir Give a Girl a Knife

Peter Bognanni releases novel: Things I’m Seeing Without You

Marlon James’ novel gets its TV break

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