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  • Books in Verse from Perpich Library

    April 20, 2022

    In honor of National Poetry Month, the library is highlighting some of our incredible books written in verse, a form of narrative poetry. All items on this list are available at the Perpich library. Click on titles for more information.

     

     

    1. Apple: Skin…

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  • Walz, Flanagan Announce Appointments to Perpich Board

    April 5, 2022
    Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced the following appointments to the Perpich Center for Arts Education Board of Directors:

    Board member Paul Hustoles has been reappointed to the Board.
    Joining the Board are: Rebecca Lynn Petersen and Janet Mohr.

    The…

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  • Refugee Stories

    March 22, 2022

    The current refugee crisis caused by the invasion of Ukraine has been the focus of many news stories these days. Unfortunately, war and persecution have long been forcing people from their homes, but most of these refugee’s stories have been under reported…

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  • New Library Materials – Plays – Fall 2021

    Appropriate/An Octoroon: Plays – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

    Blood at the Root – Dominique Morisseau

    Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play – James Baldwin

    By the Way, Meet Vera Stark – Lynn Nottage

    Choir Boy – Tarell Alvin McCraney

    Contemporary Plays by Women of Color: An Anthology, 2nd edition – edited…

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  • New Library Materials – Nonfiction Social Studies Books – Fall 2021

    An African American and Latinx History of the United States – Paul Ortiz

    All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life – Winona LaDuke

    A Black Women’s History of the United States – Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross

    Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country:…

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  • New Library Materials – Poetry – Fall 2021

    African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song – Kevin Young, editor

    American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin – Terrance Hayes

    Catrachos: Poems – Roy G. Guzmán

    Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver – Mary Oliver

    Finna: Poems – Nate Marshall

    Halal If You Hear…

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  • Fantasy and Science Fiction by Black Authors

    February 23, 2022

    For Black History Month, the library is highlighting some of the incredible Black science fiction and fantasy authors we have in our collection. All items on this list are available at the Perpich library. Click on titles for more information.

    1. The Gilded Ones…

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  • Lunar New Year Arts Resources 2022

    February 1, 2022

    Lunar New Year 2022 is February 1 and this is the Year of the Tiger.

    According to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, “People born in the Year of the Tiger are born leaders, who walk and talk assertively and inspire respect….

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  • New Library Materials – Nonfiction Books – Fall 2021

    All About Love: New Visions – bell hooks

    Apple: (Skin to the Core): A Memoir in Words and Pictures – Eric Gansworth

    Anxiety Relief for Teens: Essential CBT Skills and Mindfulness Practices to Overcome Anxiety and Stress – Regine Galanti, PhD

    Being and Nothingness: A Phenomenological Essay…

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