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Dessa Shares Honest Advice on Being an Artist with Literary Arts Students
October 23, 2026
Writer, performer, and musician Dessa returned to Perpich Arts High School on October 23 to share an honest look at what it means to build a career as an artist. Speaking with Literary Arts students, the Minneapolis-based artist drew on her experiences…
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“I’m Working On It”: Taylor Gruye (Literary Arts 2008) Reflects on Work, Writing, and Resilience
May 19, 2026
Perpich Arts High School alum Taylor Gruye (Literary Arts 2008) has turned years of difficult jobs, strange workplace encounters, and hard-earned resilience into a new book, I’m Working On It: Still Professional After All These Years.Taylor Gruye (Literary…
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Perpich Arts High School Literary Arts Department Presents “Schrödinger’s Reading: The Great Search for the Plot” a Lit Reading
May 14, 2026
Students in the Literary Arts program at Perpich Arts High School closed out the school year with “Schrödinger’s Reading: The Great Search for the Plot”, a final public reading on May 13, 2026 that celebrated storytelling, growth, and the community built through…
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Literary Arts Students Present Poetry Showcase and Short Works Reading at Magers & Quinn Booksellers
March 26, 2026
The Literary Arts Department of Perpich Arts High School presented their work at Magers & Quinn Booksellers on March 25, 2026. The Poetry Showcase and Short Works Reading featured new and selected works from our emerging writers.
The audience…
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Curtis Sittenfeld, Bestselling Author, Visits with Literary Arts Students
February 25, 2026
When acclaimed novelist Curtis Sittenfeld visited Literary Arts students on February 25, 2026 for a wide-ranging conversation about writing, research, and rejection, she offered a candid look at what it really takes to build a literary career.
From the start, Sittenfeld emphasized that…
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Literary Arts Celebrates the 2026 Midwest Region Scholastic Writing Awards
February 25, 2026
Perpich Literary Arts students and staff are celebrating a year of Scholastic Awards hard work and success! We are very pleased to announce the 2026 Midwest Region Scholastic Writing Awards! Congratulations to the Perpich Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention award…
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Perpich Arts High School Literary Arts Students Present “Guerilla Glue: A Mixed Media Disruption” a Lit Reading
February 6, 2026
The Literary Arts Department of Perpich Arts High School presented “Guerilla Glue: A Mixed Media Disruption” on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. With pens and laptops and no fear, their reading focused on speaking their minds in order to, as Angela Davis said,…
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Perpich Arts High School Literary Arts Department Presents “Telling Their Stories” Oral History Exhibition
December 18, 2025
The Perpich Arts High School Literary Arts Department presented “Telling Their Stories”, this year’s Oral History Exhibition on December 17, 2025. From exploring puzzles and escape rooms to sitcoms and family farms, from conservation officers and our very own principal, our writers…
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Perpich Arts High School Literary Arts Department Presents “Running Into Yesterday” a Lit Reading
November 13, 2025
The Literary Arts Department of Perpich Arts High School presented “Running Into Yesterday” on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Their first reading of the school year represented the culmination of months of work from new and returning writers. The writers shared poems, short…
