Unfiltered: The Coffee House Press Blog

In the Stacks with Lightsey Darst: Day 1

Poet Lightsey Darst is currently a writer-in-residence at The Walker Art Center’s Resource Library. During the course of her two-week residency, she’ll post dispatches here at Unfiltered. To learn more about our Writers and Readers Library Residency Program, click here.   Day 1: …

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In the Stacks with Lightsey Darst

Poet Lightsey Darst is currently a writer-in-residence at The Walker Art Center’s Resource Library. During the course of her two-week residency, she’ll post dispatches here at Unfiltered. To learn more about our Writers and Readers Library Residency Program, click here.  I’m …

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Coffee House Press to offer residency program for writers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Coffee House Press to offer residency program for writers MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (May 16, 2013) — As part of its continuing effort to put books into action, Coffee House Press has launched an initiative to place writers …

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Congratulations, Little Free Library!

  We are happy to report that our friend and collaborating organization, Little Free Library, has been awarded a 2013 Innovations in Reading Prize by the National Book Foundation! The prize is awarded annually  to individuals and institutions—or partnerships between the two—that …

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Ring Ring Poetry

Knock knock! Who’s there? Ring Ring Poetry! I know it’s still a little hard to believe, but very soon we’ll be strolling the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul, enjoying (gasp!) the outdoors. This May, prepare to see something a …

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Talk of the Stacks with Andrei Codrescu

Last Thursday evening, I grabbed a friend and headed to the Hennepin County Library’s Talk of the Stacks reading, featuring Coffee House Press poet Andrei Codrescu. In the weeks leading up to it, I tried to familiarize myself with his …

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Buy One, Give One for National Poetry Month

Buy One, Give One for National Poetry Month For this year’s National Poetry Month, we’ve teamed up with Tin House Books to bring you a chance to share your love of a good poem with your friends, neighbors, family, and …

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A Conversation with Eowyn Ivey

Eowyn Ivey is the author of The Snow Child and a contributor to Read This! She recently answered a few questions for this starstruck Coffee House Press intern. CHP: Authors have differing opinions on what to read while writing. For instance, …

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Coffee House to collaborate with Library as Incubator Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Coffee House to collaborate with Library as Incubator Project MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (March 26, 2013) — Coffee House Press is pleased to announce this new collaboration. In Spring 2014, we will publish The Library as Incubator Project’s Guide to …

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A Question for T. Geronimo Johnson

Hold It ‘Til It Hurts was a finalist for the 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award. The novel doesn’t shy away from contentious issues, and neither does its author. Fellow writer Benjamin Hale asks T. Geronimo Johnson about how he prepared to write …

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