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Changing the Universe through Women’s Stories

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Changing the Universe through Women’s Stories 16 21 WordWomen issue CONTACTUS 651-646-3968 email: [email protected] www.womenspress.com Send a letter to the editor [email protected] Subscribe [email protected] 8 38 Advertise [email protected] Suggest a story idea [email protected] Enter your online calendar listing at www.womenspress.com, click on Calendar, then “add event” Join book activities [email protected] FEATURES READERSWRITE MWPSTAFF Publishers/Editors THINKABOUTIT ...... 6 YOUSAID ...... 5 Kathy Magnuson, Norma Smith Olson Breasts at Victoria’s Secret — or not? Letters from our readers Contributors PROFILE ...... 8 BOOKSHELF ...... 12 Connie Anderson, Bette Braun Auten, Mangala Sharma: Bhutanese refugee Mary Berg’s memoir-writing book list Mary E. Berg, Tami Mohamed Brown, WORDWOMENFEATURE ...... 10 ONYOURMIND ...... 15 Medora Kea, Emily A. King, Kathy Sisters in Crime are clued in Mouacheupao, Nancy B. 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PAUL, MN 55114 CLASSIFIEDADS...... 35 WWW.WOMENSPRESS.COM MNBOOKAWARDS ....CENTER PAGES 4 Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2014 THISISSUE Words do matter KATHYMAGNUSON NORMASMITHOLSON It matters who chooses the stories to tell, who the stories are about, which expert sources are cited and who tells the stories. Disproportion- ately in the U.S. media, that is not women. According to the recent “Status of Almost 30 years ago, the Minnesota Women in the U.S. Media” report from Women’s Press was founded with the the Women’s Media Center: question: “What would the news look Men were far more likely to be like through women’s eyes?” Our tag- quoted than women in newspapers, on line, “Changing the Universe Through television and on public radio, includ- Women’s Stories,” is something we take ing in coverage of women’s issues such seriously. In every issue, we share sto- as abortion, birth control, Planned ries about women, written by women. Coming up: Parenthood and Women are quoted as the “experts.” “There is a crisis of equal rights. Women are celebrated for their intelli- April’s theme is “markers and representation in the In both print gence, creativity and good work. milestones.” What was a milestone and online news Many of the stories in this March of bravery in your life? Tell us about it. media. We live in a sources, women issue tell of women and their words. Send up to 150 words to racially and ethnically are most often rel- Two organizations — Women of Words [email protected] diverse nation that is egated to writing and Sisters in Crime — gather writers Deadline: March 10 51 percent female, but about the “pink together to advance their craft. Two April Advertising Sections: topics” of food, women share their experiences with the news media itself • Grrrls Go Green Guide family, furniture the enduring connection of hand- • Home Guide remains staggering- and fashion. written letters. Hearing women’s • Spirituality Guide ly limited to a single Where are words is KFAI Radio’s focus for its 24 • GoSeeDo Guide demographic.” women’s ideas, hours of women’s programming on Deadline: March 10 values, per- International Women’s Day, March — www.womens spectives and 8. An oral history project shares the May’s focus is “sisters” and we’re mediacenter.com words? Too often words of a female Bhutanese refugee. asking about yours: You laugh with the mass media A grandmother started a daily blog, them. Cry with them. They can drive gives us the same old comments like motivated to help save the Earth for you crazy. You love them. Share a this one from U.S. Rep. Todd Akin: her young grandsons. sister story? Send up to 150 words “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female Your words make a difference. to [email protected] body has ways to try to shut that whole Words are powerful. Your words and Deadline: April 10 thing down.” We still hear attempts at stories have an impact. 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From Bhutan to Minnesota Through an oral history project, a refugee helps keep her stories and her people’s culture alive by Emily A. King

Mangala Sharma is living the in southern Bhutan — and had lived in lected in an oral history project called Bhutan for four generations. “From Exile to Resettlement: The Voices American dream. She and her Many of her family members and of the Bhutanese in Minnesota.” The proj- husband have good jobs. They friends were persecuted by the govern- ect was conducted by historian Andrea ment —- even imprisoned and tortured Klein Bergman, in a partnership with the own a home in the suburbs. —- and forced to leave the country. In fear Hennepin History Museum. for their lives, Sharma (then 26) and her “I was interested in helping give a plat- Their two daughters are well- husband fled to a refugee camp in Nepal form to the refugee communities in the educated and on solid life paths. in 1992. Twin Cities,” Klein Bergman said. “When we had to leave Bhutan, my The stories, photos and videos are Yet Sharma’s life wasn’t always this youngest daughter was only 2 months posted on the project’s website. This avail- way. Sharma was born in Bhutan, a small old and my oldest daughter was 2 years ability was important to Klein Bergman. country that borders India and China. old,” Sharma said. “We brought them “Most oral histories that are captured In the mid- to late 1980s, the Bhutanese and it was really hard. We were not sure for museums and historical societies government began to crack down on whether we would survive.” that I have worked on over the years are ethnic minorities. Sharma’s family is Sharma’s story and the stories of nine archived away, and little is done outside Lhotshampa — a Nepali ethnic group other Bhutanese refugees have been col- of that,” she said. SARAH WHITING SARAH We left every- “thing. We left our home, we left our property, we left our jobs, but at least we have the girls. — Mangala Sharma”

Mangala Sharma, with her mother, Gaura Dhakal, brother, Padam Dhakal, and her sister-in-law, Pabitra Dhakal. Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2014 9 In contrast, this project was meant to 100 girls to receive higher education. Her make participants’ stories — in their own human-rights advocacy work took her words — accessible to the community. worldwide. “You can see their pictures and family Sharma applied for asylum in the photographs, hear their voices, and get a United States and left Nepal in 2000, mov- snapshot of what it was like living in the ing to California. Her family joined her camps — and what it is like for newcom- in 2003. They lived in Atlanta and later ers to arrive here,” Klein Bergman said. moved to Minnesota, setting in Roseville. To preserve and educate Once here, the couple sponsored other Bhutanese families looking to escape Sharma and her family were the first the camps, and they started the Nirvana Bhutanese to arrive in Minnesota, back in Center to help newcomers assimilate to 2007. Since then, almost 900 refugees have their new home. moved here. Through it all, Sharma practiced kind- Klein Bergman saw a need to raise ness and generosity and kept her focus Andrea Klein Bergman awareness of this growing community. squarely on her two daughters. “When you ask the general public if they have heard of the Bhutanese living in She said that when they fled to Nepal, “We were thinking, ‘We left everything. Minnesota, they often do not know where Refugee camps We left our home, we left our property, district Bhutan is and what has happened to the we left our jobs, but at least we have the hundred thousand southern Bhutanese girls.’ ” people, let alone that they are our neigh- “Our passion to give them a future and bors!” Klein Bergman said. never to be a refugee again” propelled the “There were two very important couple on, she said. aspects to doing this oral history project,” ‘We don’t have a history’ and Klein Bergman have heard from other she continued. “First, it is to help preserve communities interested in undertaking language, family history and culture; it is Sharma, who had learned English as a similar work. a testimony of their survival and struggle girl, was a translator on the oral history “Being a refugee means a lot of things, to get here. Second, to help educate our project and shared her own story. but mostly, the sense of loss,” Klein community about Bhutan, the southern “I really like that project because we Bergman said. “Gathering these stories Bhutanese exile from their homeland and don’t have a history,” she said, referring is crucial to help preserve the one thing what it means to start over.” to a lack of documentation among the they do have: their collective memories Sponsoring others southern Bhutanese. and their strength of survival for future Sharma and Klein Bergman are look- Sharma and her husband took an active generations.” ing to expand on the original project, and role in helping their family and neighbors Sharma has ideas for an online museum survive several transitions. and maybe a book. FFI: Sharma’s husband worked as a med- “Ten oral histories are just not enough,” ical doctor in the refugee camps, while from-exile-to-resettlement.weebly.com Klein Bergman said. “More are needed, Sharma formed an organization to teach mnbhutanese.wordpress.com especially from the elderly community reading and writing, weaving, and members, to capture important history www.youtube.com/user/ other skills to camp residents. Through before it is lost.” ExileToResettlement that organization — BRAVE: Bhutanese Bhutanese refugees around the world Refugees Aid for Victims of Violence — are taking notice of the project. Sharma she also helped organize scholarships for

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CONNIE Women of Words ANDERSON How ﬁve became a hundred

In 1997, five women met around a kitchen table for lunch, but more important- ly, to talk about their work as writers. They were writing books about business, poetry, their lives or their passions. The women became friends and strong support publisher and get us a huge advance payment — for one other. Soon, one asked if she could bring but then reality sets in. Mostly, we write, publish, a writer friend to the group — and then so did sell and market our stories — and then we bask others. Quickly, this small-but-growing self-man- in the glory of telling our stories to others. aged group decided to move its monthly meet- We read one another’s books, writing and ings to a restaurant. Each visitor brought new life posting reviews. When one woman said she and a new story. You could see the kinship rever- had stage fright and asked for ideas, contacts berate throughout this new sisterhood. or individual help, within an hour, eight people Such was the modest beginning of our writers told their own stage-fright stories and shared WOW women group that eventually became WOW — Women via our closed Facebook page how they over- willingly share the of Words. “Wow!” is what we often shout when came their fears. we hear a great story or idea. WOW women will- From the initial five women, our invitation victories of their ingly share the victories of their writing — and list grew to more than 40 names, and more were writing — and just just as readily share their mistakes, with the belief asking to join. A second group was started, and that we help each other most with our honesty. within 18 months, more than 40 women joined as readily share Ground rules WOW2. Now there is a third group, and our their mistakes. We’re supportive, but not suffocating; we’re numbers are capped at more than 100 members. right right caring, but we understand that this is not the Inevitably, the women attend, the focus of the gathering. people feel comfortable sharing their issues — and right Rule No. 1: We do not talk about personal the women reach out to help their sisters. issues, period, unless they are pertinent to our It is my honor to facilitate the first two groups. work. We don’t talk about husbands, exes or kids I revel in the feeling that “this was the best lunch unless we are writing about them. Rule No. 2: group ever,” which I say, without fail, twice a We listen, but never judge, offering our thoughts month, every month, after both the WOW and only when, and if, relevant. WOW2 meetings. Time management became essential as the WOW truly is the “village” that helps turn group grew. Each woman takes three minutes writers into authors — all hundred of us. Connie Anderson to tell us about her project, ask questions of the is the author of two books group, and seek help with contacts or ideas. published in 2013: “In My Next Life I Want to Most of the women already have been, or will be My Dog” and “When Polio Came Home: be, independently publishing their books. At one How Ordinary People Overcame Extraordinary time or another, we all have had the dream that Challenges.” She lives in Bloomington. an agent will fall in love with our book, find us a www.WordsandDeedsInc.com.

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Creative balance Another reason that it takes her a long time to complete her large paint- 2014 Mahle Lecture in Progressive Christian Thought ings is her time commitment to teaching art. She has been a professor at North Hennepin Community College Becoming Buddhist for nearly five years, teaching - intro duction to drawing and painting When Jesus Isn’t Enough: classes, two-dimensional design and art appreciation. A Third Wave Womanist Negotiation She likes the balance in her life of teaching art and creating her own art. of Race, Gender and Religion “I think it’s very common for anyone in a creative field,” she said. “[Teaching] Guest Lecturer: Dr. Monica A. Coleman helps your own creative work in that you really need to focus and learn your For more information on Dr. Coleman, visit: materials and craft.” www.hamline.edu/mahle It all can be exhausting, she acknowl- edges, adding, “At the same time, it’s inspiring. “Being around young people who are excited about learning something new is very encouraging,” Ranta said. “If “Festival Table” by Anne C. Brink by Table” “Festival

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I didn’t meet any artists, if I wasn’t at school, it could be easy to forget about the passion that is there with art.” Ranta encourages her students to Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 7pm explore and discover their own artistic paths. Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University, “I think everyone has unique skills. 1531 Hewitt Ave., Saint Paul 55104 You might be better at sculpture than at painting, fiber work than at woodwork - Free to the public. Free parking available in the Drew Lot, ing. Find what you really enjoy doing, one block east of Sundin along Hewitt Ave. then find out everything you can about it. Develop confidence in your skills If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate, and abilities,” she said. “Then do what please contact The Wesley Center at least one week prior to the event. feels right for you to do, despite what is popular or what people want to buy. Sponsored by The Wesley Center for Find your heart, your talent and what’s Made possible by the Stephen and Spirituality, Service and Social Justice; good for you.” Kathi Austin Mahle Endowed Fund FFI: michelleranta.com for Progressive Christian Thought Hamline University, 651-523-2878, www.hamline.edu/wesleycenter 20 Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2014 SHESAID TAMI MOHAMED Words behind the windshield BROWN My morning drink of choice is coffee, black, with a cocoa for my daughter, our gloveless hands cradling the paper cups in the still-cold car, not just for the promise of the liquid within, but for the warmth. We fight the morning darkness and the sheering cold of winter with hot beverages, January days melting into February, lengthening into March. “How can people be so perky this early?” asks to be expected — even needed. But I couldn’t help my daughter of the cashier at the gas station as we but grieve that it felt like one minute we were still exit, of me and my constant need for conversation reading together at bedtime; the next, the door in the morning. was closed and Lana del Rey’s voice had usurped She is 15, void of perkiness this year for the first mine as she listened to hour after hour of music. time in her life. This is the first full sentence she’s This morning, we’ve got the radio on. Even after uttered to me all morning, the first sound that’s stopping for coffee and cocoa, we’re still early, off not a sigh, or a growl or some kind of unintelligi- to a weekend volunteer shift across the river in St. ble noise that includes the rolling of the eyes. Paul. And as we drive, she continues talking, her “I guess some people are just morning people,” almost-monologue stretching out in front of us And as we drive, I tell her. “And some aren’t.” like the empty streets, punctuated here and there she continues I want — I wish — to keep the conversation by a stoplight. going, the words flowing, and I’m pretty slow on Windshield Time, I think. Defined as that talking, her the draw myself in the morning, but she agrees. wasted time between point A and point B, usually almost-monologue She launches into an observation of how it would in getting to and from work. But this time in the stretching out in be difficult to work a pre-dawn shift that would car with my daughter isn’t wasted in the least. I require talking to people or counting change, about decide, instead, to tweak that phrase, claim those front of us like the how many of the other students in her early-bird two words for my own. It’s warm and cozy in our empty streets, class at school don’t even speak until at least third slowly heating vehicle and we drive the streets of punctuated here hour. I let her talk, taking in the thoughts that she downtown St. Paul to kill a little more time, nei- shared, pleased, quite simply, for her presence. ther of us wanting to stop and park yet. and there by Exchanges of this kind have become harder to If we didn’t have somewhere to be, I’d offer to a stoplight. come by. keep driving east toward the sun, inching its way Earlier this year, my daughter closed the door above the horizon, pink and warm and promising. to her room one afternoon. In the time it took the Instead, for a few more minutes — gas prices be latch to click shut, it seemed, she didn’t want to damned — we circle the blocks again and again — spend as much time with me. She asked me to Kellogg, St. Peter, Wabasha, 10th — the crunch of knock before entering, stopped with the running tires on slush, around and around, as I listen to my conversation that we typically shared. daughter’s words. “I just want some some privacy,” she told me Tami Mohamed Brown lives in Bloomington with in an angst-filled voice that I barely recognized.her family. And, I knew, this was probably true. She was right. At 15, a closed door, perhaps, was a thing

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Make your way to the beautiful and historic Saint Paul Union Depot this April for Minnesota’s best book party! Discover new authors and books by your fellow state residents, and help us celebrate the literary treasures of Minnesota. Hosted by master of ceremonies John Moe – of MPR’s “Wits” – and with live music by the acclaimed jazz trio The Willie August Project, the gala awards ceremony will be a night to remember. The 26th Annual Minnesota Book Awards Gala April 5, 2014 | Saint Paul Union Depot | 214 E 4th St 7:00 p.m. Opening Reception Meet the finalists, book sales and signing, and cash bar. 8:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony Wine and refreshments, celebrity presenters, and more. 9:30 p.m. Epilogue Celebration Champagne, desserts, live music from Parisota Hot Club, and mingling with winners and finalists. Presented by McGrann Shea Carnival Straughn & Lamb, Chartered. Awards will be presented to the winners in eight book categories, as well as the Kay Sexton Award, the biennial Hognander Minnesota History Award, and the Book Artist Award – 2014 honoree, Fred Hagstrom. Tickets: $45 or $450 for a table of ten ($40/$400 for members of The Friends and MEMO). Visit thefriends.org for tickets and more info. Special section in the MinnesotaMinnesota Women’s Women’s Press, MarchMarch 2014 2014 233 Upcoming Events

Julie Klassen - The Dancing Master David LaRochelle & Mike Wohnoutka - Moo! Saturday, April 5, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 10:30 a.m. Norwood Young America Library, Stillwater Public Library, 224 Third Street North, Stillwater 314 Elm St. W., Norwood Young America Join MN Book Award winner LaRochelle and Two-time finalist Klassen reads from her latest illustrator Wohnoutka for a wild ride! novel of romance and mystery. Club Book with Brian Freeman - The Cold Nowhere Monday, April 7, 7 p.m. Meet the Finalists Rum River Library, 4201 6th Ave., Anoka Friday, March 14, 7 p.m. - FREE Finalist Brian Freeman reads from his sixth internationally acclaimed Jonathan Stride novel. OPEN BOOK Catherine Phil MacCarthy & Matt Rasmussen 1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis “The Island of Poetry: Small Places in a Large World.” Tuesday, April 8, 7 p.m. Gear up for the Minnesota Book Awards by Merriam Park Library, 1831 Marshall Ave., Saint Paul getting to know this year’s finalists. Join us O’Shaughnessy Award-winning Irish poet MacCarthy for a great night where finalists from each and finalist Rasmussen in conversation. category gather to discuss or share brief excerpts of their books, followed by a David Housewright - The Last Kind Word reception with wine, light refreshments, Wednesday, April 9, 7 p.m. and book sales. Create your spring Wildwood Branch Library, 763 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi reading list and meet the finalists! Meet Edgar Award and three-time MN Book Award- Presented with the Loft Literary Center. winning author of the Rushmore McKenzie novels. 424Special Minnesota section Women’s in the Press, Minnesota March 2014Women’s Press, March 2014 26TH ANNUAL MINNESOTA BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS Children’s Literature - sponsored by Books For Africa

The Case of the How Martha Saved Her Missing Donut Parents from Green Beans by Alison McGhee, by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Isabel Roxas illustrated by Mark Fearing The sheriff and his deputy dog have been charged with a mission: to bring a Martha knows that green beans are bad, very bad, dozen donuts home safely. But when the young sheriff but even she is caught off guard when a gang of mean peeks inside the box to check on the tasty treats, a green beans strolls into town and kidnaps her parents. donut disappears! MN Book Award winner McGhee is LaRochelle is the author of several books for children the author of several novels for children and adults. and a two-time MN Book Award winner.

Moo! Peep Leap by David LaRochelle, by Elizabeth Verdick, illustrated by Mike illustrated by John Wohnoutka Bendall-Brunello When Cow gets her hooves on the This adorable counting book farmer’s car, she takes it for a wild ride. Using just one highlights the giant leap that wood ducks must make word (well, maybe two), this book will have readers on their second day in the world. Verdick is the award- laughing one moment and on the edge of their seats winning author of several books for toddlers and the next. Wohnoutka has illustrated books for Random preschoolers, and is pursuing her MFA in writing for House, Dutton Children’s Books, and more. children and young adults at Hamline University.

General Nonfiction - sponsored by Minnesota AFL-CIO

Evil Men Harriman vs. Hill: Wall by James Dawes Street’s Great Railroad War by Larry Haeg Dawes presents a searching meditation on our all-too- Haeg relates an unprecedented human capacity for inhumanity contest between two railroad in a book that confronts atrocity head-on: how it looks magnates, James J. Hill and Edward Harriman, over and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. the Northern Pacific and its essential route connecting His first book, That the World May Know: Bearing Eastern markets through Chicago to the rising West. Witness to Atrocity, was a MN Book Award finalist. Haeg is the author of In Gatsby’s Shadow, a MN Book Award finalist.

The Nazi and the Soda Shop Salvation: Psychiatrist: Hermann Recipes and Stories Göring, Dr. Douglas M. from the Sweeter Side Kelley and a Fatal Meeting of Prohibition by Rae of Minds at the End of WWII Katherine Eighmey by Jack El-Hai Here are recipes for imaginative drinks and El-Hai uncovers the remarkable relationship between luncheonette delights from the 1920s, along with tidbits army psychiatrist Captain Douglas M. Kelley and of the history of suffragists and flappers, bootleggers the elite of the captured Nazi regime, particularly and G-men. Eighmey is the author of Food Will Win the Hermann Göring. El-Hai is the MN Book Award Wa r and Potluck Paradise, a MN Book Award finalist. winning author of The Lobotomist.

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The Book of Killowen The Cold Nowhere by Erin Hart by Brian Freeman An ancient volume of In Freeman’s sixth Jonathan philosophical heresy provides Stride novel, the detective a motive for murder in this is revisited by a past case in haunting, lyrical novel of forensics, archeology, and the form of sixteen-year-old orphan Catalina Mateo, history, the fourth in Hart’s Nora Gavin suspense series. whose parents were murdered ten years ago. A Hart is also the author of Haunted Ground – a MN Book frequent finalist for the MN Book Awards, Freeman’s Award finalist – Lake of Sorrows, and False Mermaid. internationally acclaimed titles have been printed in She lives in Saint Paul and frequently visits Ireland. 20 different languages and sold in 46 countries.

Tamarack County Wolves by William Kent Krueger by Cary J. Griffith While investigating a Griffith makes his fiction debut woman’s disappearance, Cork with the story of Sam Rivers, a O’Connor and his family are special agent for the U.S. Fish & pulled into a deadly series of events which may have Wildlife Service, who returns to his boyhood home on a connection to a murder more than twenty years old the Iron Range and soon finds himself in a case unlike – a case where Cork was the deputy in charge. Four- any other. Griffith is the author of two nonfiction time MN Book Award winner, Krueger is the author books, Lost in the Wild and Opening Goliath, a MN of twelve previous Cork O’Connor mysteries. Book Award winner.

Memoir & Creative Nonfiction - sponsored by GovDelivery

The Girl Who Sang to the Prairie Silence Buffalo: A Child, an Elder by Melanie Hoffert and the Light from an Ancient Sky Stories about returning home and exploring abandoned by Kent Nerburn towns are woven into a coming- This moving narrative travels through the lands of the of-age tale about falling in love, making peace with Lakota and the Ojibwe, where dreams have meaning, faith, and belonging to a place where neighbors animals are teachers, and the “old ones” still have are as close as blood but are often unable to share powers beyond our understanding. Nerburn is a two- their deepest truths. Hoffert holds an MFA in creative time winner of the MN Book Award. writing from Hamline University.

Thunder of Freedom: We’ll Be the Last Ones Black Leadership and the to Let You Down Transformation of by Rachael Hanel 1960s Mississippi At times heartbreaking and by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner at others gently humorous with Cheryl Reitan and uplifting, this book presents the unique, moving In this remarkable memoir, written in collaboration perspective of a gravedigger’s daughter and her with Reitan, Sojourner presents a fascinating account lifelong relationship with death and grief. Hanel has of her experience living in 1960s Mississippi during written more than twenty nonfiction books for children, the civil rights movement. Sojourner and Reitan both and her essays have been published in the Bellingham live in Duluth. Review and New Delta Review. 266 Special Minnesota section Women’s in the Press, Minnesota March 2014 Women’s Press, March 2014 26TH ANNUAL MINNESOTA BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS Minnesota - sponsored by MSR Architects

A Love Affair with Birds: Minneapolis Madams: The The Life of Thomas Sadler Lost History of Prostitution Roberts by Sue Leaf on the Riverfront by Penny A. Petersen The first full biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts – bird In this surprising and riveting enthusiast, doctor, author, curator, educator, and account of the city’s red-light district and the powerful conservationist – opens a window on a lost world of madams who ran it, Petersen brings to life a nearly nature and conservation in the state’s early days. Leaf forgotten chapter of Minneapolis history. Petersen is is the author of Potato City and The Bullhead Queen: A the author of Hiding in Plain Sight: Minneapolis’ First Year on Pioneer Lake, a MN Book Award finalist. Neighborhood.

Modern Spirit: The Art of Survival Schools: The George Morrison American Indian Movement by W. Jackson Rushing, and Community Education III and Kristin Makholm in the Twin Cities by Julie L. Davis This stunning book showcases Chippewa artist Morrison’s work while also This is the first history of two alternative schools founded exploring the artist’s identity as a modernist within the by American Indian Movement (AIM) in the Twin Cities broader context of twentieth-century American and in 1972 and their role in revitalizing Native culture and Native American art. Makholm is Executive Director of community. Davis is associate professor of history at the the Minnesota Museum of American Art. College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University.

Novel & Short Story - sponsored by Education Minnesota

Let the Dark Flower Little Wolves Blossom by Thomas Maltman by Norah Labiner The intertwining stories of a Labiner’s suspenseful fourth father searching for answers novel delves into the past of and a pastor’s wife who has twins Sheldon and Eloise Schell, the estranged college returned to town for mysterious reasons unroll on companions of the rich, scandalous, and celebrated a Minnesota prairie in the 1980s, during a drought Roman Stone – who has just been stabbed to death. season that is pushing family farms to the brink. Labiner is the author of Our Sometime Sister, German Maltman is the author of the acclaimed Night Birds for Travelers, and Miniatures, a MN Book Award winner. and teaches at Normandale College.

The Peripatetic Coffin Vacationland and Other Stories by Sarah Stonich by Ethan Rutherford On a lake in northernmost The strange, imaginative, and Minnesota is a now broken- refreshingly original stories down fishing resort, Naledi in Rutherford’s debut collection explore the ways in Lodge, where linked stories of those whose paths which we experience the world – as it is, as it could have crossed cast spells across distance and time. be, and all that lies between. Rutherford’s fiction has Stonich is the best-selling author of These Granite appeared in Ploughshares, American Short Fiction, and Islands, The Ice Chorus, and the memoir Shelter. The Best American Short Stories.

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Black Aperture The First Flag by Matt Rasmussen by Sarah Fox In his moving debut collection The poems in The First Flag – a finalist for the National Book offer readers the opportunity to Award – Rasmussen faces the transform themselves through tragedy of his brother’s suicide, refusing to focus on the changeable tools of psychoanalysis, myth and the expected pathos, blurring the edge between grief fairy tale, divination, allegory, and incantation. Author and humor. Rasmussen is a founding coeditor of Birds of the previous collection Because Why, Fox is also the LLC, a small independent poetry press, and teaches publisher of Fuori Editions and teaches poetry and at Gustavus Adolphus College. creative writing.

It Becomes You Slip by Dobby Gibson by Cullen Bailey Burns Meditative, lyrical, and always The intuitive poems in Bailey served with wry wit, the poems Burns’ second collection exist in in It Becomes You explore the a realm of desire and memory, divergent conditions by which we’re perpetually leading the reader in partial narratives through the defined – the daily weather, the fluctuations of the Dow, passage of time, the interior landscape of grief and the politics of the day. Gibson authored two previous mourning, and the ability to live within change. Her first poetry books, Skirmish and Polar, both MN Book book, Paper Boat, was a finalist for a MN Book Award. Awards finalists.

Young People’s Literature - sponsored by Sit Investment Associates

Chasing Shadows The Real Boy by Swati Avasthi, by Anne Ursu illustrated by Craig In this unforgettable story of Phillips magic, faith, and friendship, This intense novel, told in Oscar, a shop boy for the most two voices and incorporating graphic novel-style art powerful magician in the village, finds his safe world sections, is a searing look at the impact of one random in jeopardy and his city in danger. And now, even act of violence on the lives of three friends. Avasthi is the magic may not be enough to save it. Ursu, a MN Book author of Split, a MN Book Award finalist, and winner of Award winner, is the author of several books for the IRA Book Award and the Cybils Award. children and adults.

Sex & Violence Wild Boy: The Real Life of by Carrie Mesrobian the Savage of Aveyron by Mary Losure, After an assault that leaves seventeen-year-old Evan illustrated by Timothy scarred inside and out, he Basil Ering and his father retreat to the family cabin in rural In a moving work of narrative nonfiction that reads Minnesota – which may offer him his best shot at like a novel, Losure invests the compelling story of the making sense of his life again. Mesrobian teaches boy known as the Savage of Aveyron with vivid and at the Loft Literary Center. This is her first book. arresting new life. Losure is the author of Fairy Ring. 828Special Minnesota section Women’s in the Press, Minnesota March Women’s 2014 Press, March 2014

32 Books in 32 Days Count down to the April 5th Gala with our 32 Books in 32 Days blog! www.thefriends.org/32books Beginning March 4, we’ll feature a finalist each day with book descriptions, author info, national and local reviews, comments from Minnesota Book Awards judges, book trailers, and videos. Guaranteed to inspire great reading for weeks to come!

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Letters of Thai Cafe UEMURA CHARISSA

by Kathy Mouacheupao Remember when handwritten letters were the way to tell someone that you miss them, or that you love them, or that you’re thinking about them or simply to say hello? Well, they still are! But hand writing a letter takes time and thought and all the things that made you

smile when you saw a letter between all the Katie Ka Vang, Yuwadee Poophakumpanart and Kathy Mouacheupao and their other junk mail you usually receive. “Letters of Thai Cafe” project.

At a recent dinner at the Thai Cafe on University Avenue If you could write anything without feeling in St. Paul, Katie Ka Vang — my colleague on a creative placemaking project — and I noticed the description on judged and be guaranteed that someone else the back of the menu of chef Yuwadee Poophakumpanart’s would read it — what would you write? travels through Thailand to collect recipes that she uses in the kitchen. This sparked a conversation about the letters that our parents used to receive from the Thai refugee a series of scenes for a play based on her observations - camps — a memory that we were sure most first-genera and conversations with Yuwadee, the chef, and Thomas, tion Hmong-Americans our age could relate to. the waiter. We had an equally inspiring closing event that These letters were the only way our families were able included a reading of her play. to stay connected after being separated. Letters that shared It was a great experience! I met new people. and I our stories of separation. The new life in America. The believe people made new connections with one another hardships in the camps. The longing to be reunited. Letters and the Thai Cafe. One of the participants even said: “This that made our parents cry tears of sorrow, relief and hope was such a neat way to bring all these people together. I’ll - for an unknown future that didn’t include dirt floors, out never think of Thai Cafe as just a restaurant anymore.” houses and bombs. Letters that opened our hearts and I think this is what creative placemaking is all about. It’s served as windows into the past, present and futures of about creating experiences and memories for people in a our lives. particular place that transforms their connection with that By the time we finished our meal, we had a plan for place. We did it! the “Letters of Thai Cafe” project. We created a letter exchange and invited people to write anonymous letters Kathy Mouacheupao is the cultural corridor coordinator that would be exchanged by hanging them on a clothesline with the Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corp. She hung across the front windows. The prompt we gave was: lives in North St. Paul. “If you could write anything without feeling judged and If you go: Thai Cafe, 371 University Ave. W., St. Paul be guaranteed that someone else would read it — what would you write?” My fortune cookie from that meal read: FFI: Letters of Thai Cafe is a part of Springboard for the “Someone in your life needs a letter from you.” THAT, my Arts’ Irrigate project, an artist-led placemaking project friend, sealed the envelope on the idea! focused on the 6-mile stretch of St. Paul’s Central Corridor We had a launch party in January with about 30 people light-rail-transit line. who attended. We ate and wrote letters to start the letter springboardforthearts.org/community-development/ exchange. The attendance and energy exceeded my expec- irrigate tations. For the rest of the week, as a part of the project, my playwright colleague sat inside the Thai Cafe and wrote 2230 Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2014

GoSeeDo CHELSEA ROWE

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3/21 FRIDAY AND 3/22 SATURDAY Body & Soul Threads Dance Project presents the world premiere of a work performed with the live vocal harmonies of Sweet Honey Sally Ann Wright as Mother Miriam Ruth, Amanda Schnabel as Agnes and Karen Weber as Dr. Martha Livingstone in “Agnes of God.” in the Rock, as well as reprising “Childless Mother” and “Memories.” $24-29. 7:30 p.m., The Cowles Center for Dance THROUGH 3/23 SUNDAY and the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave., Mpls. FFI: threadsdance.org, thecowlescenter.org or 612-206-3600 Agnes of God The Bloomington Theatre Company performs this play about the court-appointed psychiatrist sent to a convent to assess a young nun accused of killing her newborn. $17–22. 7:30 p.m. or 2 p.m., Thurs.–Sun. (dates vary). Black Box Theater, Bloomington Theatre and Art Center, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, FFI: 952-563-8575 or btacmn.org

3/6 THURSDAY THROUGH 4/12 SATURDAY Elizabeth Erickson art “Now and Then, Kinds of Light” is a solo exhibition of paintings and mixed media over 20 years by the Minnesota artist and educator who taught at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and founded and directed the Women’s Art Institute. Reception: Free. 6–9 p.m., 3/8. Gallery: Free. Noon–6 p.m., Thur.–Sat., and by appointment. Form + Content Gallery, Whitney Square Building, Hildegard’s Heart (song) 210 N. 2nd St., Suite 104, Mpls. FFI: 612-436-1151, by Elizabeth Erickson, www.formandcontent.org oil on canvas, 2010 MinnesotaMinnesota Women’s Women’s Press, Press, March March 2014 2014 23 31 3/23 SUNDAY CARDS•POTTERY•BASKETS Minneapolis Convention Center Classical music in JEWELRY•CLOTHING•CARVINGS March 8th 10am-7pm TEXTILES•NEEDLEWORK•RUGS March 9th 10am-7pm the library BEN KERNS Nonprofit, fair market sale of Guitarist Eva Beneke, handcrafted goods strengthening “Healthy Essentials...Essential Cooking” the economic independence Vacations & soprano Nathalie de expoline 612 798 7256 Health for artisans worldwide Home Care Get Aways Montmollin and cellist Sports SATURDAY Exercise Fashion Michelle Kinney will Home Motivation present a concert that APRIL 5 Remodeling Beauty Eva Beneke 9 AM - 4 PM Life & Spas & Retreats celebrates the 329th Technology birthday of composer GLORIA DEI LUTHERAN CHURCH Personal Wellness Development J.S. Bach. Free. 2 p.m., Magazine Room, Central Library, 700 SNELLING AVE. S., ST. PAUL Home Nutrition Maintenance 90 W. 4th St., St. Paul. FFI: 651-266-7000, ext. 5. (ONE BLOCK N. OF HIGHLAND PKWY.)

Fitness Personal Care bodymindlifeexpo.com www.theworldjubilee.org FREE ADMISSION WITH THIS AD 3/25 TUESDAY Chinese orphans Jenny Bowen, founder and CEO of Half the Sky Foundation, discusses her book “Wish You Happy Forever: What China’s Orphans Taught Me about Moving Mountains” about improvements in the orphans’ treatment. Co-sponsored by Yinghua Academy. Free. 7 p.m., Common Good Books, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul.

John Rutter JUBILEE • VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers • Chamber orchestra • Philip Brunelle, CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT conductor MARCH 9 Ascendent Jazz Diva “perfect pitch and enunciation, a playful sense of humor, a rich and varied tonal palette, a supple sense of swing, exquisite taste in songs and phrasing, and a deep connection to lyrics.” – New York Times

Performing John Rutter’s Requiem, CALL TODAY FOR TICKETS Birthday Madrigals and other classics. 612.332.5299 Friday, March 21, 2014 at 8 pm Philip Brunelle OR VISIT US ONLINE AT DAKOTACOOKS.COM Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 4 pm TICKETS: $20-$40 Central Lutheran Church www.VocalEssence.org 1010 NICOLLET MALL DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS 333 South 12th Street, Minneapolis 612-371-5656 2432 Minnesota Women’s Press, MarchMarch 20142014 Mastel’s GoSeeDo Guide Health Foods 10% Off Your 3/27 THURSDAY Entire Order (Juicers, special offers Cat Extravaganza! and any sale items Kristy Abbott, author of the new not included) picture book “Finding Home,” One coupon per customer and Catherine Holm, author Expires 3/31/14 of the memoir “Driving With 1526 St. Clair Ave., St. Paul Cats: Ours for a Short Time,” (2 blocks E. of Snelling) entertain cat lovers. Free. 7 p.m. 651-690-1692 Magers & Quinn Booksellers, March 2014, 30-3 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls. History Theatre illuminates FFI: 612-822-4611 or the experiences of American soldiers www.magersandquinn.com MARCH 16–APRIL 6 THROUGH 5/24 LONELY SOLDIERS: Botanical art WOMEN AT WAR IN IRAQ Six regional women artists are A provocative, timely play by included in “Botanical Art in award-winning author Helen Benedict, based on interviews with soldiers All Its Wonder,” which exam- on the front lines in Iraq. The real words ines the variety of styles and of eight women warriors recount media that can capture the trauma on the battleﬁeld and fine detail of flora. Free. Daily in the barracks— (times vary). O’Shaughnessy and personal journeys Educational Center lobby gal- toward recovery and justice. This play opens the door lery, University of St. Thomas, for conversations about 2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul. war, gender, and challenges FFI: 651-962-5560 or for America’s next http://tinyurl.com/kb527vw generation of soldiers.

“Pine Tree Totem,” kiln-carved fused glass by Nancy Hemstad Seaton of Grand Marais, Minn. MARCH 15–APRIL 6 TIM O’BRIEN’S THE THINGS THEY CARRIED A world premiere See more calendar listings online at www.womenspress.com adapted by Jim Stowell Look for the MN Women’s Press at these events: and starring Stephen D’Ambrose, • Brides Against Breast Cancer, March 1 bringing the award-winning • The Stir, presented by Women’s Foundations of MN, March 6 novel about an American soldier’s experience during • Body Mind Life Expo, March 8-9 and after the Vietnam War • Viola Works by Women Composers, presented by to life on stage. Aurélien Pétillot, March 14 • Midway to Michfest Party/Fundraiser, March 15 • MN Social Services Association 121st Annual Training Conference and Expo, March 18-21 • Grape Divas events • League of Women Voters—South Tonka Branch events • Northland Bioneers events • Theatre Unbound performances • U of M Women’s Center events History Theatre’s world premiere of Nellie by Kim Hines • Women Entrepreneurs of Minnesota events was honored as one of Minnesota Women’s Press’s 2013 Changemakers • Women’s Initiative for Self Empowerment (WISE) events Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2014 2533 Compiled by Mary Treacy GoSeeDo Guide “Women of Character, Courage and Commitment” is the theme of this year’s National Women’s History Month, sponsored by the nonprofit National Women’s History Project, “aims to promote women’s achievements and innovation.” Names and biographies of women who exemplify “character, courage and commitment” are on the group’s website (www.nwhp.org), along with ideas for observing the month, sample proclamations and even a quiz that reminds us how much we have forgotten. Here are a few of the events happening in the Twin Cities area, plus resources to learn more about women in history.

Twin Cities events Resources online the Women’s History Month guide to March 5 – “Quilt Connections,” Eagan High Minnesota women’s music – the Library of Congress’ collections. School’s annual Women’s History Month Quilt The website of Women in Music FFI: womenshistorymonth.gov/ Exhibit. March is also National Quilting Month. Minnesota has a collection of stories collections.html The exhibit honors Betty “Jewell” Wolk, a from more than a century of wom- www.loc.gov/collection/women- renowned quilter and leader from Montana who en’s music created and performed by of-protest/about-this-collection died in 2011. Read her story at storyquiltproject. Minnesota women. memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/ com. Eagan High School, 4185 Braddock Trail, FFI: www.wimmn.com nawshome.html Eagan. FFI: [email protected] Suppressed Histories Archives – Minnesota legislators – Since 1923 Self-described as a resource that March 6 – Women of the Civil War – A presen- when the first four women took tation about national figures Clara Barton and their seats in the Minnesota House “uncovers the realities of women’s Dorothea Dix as well as Minnesota women. Anoka of Representatives, the composition lives, internationally and across time, asking questions about patriarchy County Historical Society. Free. 7 p.m. Chomonix of the Legislature has changed - dra - Golf Course Clubhouse, 700 Aqua Lane, Lino matically. The Legislative Reference and slavery, conquest and aboriginal ity … mother-right, female spheres Lakes. Seating is limited. FFI: 763-421-0600 Library has compiled a comprehensive listing of women members, by session. of power, indigenous philosophies of March 6 – Haleh Esfandiari, an expert on Iranian spirit — and the historical chemistry FFI: www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/ and women’s politics and director of the Middle of their repression.” East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International histleg/wmnpuboffterm.aspx FFI: www.suppressedhistories.net Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Free. Suffrage – The Minnesota Historical More women’s history – If you just Sponsored by the Luann Dummer Center for Society’s guide to women’s suffrage Women. 7:30 p.m. O’Shaughnessy Educational resources lists books and notes from can’t get enough, visit the website Center auditorium, University of St. Thomas, its collection that you may not know Discovering American Women’s 2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul. FFI: 651-962-6119, existed, such as the records of the History Online from Middle - www.stthomas.edu/ldcw Political Club of St. Paul, 1910-1917. Tennessee State University. Its data base includes photos, diaries, letters March 11 – Lori Sturdevant, Star Tribune opinion FFI: www.mnhs.org/library/tips/his- tory_topics/107suffrage.html and other records of the history of columnist and author of “Her Honor: Rosalie Wahl women. Choose “States” from the Library of Congress and the Minnesota Women’s Movement.” Free. – “Women of top menu and click on “Minnesota.” Protest” and “Votes for Women” are 7 p.m. Minnesota History Center, 345 W. Kellogg FFI: digital.mtsu.edu/cdm/ FFI: www.minnesotahistorycenter. among the many topics featured in Blvd., St. Paul. landingpage/collection/women org/lounge

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tpt.org/womenshistory 3628 MinnesotaMinnesota Women’sWomen’s Press,Press, MarchMarch 20142014 YOURTHOUGHTS Each month we ask our readers to respond to a question. For March we asked: What woman’s words changed your thinking? See more thoughts online at www.womenspress.com. Small things, great love Pronoun gets personal Growing up the fourth child of eight in I distinctly remember the very first time I heard gender-inclusive language used in rural Minnesota, I remember vividly the a public setting. I was in my early 20s, post-college, and I was attending a seminar. The excitement when our family’s set of World co-facilitators varied their use of personal pronouns, switching from male to female, Book Encyclopedias arrived. It was an using “he” or “she” when referring to words like “person” or “student.” era devoid of multiple media channels of My jaw dropped, at least metaphorically, as I had never heard that done before or information, so the pages of those volumes read it in a book or newspaper. Previously, proper English usage would have required opened a new and exciting world of possi- that the pronouns in such instances be male only. I remember looking around the room bilities. Thus began my young girl’s lofty to see if other people’s faces registered the same amazement I felt upon hearing such dreams of the future. radical word usage. I wanted to shout to the other participants, “Did you hear that?!?” Marrying early in life, transversing the It was as if someone had grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me, saying, “You, globe through following my husband’s too, Lisa. You could be this person, this student.” military career and raising children, I That startling introduction to gender-inclusive language propelled me from the side- found it difficult to fulfill my dreams of lines onto the playing field of life. I was no longer content to simply cheer on the men; “making my mark.” Eventually, I found I could be in the game. fulfillment in higher education (sched- Lisa Wersal, Vadnais Heights uled so that it wouldn’t interfere with my New words to me family’s needs), civic involvement and We met at General Mills — Frankie Finch was 20 years older than I. She was a wife, developing a helping-profession career. mother, teacher, dancer-musician and consultant. I was a mom, tour guide and new Balancing the needs of our family with to Minnesota. One day she said to me, strongly but gently, “You hold such promise.” fully realizing our personal potential is (New words to me.) My parents had wished I would study, learn and apply myself in challenging. earlier years — to no avail. Then I came across the incredibly sim- But that day, at age 31, I looked in the mirror and wondered what she saw. Frankie ple, but powerful, words of Mother Teresa and I worked on several projects, and then I started a company to support my speaking of Calcutta: “We cannot do great things and writing skills. She was my accompanist and we led audiences across the nation. on this Earth, only small things with great I became what I heard her say I could be. Now I say those words to others in places love.” where Frankie’s words can light up another life. This concept, this reality, this truth Janie Jasin, Victoria entirely shifted my attitude. It became the foundation for each volitional act, whether Inspired by poet’s words large or small. Pouring my purist inten- This particular graduate course had uprooted me from a Minnesota February to a tions of being loving in all I do, whether lovely San Francisco one. If only for a weekend, I was happy to pack a suitcase full of lecturing to a crowd of 300 at a conference light sweaters and leave the down coat and snow boots at home. With change in my or wiping the dripping nose of a toddler in pocket, books on my back and coffee in my hand, I waited for my bus to roll up. It was the nursery on Sunday morning, I find my approximately 7 a.m., maybe 7:30. The sun is just gaining its strength at that time of significance. I make my mark. My spirit the morning and light was squeezing itself around every corner and onto my pages. sings, my heart expands and I realize my Although I had purchased Mary Oliver’s “New and Collected Poems, Volume One” greatest potential when every effort, every weeks ago, it wasn’t until this moment that I decided to dive in. It was no mistake. act is done with great love. Each turn of the page was likened to a meditation. Her poetry — contemplative and Geri L. Lewis, St. Paul ecological — further inspired my dream of becoming a published writer. Greta A. Jaeger, Minneapolis Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2014 2937

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For complete writer’s guidelines, go to www.womenspress.com and click on “About us.” 4638 MinnesotaMinnesota Women’sWomen’s Press,Press, MarchMarch 20142014 ACTNOW Blogging to save the Earth — every day by Kathy Magnuson On Jan. 1, 2014, Christy Myers posted this on her new blog : “Can one person make a difference? I’ve decided to bite off a big chunk for this year’s New Year’s resolution — doing my part to save our world by writing a daily blog (with a requisite daily action) on one woman’s (me) attempt to reduce our carbon imprint and I NEED YOUR HELP!”

What prompted this bold action was seeing a graph showing the per-capita carbon footprint of various countries at a community event. The line for the United States was far across the poster. The next country’s was much farther back, and some countries hardly showed up at all. While such a problem can seem overwhelming and impossible for organizations to tackle, much less one person, Myers took up the challenge. She felt that as a culture we had lost the emphasis

COURTESY OF CHRISTY MYERS OF CHRISTY COURTESY on personal actions. “I had that seed that people can make a difference,” she said. “People are a real big part of the problem, not just big corporations. Corporations are manufacturing items to be sold to individuals, but ultimately, it is the individual consumption that creates this carbon problem. “I have never thought of myself as a ‘world-is-coming-to-an- end’ kind of person. But in many ways it is possible,” she said. “We have already gone over the tipping point, but there is a chance of keeping it from being too bad if we tilt it back. If we don’t, it could be really horrible.” Myers is aware that her 3-and-a-half-year-old twin grandsons will experience the consequences more than she will. She sees such significant climate changes that she “just needed to start doing something now.” That something that she could do was to write a blog. I am just one person, but if I write Myers’ blog has ideas for practical actions about plastic bags, homemade gifts and getting rid of junk mail. One post is about “this blog and other people read it and fighting climate change with micro-lending; another includes a link to an interactive map on climate change from the Environmental they share it and other people read Protection Agency. “The key thing to understand is that we all have to change the it and open that conversation, I don’t way we do things. And we need community action to get government and corporations to change,” she said. have to do it all. Anything, everything “I hope that by baring my soul to the world every day for a year that I will make some concrete changes in my life. It’s equally as that changes makes a difference. important and wonderful if a lot of people are engaged in this con- ” versation on the blog so that I know it has had additional impact,” — Christy Myers lives in St. Paul and is pictured Myers said. “I am hoping to magnify my one-ness.” here with her grandsons who inspired her blog. Where do you see women connecting and making change in your world? Send me your story, [email protected] Minnesota Women’s Press, March 2014 47

AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE Fri, Apr 4, 8:00 pm (Gala performance, audience reception, and dance party) Sat, Apr 5, 8:00 pm Sun, Apr 6, 2:00 pm Carlson Family Stage at Northrop

Giselle with live orchestra

Celebrate the historic Grand Reopening of Northrop with national treasure American Ballet Theatre performing classic romantic storybook ballet Giselle with live orchestra, a post-performance dessert and champagne reception, and Northrop Inside Out After Dark dance party featuring a live DJ and special performances.

MORE GRAND REOPENING EVENTS A variety of both free and ticketed Grand Reopening events begin with the Gala and continue throughout April, May, and June.

Beth Novak

Scott McGlasson

FURNITURE JEWELRYGLASS

Amy Arnold 2014

WOOD FIBER METALAPRILCERAMICS 11–13 Jacob Albee

FASHION WEARABLES St.ST. PAUL Paul RIVERCENTRE

Nicole Deponte

Tickets and info: craftcouncil.org/stpaul —