Nuruddin Farah's new play staged at the U
A free public reading of Nuruddin Farah's new play, "A Stone Thrown at the Guilty," will be staged next weekend at the University of Minnesota.
Farah is a Somali novelist and the U's College of Liberal Arts Winton Chair. He is the author of 11 novels, among other works, and is a recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He has been living in exile from his native country for many years.
The play was inspired by two uprisings in Somalia when the country was under British rule. The reading is free and will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday at the Rarig Center Stoll Thrust Theater, 330 21st. Av. S., Mpls.
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Source: The Star Tribune
A free public reading of Nuruddin Farah's new play, "A Stone Thrown at the Guilty," will be staged next weekend at the University of Minnesota.
Farah is a Somali novelist and the U's College of Liberal Arts Winton Chair. He is the author of 11 novels, among other works, and is a recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He has been living in exile from his native country for many years.
The play was inspired by two uprisings in Somalia when the country was under British rule. The reading is free and will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday at the Rarig Center Stoll Thrust Theater, 330 21st. Av. S., Mpls.
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• "The Agony of the Leaves," by Laura Childs of Plymouth, will be published in March by Berkley. This is the latest in her tea shop mystery series, and you can see the book trailer at www.startribune.com/a1010.
• "The Survival Guide for Kids With Autism Spectrum Disorders (and Their Parents)," by Elizabeth Verdick and Elizabeth Reeve, will be published in April by Free Spirit Publishing. Verdick, the author of several books, lives in St. Paul. Reeve, a child psychiatrist, lives in Minneapolis.
• "Blinded by the Sight," by S.L. Smith, has been published by North Star Press of St. Cloud. The mystery centers on the discovery of a homeless man who died near the river in St. Paul.
• "Falcon Finale," a mystery by Jan Dunlap, has been published by North Star Press of St. Cloud. Dunlap lives in Chaska.
• "Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works," a memoir by Atina Diffley, will be published in April by the University of Minnesota Press. Diffley is an organic farmer and a former owner of the Gardens of Eagan farm.
• "Cul de Sac," short stories by Scott Wrobel, will be published in April by Sententia Books of New York. Wrobel teaches at Anoka-Ramsey Community College. His work has appeared in Great River Review, Minnesota Monthly, the Rake and elsewhere. He has won the Loft Mentor Series in Fiction and Third Coast Creative Nonfiction competitions. He'll launch the book at 7:30 p.m. April 20 at Magers & Quinn.
• Pamela Sund of Fargo, N.D., has co-edited a book about North Dakota poet Thomas McGrath. "Thomas McGrath: Start the Poetry Now!" was published in English by Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée in Montpellier, France, as part of its Profiles of American Author series. The book includes critical analysis, memoir, interviews and a biography of McGrath's early life. Sund is a former student of McGrath's; her co-editor, Vincent Dussol, is a professor in France.
Source: The Star Tribune
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