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Amy Goetzman

Amy Goetzman writes about books, authors, libraries and the Twin Cities literary scene. She is a freelance writer and editor who has covered the arts for MinnPost, the Rake, City Pages, Star Tribune and Minnesota Monthly, as well as culture topics for Salon.com, The New York Times and Babble.com.

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Luke Sullivan
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Luke Sullivan's Rochester memoir tells it like it really was

By Amy Goetzman | 10/24/12

To outsiders, the family represented success. But Sullivan's father was a raging alcoholic, and viciously tormented his family as he spiraled from alcoholism to madness.

Candace Savage
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Prairie memories: a Q&A with Canadian author Candace Savage

By Amy Goetzman | 10/17/12

"A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape" blends memoir and travelogue with an examination of a piece of the Canadian prairie.

Nick Coleman
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Three new books revisit Minnesota’s political past

By Amy Goetzman | 10/12/12

Election 2012 will be over soon, but maybe you’ll miss it. In that case, three new books that revisit Minnesota’s political past will give you something to mull over until 2013.

Hawk Ridge cover
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Grand Marais artist Betsy Bowen illustrates 'Hawk Ridge'

By Amy Goetzman | 10/10/12

Bowen's latest illustrations are in “Hawk Ridge: Minnesota’s Birds of Prey,” written by bird expert Laura Erickson.

jeremy jackson
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Jeremy Jackson’s memorable Midwestern childhood

By Amy Goetzman | 10/04/12

Not everyone is raised in misery, and good childhoods are interesting too. Iowa writer Jeremy Jackson had one, and his new memoir, "I Will Not Leave You Comfortless," is lovely.

TC Book festival
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Twin Cities Book Festival coming up Oct. 13

By Amy Goetzman | 10/03/12

The festival is one exceptionally fun opportunity to see more than two dozen local and national writers read and discuss their work.

Mary Casanova
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Mary Casanova and the ghosts of Koochiching

By Amy Goetzman | 09/27/12

In "Frozen," Casanova recreates the lively frontier community that existed along Rainy Lake in the early 1900s.

William Swanson
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William Swanson revisits the killing of St. Paul patrolman James Sackett

By Amy Goetzman | 09/25/12

“All kinds of lives were affected, and ruined,” says Swanson, who explores the bonds that existed between the "Brotherhood of Blue" and the Sackett family.

Diane Wilson
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Diane Wilson opens the book on 150 years of Dakota history

By Amy Goetzman | 09/20/12

Wilson's “Spirit” Car was selected as this year’s One Minneapolis One Read title.

heynen
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Jim Heynen and the end of the world in 1999 Iowa

By Amy Goetzman | 09/18/12

The tension between here and out there, and us and them, forms the uncomfortable backdrop for Heynen’s moving and sensitively written first novel, "The Fall of Alice K."