by Zach Miller
Quick Summary
Minnesota's statewide book club, One Book | One Minnesota, is back for its thirteenth edition. The club's selection, "Where We Come From," will be available from March 10 through May 5, via Ebooks Minnesota. Ebooks Minnesota's unlimited simultaneous use model makes it perfect for book clubs!
Text courtesy of the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library.
One Book | One Minnesota is the statewide book club that invites Minnesotans of all ages to read a common title and come together virtually to enjoy, reflect, and discuss. For its latest edition, One Book | One Minnesota has chosen "Where We Come From," by Diane Wilson, Sun Yung Shin, Shannon Gibney, and John Coy.
Presented in partnership with State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, the program aims to bring Minnesotans together and highlight the role of libraries as community connectors. From March 10 through May 5, through their local libraries, Minnesotans will be invited to read "Where We Come From" and will have access to reading guides and virtual book club discussions. Readers can access the ebook for free on Ebooks Minnesota for eight weeks.
Virtual Author Conversation
Featuring Diane Wilson, Sun Yung Shin, Shannon Gibney, and John Coy
10:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 29
Registration is free and open to the public
About the Book
In this unique collaboration, four authors lyrically explore where they each come from – literally and metaphorically – as well as what unites all of us as humans. Richly layered illustrations connect past and present, making for an accessible and visually striking look at history, family, and identity.
About the Authors
Diane Wilson is an award-winning writer, speaker, and editor. Her work includes "Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past," and "The Seed Keeper" (both of which won the Minnesota Book Award), and "Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life." Her essays have been featured in many publications, including "We Are Meant to Rise; Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations;" and "A Good Time for the Truth." Wilson is a Mdewakanton descendent, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation.
신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin is a Korean American poet, fiction writer, nonfiction writer, editor, and educator. Her books include four collections of poetry: "The Wet Hex;" "Unbearable Splendor," a Minnesota Book Award winner; "Rough, and Savage;" and "Skirt Full of Black," Asian American Literary Award winner. Her poetry has been supported with fellowships and grants from the MacDowell Residency, the Archibald Bush Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She lives in Minneapolis near Minnehaha Creek.
Shannon Gibney is a writer, educator, activist, and the author of "See No Color," "Dream Country," and "The Girl I Am, Was, and Will Never Be," young adult novels that won Minnesota Book Awards. Gibney is faculty in English at Minneapolis College, where she teaches writing. A Bush Artist and McKnight Writing Fellow, she lives in Minneapolis with her family.
John Coy is the author of young adult novels, the 4 for 4 middle-grade series, and nonfiction and fiction picture books including "Hoop Genius," "Game Changer," "Their Great Gift," "Dads," and "If We Were Gone." He has received numerous awards for his work including a Marion Vannett Ridgway Award, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor, a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year, and the Burr/Warzalla Award for Distinguished Achievement in Children's Literature. Coy lives by the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
About One Book | One Minnesota
One Book | One Minnesota is presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, and the Minnesota Center for the Book, in partnership with State Library Services and sponsored by Blaze Credit Union. Program partners also include AmazeWorks, Council of Regional Public Library System Administrators; Lerner Publishing; Mackin VIA; Minitex; and the Minnesota Department of Education. This program is made possible in part through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature to The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and the Minnesota Center for the Book.
