By Laurie Hertzel
The University of Tampa Press has published "Almost Dark," a new collection of poetry by Richard Terrill. Terrill teaches in the MFA program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he is a Distinguished Faculty Scholar. His previous collection, "Coming Late to Rachmaninoff," won a Minnesota Book Award, and his memoir, "Saturday Night in Baoding," won the Associated Writing Programs Award for nonfiction.
Terrill will read at Banfill-Locke Art Center, 6666 East River Rd., Fridley, at 7:30 p.m. on June 11. He has a number of readings scheduled for the fall.
Also ...
•The Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards winners were announced last weekend in Duluth, and five authors were honored. In fiction: Cynthia Kraack, "Minnesota Cold," published by North Star Press of St. Cloud. Poetry: Ellie Schoenfeld, "The Dark Honey: New & Used Poems," Clover Valley Press. Nonfiction: Timothy Cochrane, "Minong - The Good Place: Ojibwe and Isle Royale," Michigan State University Press. Children's: William Durbin, "Wintering," Raven Productions. Memoir: Stephen Dahl, "Knife Island: Circling a Year in a Herring Skiff," Nodin Press. The awards are sponsored by the UMD Library, Lake Superior Writers and Friends of the Duluth Public Library.
•"I'm New at Being Old," an inspirational picture book by Lucy Rose Fischer, has been published by Temuna Press of Minneapolis. Fischer spent 25 years working in the field of aging and now, nearly 60, has launched a second career as an artist.
•Nodin Press of Minneapolis has published "Voice From the Mountains," a memoir by Anthony Caponi. Caponi grew up in a village in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. He is now a professor emeritus at Macalester College in St. Paul.
•"The Turtle Catcher" by Nicole Helget is out in paperback from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Helget lives in Mankato and is the author of "The Summer of Ordinary Ways."
