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This Thursday is our first Poetry Night of the 2018-19 season, and we have a month full of more great events ahead. 
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Dear Reader,

Over the last couple of years, we've been very lucky to collaborate with Northfield's Poet Laureate, Rob Hardy, on a series of poetry readings that take place at Content and at our beloved Northfield Public Library. We've worked with Rob to plan another amazing line-up of poetry events for the 2018-19 season, starting with former Northfielder Kai Carlson-Wee, who will read this Thursday. At the end of the month, we'll co-host the Second Annual Northfield Poetry Festival - stay tuned for all the juicy details on a great weekend in our next newsletter.

Coming up next week, we have two favorite Minnesota authors, William Kent Krueger and Julie Schumacher. On September 27th, we'll host hip-hop artist and debut memoirist Dessa, who will discuss her new book in conversation with St. Olaf's own Gordon Marino. (You need a ticket for this one! Scroll down for details.)

Poetry Night: Kai Carlson-Wee

Thursday, September 13th @ 7 pm

Rail is a lovely book, strong and inspired.” —Robert Bly

Kai Carlson-Wee is the author of Rail (BOA Editions, 2018). He has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and his work has appeared in Ploughshares, Best New Poets, AGNI, New England Review, Gulf Coast, and The Missouri Review, which awarded him the 2013 Editor’s Prize. His photography has been featured in Narrative Magazine, and his poetry film, Riding the Highline, has screened at film festivals across the country. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow, he lives in San Francisco and is a lecturer at Stanford University.

Poetry Nights are presented in collaboration with the Northfield Poet Laureate. The Northfield Poet Laureate program is sponsored by the City of Northfield and funded by the Northfield Public Library and the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC), in partnership with the Northfield Arts and Culture Commission.

Find more details on our website. Let us know you're coming on Facebook.

William Kent Krueger at Content

Tuesday, September 18th @ 7 pm

Content is pleased to welcome beloved Minnesota novelist, William Kent Krueger, who will read from Desolation Mountain, the 20th installment in his Cork O'Connor series.

New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger delivers yet another "punch-to-the-gut blend of detective story and investigative fiction" (Booklist, starred review) as Cork O'Connor and his son Stephen work together to uncover the truth behind the tragic plane crash of a senator on Desolation Mountain and the mysterious disappearances of several first responders. This is a heart-pounding and devastating mystery the scope and consequences of which go far beyond what father or son could ever have imagined.

Find more details on our website. Let us know you're coming on Facebook.

Julie Schumacher, author of The Shakespeare Requirement

Thursday, September 20th @ 7 pm

Content welcomes Julie Schumacher, Thurber Award-winning author of Dear Committee Members, and now its follow-up The Shakespeare Requirement.
 
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune keep hitting beleaguered English professor Jason Fitger right between the eyes in this hilarious and eagerly awaited sequel to the cult classic of anhedonic academe, the Thurber Prize-winning Dear Committee Members. Once more into the breach... 

Now is the fall of his discontent, as Jason Fitger, newly appointed chair of the English Department of Payne University, takes arms against a sea of troubles, personal and institutional. His ex-wife is sleeping with the dean who must approve whatever modest initiatives he undertakes. The fearsome department secretary Fran clearly runs the show (when not taking in rescue parrots and dogs) and holds plenty of secrets she's not sharing. The lavishly funded Econ Department keeps siphoning off English's meager resources and has taken aim at its remaining office space. And Fitger's attempt to get a mossbacked and antediluvian Shakespeare scholar to retire backfires spectacularly when the press concludes that the Bard is being kicked to the curricular curb. 

Lord, what fools these mortals be! Julie Schumacher proves the point and makes the most of it in this delicious romp of satire.

Find more details on our website. Let us know you're coming on Facebook.

Dessa presents My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love

TICKETED EVENT
Thursday, September 27th @ 7 pm

Content is delighted to welcome Dessa, rapper, a singer, an essayist, and a proud member of the Doomtree hip-hop crew. She'll read from and discuss her new book of memoir and essays, My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love, in conversation with St. Olaf's own Gordon Marino.

Dessa defies category–she is an intellectual with an international rap career and an inhaler in her backpack; a creative writer fascinated by philosophy and behavioral science; and a funny, charismatic performer dogged by blue moods and heartache. She’s ferocious on stage and endearingly neurotic in the tour van. Her stunning literary debut memoir stitches together poignant insights on love, science, and language–a demonstration of just how far the mind can travel while the body is on a six-hour ride to the next gig.

THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT.

  • Tickets are $26.00 + tax and include one copy of Dessa's new book, My Own Devices.
  • Ticket admits one.
  • All ticket holders will be given a book ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT.
  • Tickets may be purchased in person at Content or below.

BUY TICKETS on our website, or through the link on Facebook.

Upcoming Events

Graphic Novel Book Club: The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Tuesday, September 25  | 7:00PM

Patrick Scully presents Leaves of Grass -- Illuminated at Northfield Arts Guild Theater
Sunday September 30 | 7:00PM

Poetry Night: Bao Phi
Monday October 01 | 7:00PM 

See you in the stacks!
- Jessica, Nate, and all the staff at Content
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