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Details: Published: 20 August 2019

"Oranges" Featured at Montana Book Festival Sept. 13

University of Minnesota Professor Gary Eldon Peter's award-winning debut short story collection, Oranges, was featured at the Montana Book Festival in Missoula on Sept. 13. He did a reading followed by a signing.

Oranges traverses in linked short stories the life of Michael, a gay man from the Midwest who must find his own confusing path to adulthood after personal loss. Michael is confronted with a number of challenges, including coming to terms with his sexuality in the age of AIDS, facing his family’s difficulties accepting him, dealing with the death of his mother and the aging of his father, and starting over after losing a partner. Novelistic in scope, Oranges is about the never-ending search for connection, validation, intimacy, and, above all, love.

In August, Gary Eldon Peter appeared at the Austin Area Artworks Festival in Austin, Minn., and also did a reading at Zenith Bookstore in Duluth, Minn., on Aug. 29 to celebrate the publication of Queer Voices, published by the Minnesota Society . He has a story in the anthology.

Learn more about Gary Eldon Peter's work at GaryEldonPeter.com.

Details: Published: 28 August 2019

#LOOKUP Book Author Interviewed for Article in West Metro HEALTH Magazine

The online version of West Metro Health magazine's August 2019 issue just become available, and Judy Stoffel, author, #LOOKUP: A Parenting Guide to Screen Use is featured in the magazine. She was interviewed for the article, Advice for parents on how best to keep their little ones busy, which appears on Pages 16, 17 and 18.
Here is a link to the web version of the magazine. Learn more about the book, which serves as a great resource for parents on how best to manage their kids' access to social media, at TheLookUpBook.com.

Details: Published: 02 September 2019

#LOOKUP: A Parenting Guide to Screen Use Featured in The Catholic Spirit

As the kids get ready to go back to school, one thing a lot of parents and teachers will be talking about is the increasing use of smartphones and tablets among young kids. While some consider them a tool that enhances learning, Judy Stoffel, author, #LOOKUP: A Parenting Guide to Screen Use, argues they can be very distracting, and even addictive.

She shares her opinion in the story, "Screen Quandary: Family Life in the Technology Age," published in the Aug. 29 issue of The Catholic Spirit newspaper.

Details: Published: 19 August 2019

Barbara Schlichting Signs Books at The Bookstore at Fitgers in Duluth on Aug. 24

   A novel inspired by one of Minnesota’s most high profile crimes was featured at The Bookstore at Fitger’s in Duluth on Aug. 24, and author Barbara Schlichting , who lives in Bemidji, Minn., previewed the event the day before on WDIO TV in Duluth.
    Schlichting’s The Broken Circle, published by First Lady Press, is the story of a group of childhood friends brought back together by the untimely death of one of their mutual friends. While reminiscing about warm hearted Margo, Nancy, Judy and Sharon reflect back on another mutual loss. They collectively make the decision that the time has come to figure out what happened to Vicky, who disappeared without a trace the night of their senior prom.
   The story was inspired by Minnesota’s most high profile missing person’s case—the 1989 disappearance of Jacob Wetterling. The St. Joseph boy’s body was finally located in Paynesville, Minnesota in 2016.
   Learn more about Barbara’s work at BarbaraSchlichting.com.