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Heather Skinner: Publicist and Assistant Marketing Manager; presspr@umn.edu; Phone: (612) 301-1932; [vCard ]
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Press Releases

Minnesota: Where Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan's career began Oct 13, 2016: Two books, Positively Main Street and Highway 61 Revisited, dig into the singer's storied career and Minnesota roots
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar's inspiring memoir—now in paperback Aug 23, 2016: The Senator Next Door will be available Sept. 1
Announcing Avant Museology, a symposium at the Walker Art Center Jul 19, 2016: This two-day symposium explores the practices and sociopolitical implications of contemporary museology
This two-day symposium on November 20-21, 2016, features University of Minnesota Press authors Timothy Morton, Cary Wolfe, and Arseny Zhilyaev.

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Star Tribune: F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota Jun 23, 2017 Star Tribune: This big, lavish book explores the St. Paul streets that F. Scott Fitzgerald called home.
Lambda Literary: Queer Game Studies Jun 15, 2017 Lambda Literary: This anthology’s title, Queer Game Studies, can be read a few ways: a queer take on (video) games, studies on queer games or even a call to queer game studies.
PopMatters: The Artist as Mensch Jun 14, 2017 PopMatters: Allen Ginsberg’s uncollected interviews show that he still matters, though not for the reasons he once did.