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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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St. Cloud Times: Two titles, two very different parts of the Twin Cities and its history. Jul 23, 2017 St. Cloud Times: Two new books from the University of Minnesota Press deal with memories of days gone by in two very different parts of the Twin Cities.
Santa Fe New Mexican: Charting man's modernity Jul 21, 2017 Santa Fe New Mexican: On Fritz Kahn's homuncular body
Rain Taxi: Revisiting Allen Ginsberg Jul 21, 2017 Rain Taxi: Allen Ginsberg’s impact upon the literary as well as cultural climate of the United States during the tumultuous latter half of the twentieth century cannot be overstated.