The Twin Cities (ranked "the most literate city in America" in 2008) is a nationally recognized center for cultural activity in visual arts, music, theater, dance, film, writing, reviewing, and literary publishing. Major funding organizations offer annual awards and fellowships to artists at every level, including students. Readings by nationally distinguished authors take place at area bookstores, libraries, museums, coffee houses, and other performance venues virtually every night of the week. The area provides a lively environment for experimental and cross-cultural writing, performance art, and collaborative work among artists.
The Twin Cities Alt-Weekly City Pages is a good resource for area events.
Writer's Organizations
The Loft Literary Center
Suite 200, Open Book
1011 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis
612-215-2575
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1011 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis
612-338-3634
Minnesota State Arts Board
Park Square Court
400 Sibley Street, Suite 200, St. Paul
651-215-1600
Open Book
333 Washington Ave. N., Suite 301, Minneapolis
Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis
612-871-4444
Literary Presses
Coffee House Press
27 North 4th St., Minneapolis
612-338-4125
Graywolf Press
2402 University Ave. #203, St. Paul
Holy Cow! Press
P.O. Box 3170, Mount Royal Station, Duluth
218-724-1653
Milkweed Editions
Suite 300, Open Book
1011 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis
612-332-3192
The New Rivers Press
420 North 5th St., Suite 1180, Minneapolis
Spout Press
P.O. Box 581067,
Minneapolis, MN 55458
Publications
Cross-Cultural Poetics (XCP)
College of St. Catherine
601 25th Ave. S., Minneapolis
Dislocate
Published by graduate students in the MFA Program at the University of Minnesota
Rain Taxi Review of Books
P.O. Box 3840, Minneapolis
Water~Stone Review
Graduate School of Liberal Studies:
Hamline University
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104-1284
Utne Reader
1634 Harmon Place, Minneapolis
