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An afternoon with Ahmed Ismail Yusuf
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Please don’t bring books with you to Author Fest. 
We’re partnering with the League of Women Voters Park Rapids Area to present “An afternoon with Ahmed Ismail Yusuf.” Mr. Yusuf will discuss his personal immigrant story from Somalia to America and his new book, The Lion’s Binding Oath. Come join us at 3 pm on June 19th at the Northwoods Bank Community Room. (The bank is at the corner of Highway 34 and Henrietta (Cty Rd. 6) The community room is on the lower level and is handicap accessible.) The program will last about an hour and half, including time for questions. Refreshments will be served. 
ter, bring your pie to Beagle and Wolf by noon on July 4. Entry fee is $5. Categories are: 
The pies will be auctioned off at 3:30ish at Pioneer Park in downtown Park Rapids. 
Sheila O’Connor
July 14, 11:00
P.S. Write Back Soon:
The Lost Art of the Letter—a writing workshop with Sheila O’Connor
Once, the letter held our experiences, hopes, secrets, and desires. Letters arrived from other places or were passed between people quite near. They were our way of sharing with another the hidden landscape of the heart. In this workshop, we will have fun returning to the letter. Whether our receiver is real or imagined, we’ll experiment with ways we can use the letter form to share our stories. Drawing on her experience writing her recent novel-in-letters, Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth, writer and teacher Sheila O’Connor will lead workshop participants through a series of writing activities designed to experiment with the letter form. Bring paper and pen, and a creative spirit. No experience required.
The cost of the workshop is $20; space is limited. To reserve your spot, send a $20 check to Beagle and Wolf, 112-3rd St. W., Park Rapids MN 56470. Checks should be made out to Sheila O’Connor.
Book signing at 1:00
Sheila O’Connor will read from her latest book, Until Tomorrow Mr. Marsworth, and sign copies of the book.
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Midwest Connection Picks
The Lion's Binding Oath
Ahmed Ismail Yusuf
Religious and ethnic conflict is Somalia's most enduring legacy. The U.S. has welcomed Somali refugees yet views them with suspicion. Yusuf's collection is written with deep compassion for the lives of its characters, examining the stories of families, clans, lovers, neighbors, and friends beneath its history of war and displacement.
Recommended if you like What is Not Yours is Not Yours, Helen Oyeyemi.
Our Towns
James Fallows and Deborah Fallows
A unique, revelatory portrait of the civic and economic renewal already taking place across America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A surprisingly hopeful view of the country between its coasts.
Recommended if you like Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance.
The Westing Game
Ellen Raskin
When Samuel W. Westing is found dead, the residents of Sunset Towers find themselves gathered for the reading of his will. What they are shocked to hear is that Westing was actually murdered and that his murderer is one of them! The residents are given a series of clues and tasked with solving the mystery. Winning means they inherit Westing’s vast fortune, but the further they move through the game, the more dangerous it becomes.
Recommended if you like Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, Chris Grabenstein.
Neck and Neck
Elise Parsley
Everybody loves Leopold the giraffe. He inspires awe and wonder. His adoring fans gaze and cheer. Best of all, they feed him lots of deeeelicious snacks! But, one day, a shiny, bobble-headed new rival comes in and ruins everything… a giraffe-shaped balloon! Just how far will Leopold go to prove that he's the hero of the zoo?
Recommended if you like Giraffes Can’t Dance, Guy Parker-Rees.
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