Club Book: Jonathon Odell

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$80
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
August 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Anoka
Anoka
Project Overview
An author visit by Jonathon Odell sponsored by MELSA and ACL, held at an Anoka County Library location. "Local writer Jonathan Odell is the author of the acclaimed novel The View from Delphi, which deals with the struggle for racial equality in pre-civil rights Mississippi, his home state. His well-received new novel, The Healing, explores the subversive role that story plays in the healing of an oppressed people. Odell’s short stories and essays have been published in the Utne Reader, A View from the Loft, and Stories from the Blue Moon Café III, among other notable publications."
Project Details
40
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 5
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$80
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$80
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audience will get to hear a Minnesota author speak about his career and life and gain an appreciation of his work.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Forty people attended and were able to listen to Jonathan Odell speak about his writing. He kept the audience's attention for over ninety minutes and attracted an audience from all over the metropolitan area.

Source of Additional Funds

MELSA

Project Manager
First Name
Chris
Last Name
Olson
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
chris@melsa.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200