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Coffee House Press will help the arts thrive in Minnesota by publishing sixteen new books, including three by Minnesota writers, and by supporting the publication of five others. We track sales, reviews, and awards for all of our books. Works by Fox, Shin, and Labiner have not been out for a full year, and results are still coming in, Read This! has sold well over 7,000 copies, well surpassing the goal of sales of 3500. Shin's Rough, And Savage, was a 2013 finalist for the Believer Poetry Award, and was favorably reviewed in the Star Tribune, Library Journal, and other venues. Let the Dark Flower Blossom, has garnered close to 15 reviews thus far in publications like Kirkus, Library Journal, Booklist, among others. Fox's newly released book has already been added to curriculum in university classrooms. Writers on our backlist remain in demand by communities for their ability to give voice to the many diverse stories of Minnesotans. Alexandria, Minnesota just selected Minnesota author Kao Kalia Yang's The Latehomecomer, as their common read for 2014.
Coffee House Press helped the arts thrive in Minnesota by publishing sixteen books, including three by Minnesota writers, and by supporting the publication of five others. Works by Minnesota writers included second books of poetry by Sarah Fox (The First Flag) and Sun Yung Shin (Rough, and Savage), and a novel by Norah Labiner (Let the Dark Flower Blossom). In 2013, Coffee House Press also published, Read This! Handpicked Favorites from America's Indie Booksellers, which was edited by Minnesotan Hans Weyandt. In addition, we supported the recent publication of fourteen books, including five by Minnesota writers with free events throughout the state in community bookstores, libraries, and other venues. We believe that we published these books well, and were able to fulfill this goal completely.
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