The finalists in the eight categories of the 28th Annual Minnesota Book Awards, sponsored by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, have been made public. See the full list here. Winners will be announced on April 16.
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Linda Hogan will receive the 2016 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Nature Writing, which is awarded annually by PEN New England "to a writer demonstrating literary excellence in nature writing." Previous winners are Gretel Ehrlich, E. O. Wilson, Gary Snyder, Peter Matthiessen and T. C. Boyle. Hogan, who has published numerous works of poetry and prose, will be honored March 10.
"Intimately connected to her political and spiritual concerns, Hogan's poetry deals with issues such as the environment and eco-feminism, the relocation of Native Americans, and historical narratives, including oral histories," PEN New England noted.