David Unowsky, founder and CEO of Hungry Mind Bookstore (aka the Ruminator), Minneapolis, Minn., which closed in 2004, has been named publishing consultant at the Mayo Clinic Press. Among other things, he will be responsible for outreach to bookstores around the country, visiting local stores several times a year, setting up events, working with authors on events, and working with the Mayo Clinic Press team.
Besides running Hungry Mind, Unowsky founded the Hungry Mind Review (aka the Ruminator Magazine), was president of the Upper Midwest Booksellers Association, a board member of American Booksellers Association, a co-founder of an independent publisher, and founding president of the Metro Independent Business Alliance. He was also awarded the Kay Sexton Award for service to the Minnesota book community and the Pat Bell Award for service to Midwest Independent Publishers. Since 2004, he has run reading series at Magers and Quinn and SubText bookstores in the Twin Cities.