Week 6 Clue: Lit Scavenger Hunt
Just like the birthday party games of yore, the lit community is having a little fun in order to celebrate several significant anniversaries. Coffee House Press is 25, Graywolf Press is 35, Milkweed Editions is 30, and the Loft Literary Center is 35. Around the Literary Twin Cities in (Almost) 80 Days is a city wide scavenger hunt running now through December 26. New trivia questions are posted every Sunday, with clues added on Wednesdays. Get the full scoop here. To get started, you can download your passport and get more details on the featured bookish destinations here.
Which Minnesota poet ran for president five times and once said “if any of you are secret poets, the best way to break into print is to run for the presidency”?
Visit one or both of this week’s featured destinations, answer the question correctly, and win a prize! Go to either Minnesota History Center Store at 345 Kellogg Boulevard West in St. Paul, or Lake Country Booksellers at 4766 Washington Square in White Bear Lake with your answers by November 21.
Win prizes from each week’s destination when you provide the right answer. Get your passport stamped too. At the end, the person with the most stamps wins the Grand Prize which includes the entire 2009 collections from Coffee House, Graywolf, and Milkweed, plus a Loft membership and season tickets to Talking Volumes. Ready? Set? Go!
