
Three Women Authors
Nora Murphy, Marcie Rendon and Mai Neng Moua are a trio of Midwest…

Read around the world: Mollie Hoben: How many books by writers other than Americans have you read?
Mollie Hoben is the co-founder of the Minnesota Women's…

Ojibwe women
Brenda Child, photo by Lisa Miller, University of Minnesota
As…

When your grandmother is hidden: Duchess Harris reveals her grandmother’s hidden history at NASA
In 2011, my mother Miriam Mann Harris was approached by…

Anne Bertram: What’s the use of art?
On taking a step back, taking a breath, maybe even a laugh, and adjusting perspective

Bookstore as a muse Feature: Q&A with five women-owned independent booksellers in Minnesota
Birch Bark Book Books in Minneapolis (Courtesy Photo)
There…

Kalia Yang: Lyrical storytelling from Hmong refugee camp
Words are like currency to the world. ... I write for stability. I write as a response to the world, as a way to be in it.

Bookshelf: Life after death
Lenore Franzen (courtesy photo)
I was 57 years old. Life…

2015 Changemaker: Carolyn Holbrook and The Loft Literary Center
Curators and creators of safer spaces for Black women's stories

Wilderness exploration as teacher
Ann Linnea (Courtesy Photo)
The flag above me is flying straight…

Wise Ink: Publish on purpose
Wise words from a women-owned and -operated press

Minnesota Public Radio’s Kerri Miller
"There's almost nothing that gives me as much pleasure as being with people for whom a book really mattered."


For 2025 coverage, Minnesota Women’s Press earned a community leadership award, three photography awards, and four editorial awards, including for coverage of social issues and for our Spring 2025 “Know Your Rights” special section supported by Unidos MN. Our publisher was named Journalist of the Year by Violence Free Minnesota for gender-based violence coverage.