Sale!

Pre-Order Now Available

Pre-order the 20th Anniversary Edition of the Almanac and receive a 20% discount until August 1, 2025. Orders will be shipped in late September when printing is completed.

About Illumination

Saint Paul Almanac Volume 14: Illumination is an anthology of prose and poetry from Minnesotan writers that illuminate the tenacity, grit, pleasure, and grace of the human experience.

This singular volume, the twentieth anniversary edition of the Almanac, highlights the voices we seldom hear. You’ll find incarcerated writers, those who experience health challenges, those who grieve and heal, and those who cope with marginalization.

Illumination also Includes stories and poems from young writers who are elementary and high school students. There are reflections about longing to connect, the search for truth, the joy of abundance from nature, and a magical parable of possibility. Within these pages are testimonies to mentors and unexpected encounters with strangers.

This volume is filled with thought-provoking and moving works from memoirists Sherry Quan Lee and Hedy Tripp; poets Debra Stone, Stephanie Booker Maari, Donna Isaac, and John Medeiros; and community activists Clarence White and Dr. Lavonne Moore.

The book also features art from David Ralph Johnson, Tom McGregor, Rachel Quast, Kristin Schue, Susan Solomon, Anne Spooner, and Rajine Williams. Award-winning artist and visionary Ta-Coumba T. Aikens depicted the cover art. In this twentieth anniversary edition of Saint Paul Almanac, you’ll also find winners of the 2023 Sidewalk Poetry Contest.

There is something for everyone in this anthology.

Cover Artist:
Ta-Coumba T. Aiken

Cover Art:
Visitation, 2024
acrylics on bassword, 12×12 inches

ISBN: Coming Soon

Original price was: $24.95.Current price is: $19.96.