Press Release for Frank Moe's "Sled Dogs to Saint Paul"

Wraparound cover for "Sled Dogs to Saint Paul"

Ames, Iowa, September 15, 2014.

Legislator and Wilderness Guide Frank Moe goes the Distance

Ames, IA – Culicidae Press is proud to announce the publication of a memoir by acclaimed adventurer and environmental educator Frank Moe. This moving personal narrative recounts his life as a musher and environmental citizen in the north country of Minnesota. The story culminates with a 350-mile dog-sled journey to Minnesota’s State Capitol of St. Paul, where Frank delivered a petition to the Governor signed by over 13,000, protesting proposed sulfide mines in the Lake Superior Watershed and on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

What readers have said:

What a ride! Educator, legislator and wilderness guide Frank Moe takes us on a riveting journey from his patchy upbringing through his personal epiphany with mushing and onwards by sled to the steps of the state capitol. Lots of thrills and spills await you along the way. But what shines through this fine piece of wordsmithing is devotion: to his bride, to his friends, to his northwoods home and to his beloved sled dogs. Although sled dogs have taken me across Siberia, Greenland, Arctic Canada and to the North Pole, none of those adventures were as creative as the sled dog trek that took Frank deep into political action.

Paul Schurke, Polar Explorer, Founder and Director Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge, Ely, Minnesota

What an inspiring tale of dogs, loyalty and bravery! Frank Moe weaves together into a page-turner of a memoir the story of his love of sledding and his animal companions, with a powerful passion for the wild and beautiful landscape he calls home. An adventurous memoir that is also reflective and candid about Moe’s own personal demons, this is a book you won’t be able to put down. And if you didn’t love and admire dogs before reading this book, you will afterwards.

Sheryl St. Germain, author of Swamp Songs: the Making of an Unruly Woman

and Navigating Disaster: Sixteen Essays of Love and a Poem of Despair.

Sled Dogs to Saint Paul is a must-read for those who know the undying companionship of a canine as well as those who seek to protect our natural environment for future generations.

Dave and Amy Freeman, Directors, Wilderness Classroom,

2014 National Geographic Adventurers of the Year

Once in a while a book comes along that speaks from Minnesota’s heart and helps us understand why we care so much about protecting our homeland. This year that book is Sled Dogs to Saint Paul, authored by Frank Moe. It’s the story of a man from northern Minnesota who becomes enchanted with the world of sled dogs and the gorgeous wilds in which they race. The book is no environmental manifesto but does link the sense of place that comes from living amidst the north’s beauty with the imperative to stop destructive mining proposals.

Dave Demsey, Minneapolis Star Tribune Conservation Minnesota Blog

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Info and Contact

Sled Dogs to Saint Paul is available now worldwide through Amazon and other retailers. For more information about the book, or to schedule an interview or reading featuring Frank Moe, please call Mikesch Muecke at 352-388-3848 or send an email to editor@culicidaepress.com

Stefanie Golisch Book of Poems

Stefanie Golisch just published her latest book of poetry (in English and Italian) with us. Her book, Fly and Fall, is now available on Amazon all over the world.

Stefanie Golisch is a traveller between languages and cultures. Since 1988 she lives and works in Italy. In addition to writing in her German mother tongue, she explores through new poetic codes the inside of the human condition in her every-day Italian and in her elected English. Her poetry accompanies the daily ‘work of living’, showing the lightness and the gravity of the effort to become ‘who you are’.

Stefanie Golisch viaggia tra lingue e culture diverse. Dal 1988 vive e lavora in Italia. Scrive in tre lingue: la sua lingua madre, il Tedesco, la lingua di ogni giorno, l’Italiano, e la lingua eletta, l’Inglese. Ogni lingua ha una sua dinamica specifica che esplode i microcosmi dell’umano in sempre nuove cifre poetiche. La sua poesia accompagna il ‘mestiere di vivere’, mostrando la leggerezza e la pesantezza dell’impegno di diventare ‘ciò che si è’. 

Book Review

Stefanie Golisch’ poetry shows the ability of observation, irony, and sometimes bitchiness, but there is always a profound humanity in showing men and women in their unprotected nakedness, in their loneliness connected to the loneliness of others. 

Vi è nelle poesie di Stefanie Golisch la capacità di osservazione, ironia, causticità qualche volta, ma sempre una profonda umanità nel cogliere la donna o l’uomo nella sua nudità indifesa, nella sua solitudine connessa ad altre solitudini.

Beppe Mariano, italian poet

Review Copy of Frank Moe's Book Now Available

Minnesota-based author, outdoorsman, sled dog racer, and part time politician Frank Moe just published his gripping story Sled Dogs to Saint Paul with Culicidae Press. You can already get a review copy at Amazon, and soon at other fine brick-and-mortar stores around the world.

Shirley's Ride on the Magic Blanket

Coming this fall....In this children’s book, beautifully illustrated by Valerie Bouthyette, the author Tony Mawson tells the story of Shirley, a young girl who experiences an adventure while spending time with her parents back on the farm in Iowa during the summer. To say more would give away too much. You have to read it yourself.... For more information, go to

http://www.culicidaepress.com/cp/mawsonShirleysBlanket.html

Fern Kupfer and Joe Geha in Des Moines

On October 10 Culicidae Press author Fern Kupfer and her author husband Joe Geha read from their respective books in the Des Moines Central Library at 1000 Grand Avenue. For more information go to

https://www.downtowndesmoines.com/events/a-conversation-with-writers-fern-kupfer-joe-geha?event_date_id=3311

Fern Kupfer's Book "Leaving Long Island" is now live!

Fern Kupfer’s latest book, Leaving Long Island and other departures, was just released two days ago by Culicidae Press. If you want to be one of the first to read it, follow this link. There are three different version available: a paperback, a case wrap hardcover, and a hardcover with a traditional jacket. An eBook version will be available by next week for our readers in North America and most of Europe. You can also follow Fern Kupfer’s new blog at http://fernkupfer.blogspot.ca/

New Facebook Page about "Leaving Long Island"

Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/LeavingLongIsland

Ready to Read?

Until this coming Friday, September 21, 11:59pm Lulu has a sale on. Everything is 15% off....http://www.lulu.com

Fern Kupfer is making waves...

Culicidae Press author Fern Kupfer's memoir "Leaving Long Island" has already garnered three five-star reviews on Amazon.com.... Read all about it HERE.

Fern Kupfer's Paperback now Live

The paperback version of Fern Kupfer's book "Leaving Long Island" is finally live on Amazon.com. If you have resisted your desire to get it, now's the time.... Here's a direct link to the Amazon page. You might also want to read the first review by Michael Rakosi on that same Amazon book page.... Way to go, Fern!