SIOUX FALLS Augustana University has announced the release of Patrick Hicks latest book, Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue Waters, which is being published by Indiana University Press. The launch of the book, written by Augustanas writer-in-residence and professor of English, is set to take place Sept. 1.
In this new book, Hicks takes readers on a witty, wise and affectionate journey to every corner of the North Star State. The Stillwater, Minnesota, native, earned a bachelor of arts in English from St. John’s University, Minnesota, and masters degree from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. For years, Hicks lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Spain earning a second masters degree from Queens University Belfast and Ph.D. from the University of Sussex in England.
Hicks, the radio host of Poetry From Studio 47, is the author of more than 10 books and his work has appeared on NPR, The PBS Newshour and American Life in Poetry.
The former visiting fellow of University of Oxford has received several grants, including from the Bush Artist Foundation, Loft Literary Center and National Endowment for the Humanities, South Dakota Arts Council and Augustana University.
Hicks is also the author of Across the Lake, In the Shadow of Dora: A Novel of the Holocaust and the Apollo Program, published in 2020 by SFA Press/Texas A&M Press, “The Commandant of Lubizec: A Novel of the Holocaust” and “Operation Reinhard,” published by Steerforth/Random House, “The Collector of Names,” published by Schaffner Press, as well as six poetry collections.
Hicks, Augustanas writer-in-residence since 2007, teaches courses on creative writing, Irish literature, Holocaust studies, as well as honors courses.
To learn more about Hicks “Greater Minnesota,” visit patrickhicks.org.
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