Joplin Reads Together is proud to announce The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal, as the 2025 Book. Published in July 2019, it is Stradal’s second book. Receiving starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and BookPage, it became a national bestseller its first week of release, and in 2020, won the WILLA Literary Award in Contemporary Fiction. The Lager Queen of Minnesota was named one of the best books of 2019 by USA Today and NPR, among other places, and its rights have been optioned for television.
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Joplin Reads Together Events
March 27, 5:30-7:00 pm Post Art Library: My Midwest Art Reception
(exhibit runs March 27-April 27)
April 1, 6:00-8:00 pm Chat & Craft: Cookie Cutter Stamped Tea Towels
April 3, 5:30 pm Friends of the JPL: From Page to Pint: Celebrating The Lager Queen with Local Brews. This is a Friends member only event @ Chaos Brewing
April 8, 6:00-7:00 pm MSSU Dr. Megan Bever – “Beer, Bodies, and Being: Gender and Identity in American Culture”
April 9, 11:00 am Take-Home Kit: Painted Cork Coasters (while supplies last)
April 12, 2:00-3:00 pm Board Games & Brews @ Chaos Brewing
April 15, 6:00-7:00 pm Pie Making with Carla from Big R’s Pies
April 17, 11:00 am Makerspace Take & Make Kit: DIY Bread in a Bag (while supplies last)
April 17, 1:00-2:00 pm Let’s Dish Book Discussion
April 17, 6:00-7:00 pm Let’s Dish Book Discussion
April 22, 2:30-3:30 pm MSSU Dr. Megan Bever – “Beer, Bodies, and Being: Gender and Identity in American Culture” @ MSSU Spiva Library
April 22, 6:00 pm Dontcha Know Midwest Trivia Night
April 24, 6:00 pm Author J. Ryan Stradal Visit & Book Signing
1901 East 20th Street
Joplin, MO 64804
Phone: 417-623-7953
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