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Mandy Hubbard, who also writes under the pseudonymn Amanda Grace, has written a new novel that walks a careful line in difficult territory: A high school swarming with rumors, the school idol inadvertently accused of rape, a narrator who can't seem to voice the truth. The book is called In Too Deep, and, among other things, Mandy discusses how she approached this tricky subject matter when writing for a young-adult audience. To learn more about Mandy, head over to her website at http://www.mandyhubbard.com/
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Although I've never driven pounds of marijuana from California to Florida, I'm now basically an expert on it. Mule, printed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers, tracks James as he goes on a downward spiral that leads him into interstate drug trafficking business. D'Souza talks about his own experiences as a writer during the recession, why the details of the book are so realistic, and the sacrifices James makes for greed. For more information on Tony D'Souza and Mule, go to: http://www.tonydsouza.com/mule.html
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Minneapolis Author and illustrator duo Joe and David take us on a superhero adventure with this children's book, The Alpha League. As preschool educators, Joe and David add rich vocabulary and geography lessons to a beautifully illustrated alphabet book. This interview explores their collaboration and craft. To learn more about The Alpha League, visit the website at: http://www.davidkarrow.com/
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How do you fairly bring the Dust Bowl era to life? Is it important to revisit American myths so we don't forget about human truths? What do you do when you see someone fueling his car with water and powder instead of gasoline? Dennis Nau answers these questions and many more as we discuss his first novel, The Year God Forgot Us. To learn more about Dennis, visit his blog at http://dennisnau.wordpress.com/
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Everybody has seen an episode of MASH, but how many people know the true happenings of war hospitals? Kim Heikkila, author of Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam, published by Minnesota Historical Society Press, writes about the experiences of fifteen nurses who served during the Vietnam War. Memories of daily bloodshed, occasional hope, and the resulting trauma are encapsulated in this nonfiction portrayal of military nursing life. In this interview, Kim shares about the nurses' return to civilian life, their struggle to find acceptance in American society, and the healing that comes from mutual support. If you're interested in the book, please visit: http://shop.mnhs.org/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=2957
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What is a city, really? What do cities share? What happens in the bustle and flow? What's overlooked? What's learned? If you've never considered these questions, you haven't yet read Wayne Miller's new book of poetry, The City, Our City. Wayne has published two other poetry collections and is the editor of Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing. I ask about his process for writing this latest book and what ideals shape his approach to poetry. To learn more about Wayne, check out his website at http://www.onlythesenses.com/
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Thad Nodine is the author of Touch and Go, a novel narrated by blind ex-addict, Kevin, as he takes a cross-country road trip with a dysfunctional family. How dysfunctional are they, you ask? For starters, the trip begins when they strap a coffin to the roof of their car. Touch and Go won the Dana Prize for the novel in 2007. To learn more about Thad, head over to his website at http://nodine.net/
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Adam Selzer AKA SJ Adams is the author of Sparks, a young adult novel
that tackles relevant social issues. Selzer talks about his main
character Debbie, a lesbian who is coming to terms with her sexuality,
a crush on her fundamentalist Christian best-friend, and moving past a
moral compass based on the sitcom Full House. Debbie's world is
turned topsy-turvy after she is initiated into a new religion --
Bluedaism aka The Church of Blue. Selzer talks about the real life
experiences that inspires his work, Sparks' literary parallels to The
Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, and life on a banned book watch
list. For more guffaws and chuckles, visit Adam at:
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John Harrigan discusses his latest work, Jeeptown Sock Hop, which was recently released as an E-Book. Jeeptown Sock Hop is historical fiction -- it is a bittersweet portrait of the 1950's. Thematic subjects are racism, classism, and the trauma of sexual abuse. Harrigan also applies the book's themes to modern times, and reflects on how little has changed, discussing Jerry Sanduski's crimes against children. Readers interested in getting the Amazon Kindle E-Book can find it here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Jeeptown-Sock-Hop-ebook/dp/B005LDMLHQ
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Tyler Blanski, author of Mud & Poetry, discusses the Christian inspiration that led him to write this discourse (and part memoir) about dating. He talks about his quest to discover deep, romantic love while maintaining his relationship with Christ. Blanski also talks about a Christianity outside of evangelism and rule-setting. Go to www.tylerblanksi.com for more information on his writing and art.
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Mary Jane Nealon, author of Beautiful Unbroken: One Nurse's Life, discusses the meditative process of writing her memoir. Beautiful Unbroken spans Nealon's career as a nurse. She begins on the cancer ward before working her way to New York, where she did some of the first medical research on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic. Her memoir is so influential that it leaves readers laughing for courage and crying for hope. To learn more about Mary Jane, visit her website at: http://www.maryjanenealon.com/
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How does an author balance plot threads without getting lost in them? What's it like to write primarily for a younger audience, and why's it preferable? I pose these questions to Jessica Lee Anderson--who has published books for children and for teens--as we discuss her latest young adult novel, Callie. For more about Jessica, head over to her website at http://www.jessicaleeanderson.com/.
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Poet Matt Mauch joins us in the studio to discuss his collection of poems, Prayer Book. Among other things, we try to tackle the age-old question, "Are poets born, or made?" For more about Matt, check out his website at www.mauchmauch.com.
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Diane Wilson's latest nonfiction book, Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life, focuses on several Native Americans--individuals and families--dealing with heartbreaking historical trauma. She discusses how it is one might find hope given such a tragic legacy, and some of the ways she is involved in doing just that within her community. To learn more about Diane, head over to her website at http://wilsonwords.com/.
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Occasionally there is an event that is so stellar it must be promoted. For this show, the Weekly Reader will be more like the Weekly Theatre. Greg Abbott and Leslie Cady both talk about Bar Tales, which runs in the Mankato area on Nov. 16th, 17th, and 18th. Bar Tales has four baudy, entertaining shows that make up one laugh riot. To order tickets (at reduced cost) or to find venues and times, go to: http://www.mankatomosaic.com/
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In My Green Manifesto, David Gessner takes a canoe down the Charles River with Dan Driscoll--an environmental activist with a lowercase e--and explores what a "new environmentalism" might look like. To learn more about David and his work, you can visit his website at www.davidgessner.com.
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11/7/11
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Kevin Grange discusses his harrowing creative nonfiction book, Beneath Blossom Rain, which documents a harrowing 24 day journey into the remote mountain passes of Bhutan. Kevin Grange is an award-winning freelance writer who has written for Backpacker Magazine, National Parks Magazine, and the Orange County Register, among others. Listen about the Bhutanese way of life and Eastern philosophy -- learn how these factors help on Kevin's journey through dangerous, high-altitude wilderness. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Beneath-Blossom-Rain,674765.aspx
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Dilruba Ahmed, the 2010 winner of the Katherine Bakeless Nason Fellowship in Poetry, talks about her award winning collection, Dhaka Dust. She discusses what it's like to write culturally-specific poems for a wider audience, the benefits of form poetry, and occasional difficulties of writing from an honest mother's point of view. You can visit her website at: http://www.dilrubaahmed.com/
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Thomas R. Smith talks about his political chapbook: Wisconsin Spring, and his latest publication with Red Dragonfly Press: The Foot of the Rainbow. He discusses the fusion of poetry and politics, publishing a chapbook and the craft of poetry. Learn more about Thomas R. Smith and order his chapbook at: http://www.thomasrsmithpoet.com/
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We talk with poet Jim Moore, author of Invisible Strings published by Graywolf Press in 2011. He discusses his Eastern-influenced style of poetry, and explains how he reconciled thousands of short poems to form his latest book. Learn more about Jim Moore and purchase his book at: https://www.graywolfpress.org/index.phpoption=com_phpshop&page=shop.author&product_id=185&author_id=141
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Shann Ray's work has appeared in McSweeney's, StoryQuarterly, Northwest Review, Narrative, and Poetry International, among other venues. His debut collection of short stories, American Masculine, won the Bakeless Prize for fiction in 2010. He discusses what masculinity means in the American West, how having a PHD in Psychology influences his view of his characters, and how style or voice takes shape in a given story.
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9/16/11
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Iraq War veteran Bronson Lemer discusses his new memoir, The Last Deployment: How a Gay, Hammer-Swinging Twentysomething Survived a Year in Iraq. He talks about the sometimes mundane activities that make up modern warfare; discusses the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell; and reads excerpts from his book.
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Award-winning nonfiction writer (and former Weekly Reader host) Rachael Hanel discusses her latest projects, including her memoir about growing up the daughter of a gravedigger.
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The Minnesota Shorts Play Festival is back for a third year. It features plays from national renowned playwrights as well as local playwrights, including one high school student. Festival director Greg Abbott talks about the history of the festival and gives a preview of some of the shows. Visit the festival's website at www.mnshorts.com.
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On this show is Catherine Staples. Catherine grew up in Dover, Massachusetts and still spends part of each summer on Cape Cod. Her poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, Third Coast, Commonweal, The Michigan Quarterly Review, and others; new poems are forthcoming at Blackbird and Valparaiso. She was selected by Amy Clampitt for the University of Pennsylvania’s William Carlos Williams Award and is the recipient of two APR Distinguished Poets’ Residencies.
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Lynne Jonell has written more than a dozen books for children. Her latest, Emmy and the Rats in the Belfry, is the third book in her Emmy and the Rats series. Tune in to find out how the series grew from a simple image in a dream, and hear about Lynne's research trip to Schenectady, New York, where local booksellers and a historian helped her scout out locations for the book.
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Connie Miller is a writer, editor, academic advisor, and instructor of English. She lives in Mankato with her husband and three children. Her most resent volume of poetry, Bodywearers, won the Upper Midwest Writers Contest and was published by Sol Books.
"Connie Miller's poems wonder how the body, with its baggy wardrobe of needs, could ever permit such music. But the body is a means. And Miller's poems are less about leaving the flesh behind and more about discovering how the flaws and desires of daily living operate to bring a second life out into the open." --Richard Robbins, author of Famous Persons We Have Known and The Untested Hand
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Danielle Sosin is the author of Garden Primitives a collection of stories (Coffee House Press, 2000). Her fiction has been featured in the Alaska Quarterly Review, and has been recorded for National Public Radio’s Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, and Iowa Public Radio’s Live From Prairie Lights. Her first novel, The Long-Shining Waters (Milkweed Editions, 2011) gives us three stories whose characters are separated by centuries and circumstance, yet connected across time by the place they inhabit.
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Jacob Wheeler's new nonfiction book is Between Light and Shadow: A Guatemalan Girl's Journey through Adoption. Wheeler is an experienced journalist who turns his attention to the adoption industry in Guatemala, which at one point was so large that a full 1% of Guatemalan babies born in a given year were being adopted into U.S. families. In Between Light and Shadow, Wheeler locates an adopted Guatemalan girl's birth family and recounts her and her adoptive mother's dramatic journey to meet them.
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This show is a little different then our usual. It is a showcase of the MFA in Creative Writing program here at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The four authors listed below share some of the poetry and prose they have produced over the past two years. To find out more about creative writing at MSU, visit english.mnsu.edu.
Melody Heide is originally from Pennsylvania. She has instructed academic writing at Minnesota State University Mankato and North Central University. She enjoys writing brevity nonfiction and is married to a very handsome man with dark glasses and a canoe.
Rhea Davison-Edwards is originally from Minnesota. She is the recipient of the 2011 Robert C. Wright Creative Writing Award and was recently given an artist residency at Devil's Tower National Monument. She writes fiction and nonfiction and generally sports an inviting smile.
Sarah Johnson came to Mankato from Northern Michigan University where she received an MA in composition studies. Her writing has received honorable mention in the Robert C. Wright Creative Writing Awards and has been presented at MSU’s Graduate Research Conference. Like many talented people, she likes her coffee black.
J. Angelique Johnson is a poet who grew up in the foothills of Colorado. She now lives in south central Minnesota with her husband and two children, and teaches at Bethany Lutheran College. Many people find her charming. It is with good reason.
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Chef Jenny Breen discusses her new cookbook, Cooking up the Good Life: Creative Recipes for the Family Table, which she co-authored with writer Susan Thurston. The cookbook is organized by season to emphasize cooking healthy meals with local ingredients. In this interview Jenny suggests some kid-friendly recipes, explains why you shouldn't peel carrots, and illuminates how her path to chefdom was launched by her first high school job: working at McDonald's.
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Award-winning novelist Sheila O'Connor has published her first novel for young readers, Sparrow Road. Sheila discusses how this book resulted from her years of teaching writing in schools and why she believes creativity is important for people of all ages.
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Holly Schindler writes young adult novels. Her second novel, Playing Hurt, was recently released by Flux Books. In this interview, Holly discusses how the revision process dramatically reshaped the novel, why she writes for young adults, and the difference between loving someone and being in love.
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Ben Westhoff explores the genre that is often thought of as “simple” or lacking a message. Including interviews with key figures like Luke Campbell, Juvenile, Big Boi of OutKast, Memphis trailblazers 8Ball & MJG, Lil Jon, and Ludacris, Dirty South shares the stories of acts that put southern rap on the map, and lays out why the genre is so vital.
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In the Mood for Munsingwear is a fun, factual, and slightly cheeky look into the company that changed the way Americans view their underwear. From factory processes to creative advertising, Munsingwear revolutionized an entire industry. By taking images, facts, and stories Susan Marks expertly shows the impact Munsingwear had on design and manufacturing in the industrial world.
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Beginning dramatically with the opening of Haydn’s grave in October 1820, cranioklepty takes us on an extraordinary history of a peculiar kind of obsession. The desire to own the skulls of the famous, for study, for sale, for public (and private) display, seems to be instinctual and irresistible in some people. The rise of phrenology at the beginning of the 19th century only fed that fascination with the belief that genius leaves its mark on the very shape of the head.
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Caitlin O'Sullivan, founder and editor of The Postcard Press, talks about what led her to start this new micropress. Also: What are the rules of postcard etiquette? Why is Mankato, Minnesota such a good place for startup presses? Tune in and find out.
Also, don't forget to check out The Postcard Press's website.
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Novelist Rebecca Rasmussen discusses her first book, The Bird Sisters. Tune in and find out why Twitter is Rebecca's favorite social media platform, how Rebecca broke into the publishing world, and how this thirty-two-year-old author managed to channel the inner lives of her two seventy-year-old characters.
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Seedlip and Sweet Apple takes the reader into the mind of a true visionary, Mother Ann Lee, the founder of the Shaker religion in colonial America, in poems inspired by extensive historical research and manifested in astonishingly original verse. Merging the mythical with the mystical with the real, Arra Lynn Ross’s poems are linked thematically through the voice and story of the woman who was believed by her followers to be Christ incarnate in the female form.
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Geoff Herbach is the delightful host of KMSU’s Tales from the Poorhouse, the author of The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg, and the soon to be released Stupid Fast. He also teaches fiction at Minnesota State University-Mankato.
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Marie Mutsuki Mockett discusses her debut novel, Picking Bones from Ash, which was recently released in paperback by Graywolf Press. Find out what led Marie to write multiple narrators into the book, why musicians can be described as having accents, and what makes Picking Bones from Ash different from that unpublished fantasy trilogy Marie still has sitting in a drawer.
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The poet Kathryn Kysar discusses her new collection of poetry, Pretend the World. She talks about political poems, the importance of artistic collaboration, and writing persona poems from other people's perspectives - including that of a Chinese garment worker.
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Vincent A Cellucci’s poems have appeared in Big Bridge, Exquisite Corpse, New Delta, and elsewhere. He lives in New Orleans, and his new collection An Easy Place to Die is out now from Citylit Press.
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On this show are organizers of the More Than Writing Conference. It will feature a bookfair, used book sale, and numerous panels and sessions. Current students, alumni, and community writers will read their work, lead discussions on craft, and discuss publishing. Nicole Helget will be the keynote speaker.
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Sarah Stonich discusses her new memoir, Shelter, which has just been released from Borealis Books. She discusses her complex attractions to Northern Minnesota and that particularly Minnesotan desire for the perfect North Woods cabin.
"Time spent in nature can tuck in the frayed ends of the soul." -Sarah Stonich, Shelter
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Jorge Evans and David Clisbee are on this show. Jorge is the managing editor of RockSaw Press, which just re-published David’s poetry collection Botched Heroics. David Clisbee will be reading from his forthcoming re-release of Botched Heroics at the Minnesota State Mankato campus on April 1st, 2011. The reading will be in Armstrong Hall Room 102 at 7:00 pm.
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Alan Heathcock's fiction has been published in many top magazines and literary journals, has won the National Magazine Award in fiction, and has been selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories anthology. His first book, a collection of stories called Volt, has just been released from Graywolf Press.
An excerpt from the interview: "I never use a thing called the narrator...I believe that the most powerful place to write from is from the full empathetic core of the character themselves, because for it to feel authentic and not forced, it has to come from the characters. I think that's the only way you get that effect in the fullest way. If you ever have a narrator come in or some outside things beyond the characters, then you allow in some sort of judgment."
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Steve Healey is the author of two books of poetry–10 Mississippi, and Earthling. He has published poems in numerous magazines, including American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Fence, and Jubilat, and in anthologies, including Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. He lives in Minneapolis.
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Sara Beitia is the author of The Last Good Place of Lily Odilon, published by Minnesota's Flux Books. The Last Good Place is a young adult novel about a young man who's suspected in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Lily Odilon. He and Lily's sister set out to find Lily, hoping the police won't find them first.
In this interview, Sara discusses the complexity of writing a book that's set in three different moments of time, the way her degree in philosophy has influenced her writing, and the importance of young adults having their own "last good place."
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In Dogfight, A Love Story, nineteen-year-old Alfredo Batista has a lot to worry about: a pregnant girlfriend, the return of his violent brother from prison, a struggling drug dealing business, and the task of stealing a pit bull for a homecoming dogfight. Burgess graduated from Dartmouth and received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota.
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Margie Gelbwasser recently released her first book, a young adult novel titled Inconvenient. In this interview, Margie discusses how her own childhood as a Russian-Jewish immigrant influenced the characters in the book, what the revision process was like, and how she tackled the tough subject of a parent's alcoholism without seeming preachy.
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Mattox Roesch's writing has appeared in The Missouri Review, The Indiana Review, The Sun, and elsewhere. He is a former Minnesota resident, and his first novel Sometimes we're always real Same-same is out now from Unbridled Books.
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On this show are the organizers of the Coffee Shop Tales project – it involves performance of three short plays set in a coffee shop AND performed in area coffee shops.
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Rebecca Fjelland Davis discusses her brand-new young adult novel Chasing Alliecat, set in the Mankato area. The story revolves around three teenage mountain bikers who discover a badly beaten priest in the woods. It's part mystery, part romance, part sports. Hear Rebecca discuss the initial impulse that led her to the storyline, and discover why she thinks so many writers have felt a calling to write since early childhood.
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Greg Breining discusses his latest book, Paddle North: Canoeing the Boundary Waters - Quetico Wilderness, a collection of essays about paddling Minnesota's (and Canada's) beloved canoe country. The book also features photographs by Layne Kennedy.
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Born Yesterday is the classic Kanin comedy that was one of the longest running plays on Broadway. The 1950 movie captured the Best Actress Oscar for star Judy Holliday. Minnesota State Mankato presented Born Yesterday in 1958 and 1995. On this Weekly Reader, cast members talk about the upcoming production of Born Yesterday at the Highland Theatre.
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Award-winning author Will Weaver discusses his new memoir, The Last Hunter: An American Family Album.
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Robert Boswell is the author of eleven books. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Stories, Pushcart Prize Stories, Ploughshares, and many other magazines. His new collection The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards is out now from Minnesota’s Graywolf Press.
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Joyce Sutphen discusses her latest collection of poetry, First Words.
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Journalist Peg Meier discusses her new book, Wishing for a Snow Day, a compilation of stories about growing up in Minnesota.
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New York Times bestselling author Andrea Cremer discusses her new young adult novel, Nightshade. Hear how Andrea's work as a history professor and her lifelong love of fantasy both influenced the writing of the book.
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Award-winning poet Richard Terrill reads from and discusses his new collection of poetry, Almost Dark.
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Sandi Wisenberg is the author of The Sweetheart Is In and Holocaust Girls. The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and the New England Review, have published her poetry and prose. Her memoir The Adventures of Cancer Bitch is out now from The University of Iowa Press.
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Evil Dead: The Musical is a hilarious parody that takes all the elements of the cult classic films, Evil Dead 1, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness, then combines them to make one of the craziest theatrical experiences of all time. On this show, some of the cast members talk about the production at Minnesota State, Mankato that will run from Dec 1st through the 4th.
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Memoirist Daniel Tomasulo is a psychologist and writer on faculty at New Jersey City University. He is also the author of Confessions of a Former Child: A therapist’s Memoir, the 2009 WRITTEN ART AWARD WINNER IN CREATIVE NON-FICTION.
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Novelist John Reimringer discusses his debut novel, Vestments, about a priest who's questioning whether he's taken the right path. Vestments was recently published by Minnesota press Milkweed Editions.
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Peter Geye is the former editor of Third Cost, the literary journal of Western Michigan University. His first novel Safe from the Sea is out now from Unbridled Books.
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Linda Legarde Grover discusses her new book, The Dance Boots, a collection of linked short stories centered on an Ojibwe family in Minnesota.
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Colin Beavan discusses his book, No Impact Man, about his efforts to live in New York City with his family for one year without making a net negative impact on the environment. Colin has been featured by numerous news outlets, including ABC, Nightline, NPR, and the Colbert Report.
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Mary Lethert Wingerd is the author of North Country: The Making of Minnesota. She talks about Minnesota's Civil War, describes the difference between heritage and history, and recommends two historical sites all Minnesotans should visit.
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9/30/10
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Aaron Brown is a regular contributor to the Hibbing Daily Tribune and the organizer of Minnesota’s Dylan Days Festival. His new book of essays and columns Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range is now out from Red Step Press.
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9/23/10
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Linda Koutsky is the co-author of the best selling illustrated history’s Minnesota Eats out, and Minnesota Vacation Days. Her most resent book, Minnesota State Fair: an Illustrated history is out now from Coffee House Press.
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9/23/10
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Gayla Marty discusses her new memoir, Memory of Trees: A Daughter's Story of a Family Farm, about growing up on a farm near Rush City, Minnesota.
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9/23/10
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Swati Avasthi discusses her debut book for young adults, Split. (originally aired 8/12/2010)
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The Minnesota Shorts Play Festival is happening Thursday and Friday, September 9 and 10. Hear from festival coordinator Greg Abbott and playwright Mitch DeDeyn about why plays are important and what you should look for in this year's festival.
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9/9/10
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Linton Lewis and Sarah Jonson are on this show. Sarah has been cast as Odessa in Linton’s Play “Waiting on Godot” which will be performed during the Minnesota Shorts Play Festival.
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8/31/10
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Aaron’s fiction has appeared in Another Chicago Magazine, Passages North, and MAKE Magazine. On this show he discusses his first novel Drowning Tucson.
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Mark’s collection Shut up, Shut Down, was a New York Times Book Review Editors Choice, and a finalist for the a Minnesota Book Award. On this show he talks about his latest collection, Coal Mountain Elementary that is out now from Minnesota’s Coffee House Press.
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8/23/10
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International bestseller Aryn Kyle discusses her new collection Boys and Girls Like You and me, and the different challenges of writing a novel and a story collection.
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Organizer Aaron Brown and Poet Steven Lukas talk about Bob Dylan and Minnesota’s Dylan Days Festival.
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Geoff Herbach is on this show. He talks about suicide letter narratives and young adult fiction.
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8/23/10
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John Coy discusses what kids expect from a young adult author.
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8/23/10
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Poet Bart Galle has just published his first poetry chapbook, Everything Is True at Once. He discusses writing about loss, coming to the arts as an older adult, and the connection between visual art and poetry.
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7/29/10
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Essayist Kathleen Rooney discusses her recent collection, For You, For You I am Trilling These Songs, in which she explores life as a congressional staffer, the perils of being a twentysomething woman, and her obsesssion with a long-dead writer.
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Poet Greg Hewett discusses his new collection, darkacre.
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Managing Editor of CutBank Literary Journal Brandon Henderson and fiction writer Amber Watson are on this show. Amber talks about her short story “Fly Bread” that appeared in the spring issue of CutBank, and Brandon discuss what a national journal looks for in a submission.
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6/28/10
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Memoirist Nani Power talks about her new book, Ginger and Ganesh, about her quest to learn Indian cooking through an ad she placed on Craigslist.
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Tamarack Award winner Nick Healy discusses his award winning short story “Uncle Ed’s Packard,” the art of the short story, and ways to fit writing into work and family.
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Bonnie J. Rough, author of Carrier: Untangling the Danger in my DNA, talks about the genetic disorder running through her genes, and how she researched family history to write this book and make decisions about starting her own family.
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Managing editor Dan Dewolf talks about the spring issue of The Blue Earth Review, MSU’s literary journal, and how university budget cuts are impacting the literary world.
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Minnesota poet Lightsey Darst talks about her new poetry collection, Find the Girl; the importance of artists connecting with each other; and the connection between poetry and dance. (aired on KMSU 5/20/2010)
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Best selling humorist Steve Almond reads from his new book Rock And Roll Will Save Your Life. Plus, listen to him discuss how rock and roll is the real universal language. (aired on KMSU 5/13/2010)
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Playwright and nonfiction writer Dhana-Marie Branton on race, class, and gender. Plus, listen to her read excerpts from her memoir about growing up on the south side of Chicago. (aired on KMSU 5/6/2010)
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Managing Editor of Rooster Hill Press Roger Sheffer discusses how owning and operating your own press can be affordable. (aired on KMSU 4/29/2010)
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Award-winning writer Rodney Nelsestuen talks about the importance of setting and of implicating yourself in nonfiction. (aired on KMSU 4/22/2010)
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Award winning poet Warren Scott Hatch discusses his use of nature and family in his book, Mapping the Bones of the World. (aired on KMSU 4/15/2010)
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Food historian Rae Eighmey discusses her new book, Food Will Win the War, about how Minnesota and the nation used food to win WWI. (aired on KMSU 4/8/2010)
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Poet and pastor Patrick Cabello Hansel discusses the intersection of poetry, religion and political activism. (aired on KMSU 3/25/2010)
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Poet Candace Black discusses her new collection, Casa Marina; the role of traditional forms in modern poetry; and why poetry handles "the truth" differently than prose does. (aired on KMSU 3/10/2010)
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Rebbeca Kanner, memoirist, reads from and discusses her writing about her brother's return from a tour of duty in Iraq. (aired on KMSU 2/25/2010)
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Poet Scott Welvaert discusses his new poetry collection, Pacific, which tells the story of two star-crossed lovers who set out to see the Pacific Ocean. (aired on KMSU 2/18/2010)
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Diana Joseph discusses the release of her essay collection, I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astonishing but True Story of a Daughter, Sister, S**t, Wife, Mother, andFriend to Man and Dog. (aired on KMSU 2/4/2010)
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