Literary Arts
May 13, 2006
Thinking Souls: Real Karaoke People
Shannon Gibney
Read on for Shannon Gibney's review of Ed Bok Lee's "Real Karaoke People," and go to Thinking Souls Read, our online book club, to discuss.
Thinking Souls: Real Karaoke People
Shannon Gibney
Read on for Shannon Gibney's review of Ed Bok Lee's "Real Karaoke People," and go to Thinking Souls Read, our online book club, to discuss.
May 10, 2006
Letters from a Writer: Creepy/Understandable
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek writes about "slash fiction." (Okay, we didn't know what it was either.) Is it better to want more and thus get more, or to want only the right things?
Letters from a Writer: Creepy/Understandable
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek writes about "slash fiction." (Okay, we didn't know what it was either.) Is it better to want more and thus get more, or to want only the right things?
May 8, 2006
What Light: This Week's Poem: Tim Brennan
Tim Brennan
Tim J. Brennan is the sixth poet chosen in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
What Light: This Week's Poem: Tim Brennan
Tim Brennan
Tim J. Brennan is the sixth poet chosen in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
May 6, 2006
Thinking Souls: An Interview with Ed Bok Lee
Shannon Gibney
Shannon Gibney, the writer for Thinking Souls, mnartists.org's monthly literary feature, interviews poet Ed Bok Lee for May. Look for a review of his book "Real Karaoke People" and come and talk in our on-line book club, any time.
Thinking Souls: An Interview with Ed Bok Lee
Shannon Gibney
Shannon Gibney, the writer for Thinking Souls, mnartists.org's monthly literary feature, interviews poet Ed Bok Lee for May. Look for a review of his book "Real Karaoke People" and come and talk in our on-line book club, any time.
May 6, 2006
Essays in Search of a Reason to Live: Leaning Into the Wind
Ellen Sandbeck
Ellen Sandbeck finds certain kinds of thoughts on the weather to be as tedious as conversations about the same subject.
Essays in Search of a Reason to Live: Leaning Into the Wind
Ellen Sandbeck
Ellen Sandbeck finds certain kinds of thoughts on the weather to be as tedious as conversations about the same subject.
May 1, 2006
What Light: This Week's Poem: C. Mikal Oness
C. Mikal Oness
C. Mikal Oness is the fifth poet chosen in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
What Light: This Week's Poem: C. Mikal Oness
C. Mikal Oness
C. Mikal Oness is the fifth poet chosen in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
Apr 24, 2006
What Light: This Week’s Poem: Margaret Hasse
Margaret Hasse
Margaret Hasse is the fourth poet chosen in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers. Don't miss the reading by What Light poets at Magers and Quinn April 30!
What Light: This Week’s Poem: Margaret Hasse
Margaret Hasse
Margaret Hasse is the fourth poet chosen in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers. Don't miss the reading by What Light poets at Magers and Quinn April 30!
Apr 18, 2006
What Light: This Week’s Poem: Thom Swiss
Thom Swiss
Thom Swiss is the third poet chosen in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
What Light: This Week’s Poem: Thom Swiss
Thom Swiss
Thom Swiss is the third poet chosen in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
Apr 13, 2006
Thinking Souls: Book Review: Butting Out
Shannon Gibney
Do brown bodies mean something different on stage than white ones? What happens when feminine energy is explored through men’s bodies? Are terms like “postmodern” and “revolutionary artistry” reserved only for the white West?
Thinking Souls: Book Review: Butting Out
Shannon Gibney
Do brown bodies mean something different on stage than white ones? What happens when feminine energy is explored through men’s bodies? Are terms like “postmodern” and “revolutionary artistry” reserved only for the white West?
Apr 11, 2006
Letters from a Writer: Poets Who Are Never, Ever Moving to Minneapolis--EVER
Jean Sramek
First, it was immigrants in the streets. Then, denizens of the local, the peculiar, and the isolated insisted on their right to live and make art where they would. Jean Sramek does her best to offend the Twin Cities, but more in sorrow than in anger.
Letters from a Writer: Poets Who Are Never, Ever Moving to Minneapolis--EVER
Jean Sramek
First, it was immigrants in the streets. Then, denizens of the local, the peculiar, and the isolated insisted on their right to live and make art where they would. Jean Sramek does her best to offend the Twin Cities, but more in sorrow than in anger.
Apr 10, 2006
What Light: This Week’s Poem: Sarah Conbere
Sarah Roesler Conbere
Sarah Roesler Conbere is the second poet chosen in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
What Light: This Week’s Poem: Sarah Conbere
Sarah Roesler Conbere
Sarah Roesler Conbere is the second poet chosen in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
Apr 10, 2006
Thinking Souls: Interview with Ananya Chatterjea
Shannon Gibney
This is the first installment of our new series "Thinking Souls," which will offer author profiles, book reviews, and online forum discussions with authors. Next month we'll read, review, and discuss Ed Bok Lee's "Real Karaoke People."
Thinking Souls: Interview with Ananya Chatterjea
Shannon Gibney
This is the first installment of our new series "Thinking Souls," which will offer author profiles, book reviews, and online forum discussions with authors. Next month we'll read, review, and discuss Ed Bok Lee's "Real Karaoke People."
Apr 10, 2006
What Light: This Week’s Poem
mnartists.org
April, National Poetry Month, marked the launch of mnartists.org’s new series “What Light,” sponsored by Magers and Quinn Booksellers.
What Light: This Week’s Poem
mnartists.org
April, National Poetry Month, marked the launch of mnartists.org’s new series “What Light,” sponsored by Magers and Quinn Booksellers.
Apr 6, 2006
Radio mnartists: Jila Nikpay
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Jila Nikpay.
Radio mnartists: Jila Nikpay
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Jila Nikpay.
Apr 4, 2006
What Light: This Week’s Poem Begins
Joyce Sutphen
Joyce Sutphen of St. Peter is featured as the first poet in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. Her poem “Harrow” was chosen by poet and juror Cindra Halm. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
What Light: This Week’s Poem Begins
Joyce Sutphen
Joyce Sutphen of St. Peter is featured as the first poet in this once-a-week yearlong survey of Minnesota’s poets and their work. Her poem “Harrow” was chosen by poet and juror Cindra Halm. The series is sponsored by Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
Mar 30, 2006
Learning to Talk: "The Mother's Tongue"
Erin Lynn Marsh
Erin Lynn Marsh reviews Heid Erdrich's book "The Mother's Tongue," a collection of poems on the stages of motherhood and the evolution of language.
Learning to Talk: "The Mother's Tongue"
Erin Lynn Marsh
Erin Lynn Marsh reviews Heid Erdrich's book "The Mother's Tongue," a collection of poems on the stages of motherhood and the evolution of language.
Feb 9, 2006
Beyond "USA Yesterday": Local Journalism on the Web
Shannon Gibney
Shannon Gibney attended the organizational meeting for the Twin Cities Media Alliance--good news for local writers who aspire to national audience reach, as well as for local readers who want easy access to real local news. Read on:
Beyond "USA Yesterday": Local Journalism on the Web
Shannon Gibney
Shannon Gibney attended the organizational meeting for the Twin Cities Media Alliance--good news for local writers who aspire to national audience reach, as well as for local readers who want easy access to real local news. Read on:
Feb 9, 2006
Radio mnartists: Alex Lemon
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Alex Lemon.
Radio mnartists: Alex Lemon
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Alex Lemon.
Feb 6, 2006
Letters from a Writer: Admit That You Have a Problem
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek comes to terms with an addiction that cannot speak its name. Well, actually it can. She'll tell you.
Letters from a Writer: Admit That You Have a Problem
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek comes to terms with an addiction that cannot speak its name. Well, actually it can. She'll tell you.
Jan 26, 2006
R.I.P., Ripsaw
Julia Durst
Julia Durst writes an account of the life and death of the Ripsaw News, a great arts paper that had a big role in creating Duluth's art and music scene over the past few years.
R.I.P., Ripsaw
Julia Durst
Julia Durst writes an account of the life and death of the Ripsaw News, a great arts paper that had a big role in creating Duluth's art and music scene over the past few years.
Jan 15, 2006
Letters from a Writer: Me, Kevin, and Al
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek describes the penalties of fame.
Letters from a Writer: Me, Kevin, and Al
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek describes the penalties of fame.
Dec 20, 2005
Radio mnartists: Chris Monroe
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Chris Monroe.
Radio mnartists: Chris Monroe
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Chris Monroe.
Dec 13, 2005
Letters from a Writer: Religious Enough
Jean Sramek
Christmas and pluralism: can they live in the same house? The nature of greeting card iconography becomes the test.
Letters from a Writer: Religious Enough
Jean Sramek
Christmas and pluralism: can they live in the same house? The nature of greeting card iconography becomes the test.
Dec 7, 2005
A Little Prince, an Arabian Night, and an Italian Grandmother: Holiday Drama
Ann Klefstad and Maja Kalstrom
Ann Klefstad and her eleven-year-old daughter Maja went to three plays in three days, seeing what the Cities have to offer in theater for kids (and grownups too) at holiday time. Read on for their conclusions.
A Little Prince, an Arabian Night, and an Italian Grandmother: Holiday Drama
Ann Klefstad and Maja Kalstrom
Ann Klefstad and her eleven-year-old daughter Maja went to three plays in three days, seeing what the Cities have to offer in theater for kids (and grownups too) at holiday time. Read on for their conclusions.
Nov 22, 2005
Letters from a Writer: Don't Laugh, Clown, Don't Laugh
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek reports on her fall vacation. The leaves may or may not have been in evidence; what she found thick on the ground was GIFTS. And clowns.
Letters from a Writer: Don't Laugh, Clown, Don't Laugh
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek reports on her fall vacation. The leaves may or may not have been in evidence; what she found thick on the ground was GIFTS. And clowns.
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