MN Reads

Series produced by WDSE

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Author interviews connecting you with the latest books by Minnesota authors.

Find out who's writing in Minnesota on Minnesota Reads. The North 1033 spotlights books by Minnesota authors every week.


402 Pieces

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"Once Were Mountains" by Victoria Richards (6-23-17)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Our guest is Victoria Richards whose first novel, Once Were Mountains (Beaver's Pond Press), won the 2016 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award (NEMBA)...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
"North Woods Girl" by Aimee Bissonette (6-30-16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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This summer, Minnesota Reads is bringing you books about the Northland, from the Northland and by Northland authors. The Northeastern Minnesota Bo...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1
"Glimpses of Wilderness" by Kevin Proescholdt (7/7/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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You may not be a "journal-er" yourself ... but Kevin Proescholdt's "Glimpses of Wilderness" may just inspire you.

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 09:07
  • Purchases: 1
"Norman Loves the Lake" by Debbie Hoven (7/14/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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A writing class with a personal hero and a lovable Lab sparked this first - but not last - children's book about Norman.

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 1
"Observation Hill" by Tim Jollymore (7/28/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Tim Jollymore's dad worked for the railroad when he was growing up in Proctor. But it wasn't until he took a work-study position as a UMD student ...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 10:54
"Whispering Pines: Tales from a Northwoods Cabin" by Elliot Foster (8/4/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Elliot Foster on the challenge of making the ubiquitous Minnesota "cabin" experience both recognizable ... and unique.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 05:47
"Remind Me That I'm Wild" by Tera Freese (8/11/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
Caption: Remind Me That I'm Wild, Credit: The Master Key Press
Our guest is Tera Freese. Her book of poetry, Remind Me That I'm Wild [The Master Key Press], with illustrations by Lindy Kehoe, was nominated for...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
"What Thread?" by Francine Sterle (8/18/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Our guest is Francine Sterle. Her book of poetry, What Thread? [Red Dragonfly Press], was nominated for a 2016 NEMBA award in the Poetry category. ...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 1
"Wilderness Tales" by Cecelia Lieder (8/25/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Printmaker Cecilia Lieder thinks of herself as a storyteller ... but it was only recently she decided to try her hand at writing them down. The re...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 07:02
"Ship Captain's Daughter: Growing Up on the Great Lakes" by Ann M. Lewis (9/8/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Our guest is Ann M Lewis. Her book Ship Captain's Daughter: Growing Up on the Great Lakes [Wisconsin Historical Society Press] was nominated for a ...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 13:16
  • Purchases: 1
"Leave 'er Lay: A Family Memoir" by Cathy LaForge Tonkin (9/15/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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The internet age means almost anyone can be a genealogist but memoirist Cathy LaForge Tonkin says stories are more than names and dates. ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 08:54
"Eva's Way" by Linda Hatinen (9/22/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Linda Hatinen sets a gripping historical romance in the Esko of one hundred years ago.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:28
"Fishing With RayAnne" by Ava Finch (9/29/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Ava Finch is a character in her own right. And she's written a book called "Fishing with RayAnne," the story of a thirty-something former pro angl...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 08:33
"Lessons of the Manitou" by Rudy Senarighi (10/6/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Rudy Senarighi's love of fishing can be traced back to two incidents.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
"Taconite Dreams" by Jeffrey T. Manuel (10/13/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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You can take the ranger out of the Iron Range ... but you can't take the Iron Range out of the ranger.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:52
"Home Studies" by Julie Gard (10/20/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Duluth poet Julie Gard reads work from her NEMBA-nominated poetry collection Home Studies.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:11
"Waterfalls of Minnesota's North Shore & More" by Eve and Gary Wallinga (10/27/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Eve and Gary Wallinga share their guide to the best waterfalls of Minnesota's North Shore, including ratings on hike difficulty, trail quality, th...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 08:09
"The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives" by Linda LeGarde Grover (11/3/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Linda LeGarde Grover's new collection of poetry, The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives, is not a collection of "pretty poems."

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 07:16
"Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow" by Dr. Brian McInnes (11/10/16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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The story of Canada's most decorated Native soldier for bravery (and the most accomplished sniper in North American military history) is all at onc...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 12:04
"If Bees Are Few: A Hive of Bee Poems" edited by James Lenfestey (11-17-16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover and a bee. And revery. The revery alone will do if bees are few. ~ Emily Dickinson...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 09:18