MN Reads
Series produced by WDSE
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.
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"That's the point of any kind of travel, really. That it's transformational. You become part of the world in a way that you weren't before."
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- Added: Dec 07, 2017
- Length: 10:38
On this Thanksgiving Day, Sioux (Oglala Lakota) chef Sean Sherman is being treated by his family.
Today, he doesn't have to cook.
Instead, he ca...
- Added: Nov 23, 2017
- Length: 07:44
Dr. Carter Meland joins us today to discuss his book, "Stories for a Lost Child" and about discovering heritage and finding the community.
- Added: Nov 17, 2017
- Length: 15:11
After their retirement from UMD, Tom and Betsy Peacock weren't the type of folks to kick back and do nothing.
They saw a need: for more children's ...
- Added: Nov 17, 2017
- Length: 06:07
The "street fighter" from Crosby-Ironton who famously accused three top executives in his courtroom of "corporate irresponsibility at its mean...
- Added: Nov 17, 2017
- Length: 06:41
The art of being in the "once upon a time" and in the "now" simultaneously, why you need the best of your humanity to defeat a troll, and why no No...
- Added: Nov 17, 2017
- Length: 09:01
Linda Legarde Grover introduces her new book, "Onigamiising Seasons of an Ojibwe Year" and talks about the significance.
- Added: Nov 17, 2017
- Length: 08:01
Listen to Beth Dooley talk about food, and it's easy to understand how quickly you forget that it's food she's talking about.
- Added: Nov 17, 2017
- Length: 12:24
Art, architecture and culture flow into this story of the creation of a terrazzo floor; a creation, ultimately, to be stepped into, not just steppe...
- Added: Nov 17, 2017
- Length: 10:32
Margi Preus talks about the "reverse strip tease" of mystery writing and why she never gets more confident as a writer.
- Added: Nov 16, 2017
- Length: 12:26
Our guest on this episode of MN Reads is Courtney Yasmineh, the author of A Girl Called Sidney: The Coldest Place, published in 2017 by Gibson Hous...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 09:49
Our guest on this episode of MN Reads is Quinton Skinner, the author of Odd One Out, published in 2017 by Prospect Park Books. This novel, his thi...
- Added: Sep 13, 2017
- Length: 08:32
Eric Dregni's Let's Go Fishing is the perfect antidote for the I-can't-believe-it's-over-summertime blues.
- Added: Nov 16, 2017
- Length: 09:12
Our guest on this episode of MN Reads is Peter Geye, the author of Wintering, published in 2016 by Vintage Books. This novel, his third, revolves ...
- Added: Aug 22, 2017
- Length: 07:18
Given the choice between a cash prize for their annual contest and a chance to get published, the Lake Superior Writers voted back in 2016 to get p...
- Added: Nov 16, 2017
- Length: 07:20
Lois Rafferty has spoken, written and taught about issues of grief and loss for years.
But it wasn't until she wrote Carnie's Child that she learne...
- Added: Nov 16, 2017
- Length: 11:18
Our guest on this episode of MN Reads is Lorin R. Robinson, the author of Tales From The Warming published in 2017 by Open Books.
Combining scient...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Jul 20, 2017
- Length: 12:32
- Purchases: 1
Many Minnesotans have fond memories of traveling for a weekend at the lake. Along with that trip to the lake came unique stories that have been pas...
- Added: Nov 16, 2017
- Length: 08:24
Our guest on this episode of MN Reads is Douglas Wood, the author of "Deep Woods, Wild Waters: A Memoir," published in 2017 by University of Minnes...
- Added: Jun 20, 2017
- Length: 11:16
