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.


408 Pieces

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"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"Glimpses of Wilderness" by Kevin Proescholdt (7/7/16)
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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
"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
"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
"The Ramblings of a Revenant" by David Tromblay (6-16-16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Last week, it was fascinating to discover how well Duluth and the Northland fit into the moody-atmospheric-stark-Scandinavian-crime-fiction genre. ...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 1
"The Ravens" by Vidar Sundstøl (6-9-16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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When Vidar Sundstøl first came to America, he settled with his wife in Lexington, KY. But when her new job took her to Tofte, on Minnesota's Nort...

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
"The Stuntman" by Brian Laidlaw (6-2-16)
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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For Brian Laidlaw, Bob Dylan wasn't just a role model, he was the role model for the aspiring poet/musician.

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 09:06
  • Purchases: 1
"ABA Field Guide to Birds of Minnesota" by Laura Erickson (6-2-16)
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Series: MN Reads
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Just in time for our month-long celebration of 30 years of Laura Erickson's For The Birds -- a long-awaited field guide to the birds she's been tel...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
"The Search for the Homestead Treasure" by Ann Treacy
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Series: MN Reads
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Ann Treacy's new book for "middle grades" sheds light on a perhaps unexpected chapter of Minnesota history: the Romani people in the state around t...

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  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
"Allie's Adventure on the Wonder" by Erika Adams
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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If you were a little bewildered trying to follow the action the first time you read Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland ... you're not alone. But ...

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  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
"Discover Yourself" by Scott Schwefel
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Series: MN Reads
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Entrepreneur, speaker and author Scott Schwefel talks about how your voyage of self-discovery ends, not with success or wealth necessarily, but wit...

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  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 1
"The King of Skid Row" by James Shiffer
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Series: MN Reads
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James Shiffer's "The King of Skid Row: John Bachich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis" is a photo-packed expose of a place, a time, and a p...

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  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
"The Big Marsh" by Cheri Register
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Series: MN Reads
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Back in 1935, Cheri Register's great-grandfather wrote a scathing article headlined "Connivings of Dishonest Men Cheat Nature as Well As Fellow Bei...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 1
"A Fireproof Home for the Bride" by Amy Schiebe
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Series: MN Reads
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"It's in prejudice and hatred that we really discover the humanity in people."

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 10:34
  • Purchases: 1
"Warrior Nation" by Anton Treuer
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Series: MN Reads
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For much of history, its accounts have been written by men - white men - for men. So only one voice was heard and only part of the story was told....

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 2
"A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota" edited by Sun Yung Shin
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Taiyon Coleman contributed one of the essays in this engrossing, eye-opening view of the state by sixteen non-white writers. Black, Latino, Asian...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 15:46