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.


387 Pieces

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"The Prey" by Tom Isbelll
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
Caption: by Tom Isbell
Actor, playwright, director and UMD theater professor Tom Isbell, it turns out, is an author, too. He talks about his "dark side" and incorporating...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 13:38
  • Purchases: 1
"My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks" by Brenda Child
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
Caption: Brenda Child
In her book, author and historian Brenda Child tells her own family's stories from the Red Lake Reservation and stories of a people trying to susta...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 12:27
  • Purchases: 1
"Winter Bees" by Joyce Sidman and illustrated by Rick Allen
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Poet Joyce Sidman talks about - and reads from - her collaboration of art and poetry with local artist Rick Allen. Published by Houghton Mifflin.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 07:57
"The Christmas Wish" by Lori Evert and Per Breiehagen
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Lori Evert and her husband, nationally-recognized photographer Per Breiehagen, were captivated by their daughter, Anja, in some of the tradi...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 07:47
"One Frozen Lake" by Deb Larson
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Deb Larson talks about the experiences in her own family that shaped her story "One Frozen Lake," about a grandfather introducing his grandc...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
"Goodnight Loon" by Abe Sauer
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Abe Sauer explains how reading the same book over and over and over to three kids can result in writing a new book out of desperation! Univ...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 08:04
  • Purchases: 1
"How to Survive: The Extraordinary Resilience of Ordinary People" by Andy Steiner
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Andy Steiner talks about the idea of resilience ... and how the people she interviewed for her book demonstrate that we may have more than w...

Bought by KPIK-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 10:41
  • Purchases: 2
"Sukulaiset: The Kindred" by Mark Munger
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Guest interviewer Mimmu Salmela talks with author Mark Munger about his "prequel" novel; a story of Finnish immigration to the United States and Ca...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
"Best to Laugh" by Lorna Landvik
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author and erstwhile standup comedian Lorna Landvik talks about her (almost) autobiographical book, "Best To Laugh." University of Minnesota Press.

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:08
  • Purchases: 1
"Twin Ports by Trolley The Streetcar Era in Duluth–Superior" by Aaron Isaacs
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Aaron Isaacs discusses his amazing book of never-before-published photographs and stories from the days of the Duluth-Superior street cars. Univers...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 09:18
  • Purchases: 1
"Minnesota Railroads: A Photographic History 1940-2013" by Steve Glischinsky
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Steve Glichinsky talks about how some browsing through Historical Society archives led to some never-before published photographs in his boo...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
  • Purchases: 1
"Chasing the Light: The Cloud Cult Story" by Mark Allister
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Mark Allister talks about the indie band's struggle with grief and the healing of art and music. From University of Minnesota Press.

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 12:44
  • Purchases: 1
"Minnesota's Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes" by Larry Millett
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Larry Millett talks about his huge picture books of grand Minnesota mansions, including several here in the Northland. From MN Historical So...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:46
  • Purchases: 1
"Stolen From the Garden: The Kidnapping of Virginia Piper" by William Swanson
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author William Swanson talks about his exploration into the unanswered questions of the 1972 crime. From MN Historical Society Press.

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
"St. Paul Union Depot" by John Diers
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author John Diers talks with MN Reads on KUMD about the romance of old train depots ... and romances that start in them; from University of Minneso...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 1
"Fractured Land: The Price of Inheriting Oil" by Lisa Westberg Peters
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Lisa Westberg Peters shares her book, Fractured Land: The Price of Inheriting Oil, which is a look into the challenges faced by a daughter who's in...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 11:19
  • Purchases: 1
""Minnesota's Miracle: Learning from the Government That Worked" by Tom Berg
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Tom Berg joins MN Reads to talk about his book, "Minnesota's Miracle: Learning from the Government That Worked," a lawmaker’s account of how govern...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 09:18
  • Purchases: 1
"Have I Taught You Everything I Know" by Diane Skomars
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Diane Fay Skomars about her book, "Have I Taught You Everything I Know," a collection of daily advice written to her daughter, Monette, following a...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
"The Road Back to Sweetgrass" by Linda LeGarde Grover
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Minnesota Reads welcomes UMD's Linda LeGarde Grover to talk about her new book, "The Road Back to Sweetgrass." Set in Northern Minnesota, "The Road...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 1
"Harriman V Hill: Wall Street's Great Railroad War" by Larry Haeg
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Larry Haeg joins us to talk about his book "Harriman V Hill: Wall Street's Great Railroad War" from the University of Minnesota Press. The ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 10:34
  • Purchases: 1