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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" A Love Affair with Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts" by Sue Leaf
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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An interview with author Sue Leaf about her book A Love Affair with Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts, the first full biography of Thomas Sa...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 11:34
  • Purchases: 1
“Minneapolis Madams: The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront" by Penny Peterson
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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MN Reads talks with author and historian Penny Peterson, about her book “Minneapolis Madams: The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront.” P...

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 15:01
  • Purchases: 1
“My Mother is Now Earth" by Mark Anthony Rolo
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Series: MN Reads
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We'll talk with author Mark Anthony Rolo, an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, about his book, “My Mother is Now Ear...

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 11:42
  • Purchases: 1
"Engraved" by Anna George Meek
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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KUMD talks with poet Anna George Meek about her new collection “Engraved”. Inspired by nineteenth-century Webster's Dictionary engravings, "Engrave...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
“Minnesota in the ‘70s" by Dave Kenney
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Series: MN Reads
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Dave Kenney talks to KUMD about his book “Minnesota in the ‘70s." The 1970s were more than big hair, mirror balls, and leisure suits. Minnesota tra...

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 11:16
  • Purchases: 1
"Moose Tracks," "Wolf Shadows" and "Frozen" by Mary Casanova
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Series: MN Reads
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Mary Casanova is the author of several books, including "Moose Tracks and Wolf Shadows" and "Frozen," the story of a young woman’s struggle to spea...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 08:06
  • Purchases: 1
"A Hard Water World: Ice Fishing and Why We Do It" by Greg Breining with photography by Layne Kennedy
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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A picturesque manual on how to enjoy the beauty, wonder, and, yes, insanity of ice-fishing all year round. Breining's book, “A Hard Water World: I...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
"Big Little Mother" by Kevin Kling and Chris Monroe
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Series: MN Reads
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Folks in the Northland who know Chris Monroe's sometimes dark humor might have expected something different in her latest collaboration with author...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 1
"Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip" by Neal Karlen
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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MN Reads spoke with Neal Karlen. His book, Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip is an excavation of historical r...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 09:14
"Original Local" by Heid Erdrich
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Minnesota Reads is a new feature on Northland Morning, featuring Minnesota authors talking about their work. We talk with Heid Erdrich. Her book, O...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2013
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 1
"Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat" by Caroline Burau
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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"Minnesota Reads" features Minnesota authors talking about their work. This week's guest is Caroline Burau author of "Answering 911: Life in the Ho...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 07:56
"We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger's Daughter" by Rachel Hanel
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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MN Reads speaks with Author Rachel Hanel about her latest work "We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down" a look into death and dying through a life ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 13:40
"Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook" by Beth Dooley
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Series: MN Reads
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MN Reads talks with Beth Dooley. Her book, "Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook" is a home chef’s guide to shopping and cooking from Mi...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 11:31
  • Purchases: 1
"The Assassination of Hole in the Day" by Anton Treuer
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Series: MN Reads
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MN Reads speaks with author Anton Treuer. His book, “The Assassination of Hole in the Day” explores the murder of the controversial Ojibwe chief wh...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:21
"Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" by Stewart Van Cleve
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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In "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota," author Stewart Van Cleve writes about the necessity of an "illustrated, concise and region...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 10:43