Literary Arts
Apr 12, 2012
mnLIT Original: "Afterimage"
Hillary Wentworth
A haunting new short story by our most recent flash fiction competition grand prize-winner, Hillary Wentworth. Like all of our mnLIT Original offerings, this story is illustrated by artwork handpicked from our vast database of Minnesota artists.
mnLIT Original: "Afterimage"
Hillary Wentworth
A haunting new short story by our most recent flash fiction competition grand prize-winner, Hillary Wentworth. Like all of our mnLIT Original offerings, this story is illustrated by artwork handpicked from our vast database of Minnesota artists.
Mar 26, 2012
THE FAMILY BUSINESS: Plan B
Alison McGhee
Pulitzer-nominated, best-selling novelist Alison McGhee (SHADOW BABY, SOMEDAY) offers a personal essay about pursuing your art without a safety net, working in a world with no Plan B.
THE FAMILY BUSINESS: Plan B
Alison McGhee
Pulitzer-nominated, best-selling novelist Alison McGhee (SHADOW BABY, SOMEDAY) offers a personal essay about pursuing your art without a safety net, working in a world with no Plan B.
Mar 15, 2012
You Are Hear: Luck - Good, Bad & Otherwise (March)
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For this month's episode, host Brian Beatty swaps stories about luck - good and bad - with Irish-American raconteur "Wild" Bill Watkins.
You Are Hear: Luck - Good, Bad & Otherwise (March)
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For this month's episode, host Brian Beatty swaps stories about luck - good and bad - with Irish-American raconteur "Wild" Bill Watkins.
Mar 13, 2012
Poems Born of Music
Connie Wanek
Poet Connie Wanek reviews the latest collection of poems by Todd Boss, PITCH, just released by W.W. Norton, likening the felicity of his language, lyricism and narrative richness to likes of e.e. cummings, Kay Ryan and Robert Frost.
Poems Born of Music
Connie Wanek
Poet Connie Wanek reviews the latest collection of poems by Todd Boss, PITCH, just released by W.W. Norton, likening the felicity of his language, lyricism and narrative richness to likes of e.e. cummings, Kay Ryan and Robert Frost.
Feb 16, 2012
You Are Hear: The Heart of the Matter (February 2012)
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This installment of YOU ARE HEAR, hosted by writer/comedian Brian Beatty, features two new stories, about what love leaves behind and superheroes shilling for cereal, by John Jodzio and the comedy duo Pommelhorse.
You Are Hear: The Heart of the Matter (February 2012)
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This installment of YOU ARE HEAR, hosted by writer/comedian Brian Beatty, features two new stories, about what love leaves behind and superheroes shilling for cereal, by John Jodzio and the comedy duo Pommelhorse.
Jan 24, 2012
Beautifully Twisted
Matt Konrad
Writer and designer Matt Konrad reviews Paper Darts' first foray into book publishing, John Jodzio's collection GET IN IF YOU WANT TO LIVE, calling its marriage of art, fiction and smart layout a "terrific model of a print project for the electronic age."
Beautifully Twisted
Matt Konrad
Writer and designer Matt Konrad reviews Paper Darts' first foray into book publishing, John Jodzio's collection GET IN IF YOU WANT TO LIVE, calling its marriage of art, fiction and smart layout a "terrific model of a print project for the electronic age."
Jan 20, 2012
Lake Superior: A Character Study
Alison Morse
Alison Morse profiles Duluth-based writer Danielle Sosin, author of the new novel LONG-SHINING WATERS, recently published by Milkweed Editions and winner of the press' National Fiction Prize for 2011.
Lake Superior: A Character Study
Alison Morse
Alison Morse profiles Duluth-based writer Danielle Sosin, author of the new novel LONG-SHINING WATERS, recently published by Milkweed Editions and winner of the press' National Fiction Prize for 2011.
Jan 19, 2012
YOU ARE HEAR: Life Goes On (January 2012)
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It's our first-ever episode of YOU ARE HEAR, a new literary podcast by mnartists.org, hosted by writer Brian Beatty. This installment -- themed "Life Goes On" -- features a new story by Britt Aamodt, "Oh, Hell."
YOU ARE HEAR: Life Goes On (January 2012)
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It's our first-ever episode of YOU ARE HEAR, a new literary podcast by mnartists.org, hosted by writer Brian Beatty. This installment -- themed "Life Goes On" -- features a new story by Britt Aamodt, "Oh, Hell."
Jan 6, 2012
Everything is Not Beautiful
Lightsey Darst
Poet and dancer Lightsey Darst on her years in ballet class, giving a candid glimpse into what it feels like on the inside of the dance: both the devotion and the ordeal of daily practice, and the human moments of pain, pettiness, and triumph.
Everything is Not Beautiful
Lightsey Darst
Poet and dancer Lightsey Darst on her years in ballet class, giving a candid glimpse into what it feels like on the inside of the dance: both the devotion and the ordeal of daily practice, and the human moments of pain, pettiness, and triumph.
Dec 22, 2011
The Chat: Minnesota Humorists Talk Shop
Maggie Ryan Sandford
Writer and performer Maggie Ryan Sandford gathers together our favorite writerly wit-erati -- Brian Beatty, Dennis Cass, John Jodzio -- for a free-ranging, entertaining and insightful online chat about what it takes to bring the funny to the page.
The Chat: Minnesota Humorists Talk Shop
Maggie Ryan Sandford
Writer and performer Maggie Ryan Sandford gathers together our favorite writerly wit-erati -- Brian Beatty, Dennis Cass, John Jodzio -- for a free-ranging, entertaining and insightful online chat about what it takes to bring the funny to the page.
Dec 9, 2011
Greek Lessons
Lightsey Darst
Lightsey Darst grapples with the innovative theatrical hybrid, "Supernatural Wife" by Big Dance Theater, recently at the Walker, a piece adapted from poet Anne Carson's fresh translation of a rarely performed play by Euripedes, "Alkestis".
Greek Lessons
Lightsey Darst
Lightsey Darst grapples with the innovative theatrical hybrid, "Supernatural Wife" by Big Dance Theater, recently at the Walker, a piece adapted from poet Anne Carson's fresh translation of a rarely performed play by Euripedes, "Alkestis".
Nov 17, 2011
mnLIT presents: Larry Schug
Larry Schug
Read Larry Schug's poem, "Two Plates on the Table," selected as a finalist in the last cycle of the What Light Poetry Project contest by poet Sunshine Glenstone.
mnLIT presents: Larry Schug
Larry Schug
Read Larry Schug's poem, "Two Plates on the Table," selected as a finalist in the last cycle of the What Light Poetry Project contest by poet Sunshine Glenstone.
Nov 17, 2011
Repetition & Repair
Miranda Trimmier
Miranda Trimmier asks, how can we repair the wearisome effects of endless novelty? Her modest but surprisingly transgressive tonic? Simple repetition as a sort of detoxifying reparation for our shared cultural attraction to the easily blurbed.
Repetition & Repair
Miranda Trimmier
Miranda Trimmier asks, how can we repair the wearisome effects of endless novelty? Her modest but surprisingly transgressive tonic? Simple repetition as a sort of detoxifying reparation for our shared cultural attraction to the easily blurbed.
Nov 14, 2011
Us and Them
Jeremy Walker
Our music columnist Jeremy Walker reflects on impetus of the Occupy Wall Street protests and others like it around the country, the tension between striving and protecting, and the small but potent political power of simply making good work.
Us and Them
Jeremy Walker
Our music columnist Jeremy Walker reflects on impetus of the Occupy Wall Street protests and others like it around the country, the tension between striving and protecting, and the small but potent political power of simply making good work.
Oct 27, 2011
mnLIT presents: Gretchen Rueth
Gretchen Rueth
Gretchen Rueth's poem, "Why Loneliness", was selected as a finalist in the last cycle of the mnLIT contest by our lead What Light juror for 2010, Jeff Johnson.
mnLIT presents: Gretchen Rueth
Gretchen Rueth
Gretchen Rueth's poem, "Why Loneliness", was selected as a finalist in the last cycle of the mnLIT contest by our lead What Light juror for 2010, Jeff Johnson.
Oct 25, 2011
Developing a 'Taste' for Filmmaking
David Oppegaard
Novelist David Oppegaard describes how he briefly abandoned the solitary pursuits of the writer to pursue a couple of forays into filmmaking with his friend and collaborative partner, Todd Wardrope, in this 'tale of two indie films.'
Developing a 'Taste' for Filmmaking
David Oppegaard
Novelist David Oppegaard describes how he briefly abandoned the solitary pursuits of the writer to pursue a couple of forays into filmmaking with his friend and collaborative partner, Todd Wardrope, in this 'tale of two indie films.'
Oct 14, 2011
A Riot, a Firebomb and the Birth of a Mystery Writer
Mary Butler Harpin
Mary Butler Harpin talks with Pioneer Press reporter-turned-mystery-writer Judith Yates Borger about her books, her entrepreneurial publishing foray, and the firebomb in North Minneapolis that started it all.
A Riot, a Firebomb and the Birth of a Mystery Writer
Mary Butler Harpin
Mary Butler Harpin talks with Pioneer Press reporter-turned-mystery-writer Judith Yates Borger about her books, her entrepreneurial publishing foray, and the firebomb in North Minneapolis that started it all.
Oct 10, 2011
Don't Wait - A Look at Cary Waterman's BOOK OF FIRE
Connie Wanek
Connie Wanek gives a close reading of the long-awaited poetry collection by Cary Waterman, BOOK OF FIRE, just published by Nodin Press, situating it within the poet's larger body of work.
Don't Wait - A Look at Cary Waterman's BOOK OF FIRE
Connie Wanek
Connie Wanek gives a close reading of the long-awaited poetry collection by Cary Waterman, BOOK OF FIRE, just published by Nodin Press, situating it within the poet's larger body of work.
Oct 7, 2011
mnLIT presents: Kim Teeple
Kim Teeple
Kim Teeple's short story, "Turtle," was selected for the last cycle of mnLIT by our full panel of miniStories flash fiction jurors: Alexander Chee, Daniel Handler, Heather McElhatton, Kevin Larimer, and Dennis Cass.
mnLIT presents: Kim Teeple
Kim Teeple
Kim Teeple's short story, "Turtle," was selected for the last cycle of mnLIT by our full panel of miniStories flash fiction jurors: Alexander Chee, Daniel Handler, Heather McElhatton, Kevin Larimer, and Dennis Cass.
Aug 25, 2011
In the Country for Poetry
Connie Wanek
Connie Wanek offers a lovely introduction to Minnesota's newly named Poet Laureate, Joyce Sutphen, in this profile replete with stories, conversation, and observations from Sutphen's fellow Minnesota poets and writers.
In the Country for Poetry
Connie Wanek
Connie Wanek offers a lovely introduction to Minnesota's newly named Poet Laureate, Joyce Sutphen, in this profile replete with stories, conversation, and observations from Sutphen's fellow Minnesota poets and writers.
Jul 27, 2011
The People You Meet
Jeremy Walker
Composer Jeremy Walker reflects on the notion of "work as both an expression and a point of connection," how the most effective art reveals something true about the artist and, sometimes, unexpected truths about yourself as well.
The People You Meet
Jeremy Walker
Composer Jeremy Walker reflects on the notion of "work as both an expression and a point of connection," how the most effective art reveals something true about the artist and, sometimes, unexpected truths about yourself as well.
Jul 20, 2011
mnLIT presents: Tim Nolan
Tim Nolan
Tim Nolan's poem "What I'm Meant to Do" was selected for this competition cycle of What Light by poet Sun Yung Shin.
mnLIT presents: Tim Nolan
Tim Nolan
Tim Nolan's poem "What I'm Meant to Do" was selected for this competition cycle of What Light by poet Sun Yung Shin.
Jul 7, 2011
mnartists.org and RAIN TAXI present: "The Zine Apothecary"
Sarah Peters
Writer and book artist Sarah Peters profiles Minneapolis artist Lacey Prpic Hedtke's unorthodox, wide-ranging library of handmade, DIY pamphlets, the Zine Apothecary, accessible to the public but, aptly enough, currently housed in her garage.
mnartists.org and RAIN TAXI present: "The Zine Apothecary"
Sarah Peters
Writer and book artist Sarah Peters profiles Minneapolis artist Lacey Prpic Hedtke's unorthodox, wide-ranging library of handmade, DIY pamphlets, the Zine Apothecary, accessible to the public but, aptly enough, currently housed in her garage.
Jun 22, 2011
mnLIT presents: Aseem Kaul
Aseem Kaul
Read "If at first" by Aseem Kaul, a poem selected for the 2010 cycle of mnLIT's What Light competition by acclaimed poet Todd Boss.
mnLIT presents: Aseem Kaul
Aseem Kaul
Read "If at first" by Aseem Kaul, a poem selected for the 2010 cycle of mnLIT's What Light competition by acclaimed poet Todd Boss.
Jun 20, 2011
Beyond DIY to Do-It-Together
Regan Smith
Regan Smith (PAPER DARTS) offers a personal accounting of a trend she's noticed among Minnesota artists - a shifting focus away from strictly individual accomplishment, or DIY ethos, in favor of collaborative, interactive, "do-it-together" creative work.
Beyond DIY to Do-It-Together
Regan Smith
Regan Smith (PAPER DARTS) offers a personal accounting of a trend she's noticed among Minnesota artists - a shifting focus away from strictly individual accomplishment, or DIY ethos, in favor of collaborative, interactive, "do-it-together" creative work.
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