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Literary Arts

Aug 4, 2008
ESSAY/FEATURED FORUM: What's With the Kids These Days?
Essay by Michael Fallon

Michael Fallon reflects on "Young Artists and How the World They’re Creating Will Be Completely Fucked Up, and Perhaps That’s As It Should Be." We want to know what you think--read the essay, then weigh in on the mnartists.org forums.
Jun 24, 2008
miniStories: "My First Wife" by John Jodzio
miniStories: John Jodzio

"My First Wife" by John Jodzio is a miniStories winner selected by novelist David Oppegaard
Jun 24, 2008
STORY: The Easter Rabbits
David Bengtson

Read "The Easter Rabbits," an original short story by David Bengtson, the miniStories spring 08 grand prize winning author.
Jun 23, 2008
COMMENTARY: What is the State of the Arts in Minneapolis?
Commentary by Michael Fallon

Or, "The Future’s So Bright, You Gotta Wear Blinders:" arts administrator and critic Michael Fallon comments on the recent panel discussion about the state of arts in Mpls and makes a case for candor in our civic conversation on the subject
Jun 23, 2008
What Light: This Week's Poem: Tim Nolan
What Light: Tim Nolan

This week's winning What Light poem, "Cuba" by Tim Nolan, was selected by Katrina Vandenberg.
Jun 23, 2008
THEATER: Shakespeare in the Parking Lot
Review by Christy DeSmith

Christy DeSmith attended the new all-female, circus-themed rendition of the bard's bloodthirstiest tale, "Titus Andronicus," which is being staged in a charter school parking lot. Read on for the pleasures and disappointments she found in the show.
Jun 16, 2008
LITERATURE: Writer, Interrupted
Profile by Hannah Dentinger

Nationally acclaimed author Marya Hornbacher talks wtih Hannah Dentinger about her new memoir, "Madness: A Bipolar Life," which offers an unflinchingly candid glimpse into a life periodically upended by mental illness.
Jun 11, 2008
From Sandman to Star Trek to Sammy the Mouse
Britt Aamodt

Writer Britt Aamodt takes stock of Minnesota's unsung wealth of notable cartoonists and comics artists working in every aspect of the industry, from the superhero staples of the genre to groundbreaking underground publications and web strips.
Jun 2, 2008
What Light: This Week's Poem: LouAnn Shepard Muhm
What Light: LouAnn Shepard Muhm

Read this week's winning poem, "Joinery" by LouAnn Shepard Muhm, selected by Marian Haddad.
May 28, 2008
What Light: This Week's Poem: Patricia Kirkpatrick
What Light: Patricia Kirkpatrick

Come hear many of the winning poets for yourself, June 1 at Magers and Quinn from 5-7 pm. This week's winner, "Near Odessa" by Patricia Kirkpatrick, was selected by Katrina Vandenberg.
May 20, 2008
LITERATURE: A Voice for the Unsung: Kao Kalia Yang's "The Latehomecomer"
Profile by Shannon Gibney

Author Kao Kalia Yang talks with writer Shannon Gibney about her new memoir, "The Latehomecomer," which traces her own family's flight from their native home after the Vietnam War.
May 20, 2008
LITERATURE: The Miracle Tour Confessions, Part 2
Geoff Herbach and Sam Osterhout

Debut novelist Geoff Herbach and his buddy and fellow writer Sam Osterhout offer up another installment in their quirky, always entertaining road diary of their time across the country on a book tour for "The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg."
May 12, 2008
miniStories: "A Plan for Mushrooms" by David Bengtson
miniStories: David Bengtson

Read "A Plan for Mushrooms" by David Bengtson, the flash fiction entry which earned the author the miniStories Grand Prize. Look for a longer short story by this winning author to be published on mnartists.org in June 2008.
Apr 29, 2008
Duluth's Got a New Poet Laureate: Jim Johnson
Profile by Cheryl Reitan

Writer Cheryl Reitan offers a profile of Duluth's new official bard, Jim Johnson, with an eye to his flair for weaving Minnesota's immigrant experience into words.
Dec 31, 2007
Coming to a Radio Near You: Electric Arc Radio and the Lit 6 Project
Susannah Schouweiler

a+E chats with the writers, actors, and musicians behind Electric Arc Radio about the persuasive powers of malt liquor and their bold reinvention of the traditional author readings. Tune in: It'll be broadcast on MPR's The Current throughout January 2008.
Nov 5, 2007
A Band of Outsiders: Essay by Andrea Carlson
Andrea Carlson

Acclaimed painter Andrea Carlson deconstructs the problems with catch-all categories like "ethnic" art.
Jun 5, 2007
MUSIC: A Guide to Independent Music Media in Minnesota
By Paul Lundgren

Duluth writer and raconteur Paul Lundgren investigates the go-it-alone spunk that fuels MN's DIY music zine landscape
Jun 5, 2007
MUSIC: (Addendum) A Cheatsheet for Local DIY Music Media
Compiled by Paul Lundgren

From local ’zines to your computer screens (and a few things in between). Paul Lundgren gives a cheatsheet with quick links to a sampling of homegrown DIY music media offerings.
May 28, 2007
What Light: This Week's Poem: Anna George Meek
Anna George Meek

"What Light" presents a new poem by a Minnesota poet every week. The work is chosen by a jury of writers, publishers, and editors, and sponsored by Magers and Quinn Booksellers.
Jan 2, 2007
Weird-Shaped Heads and Internet Toasters: Barrett Chase
Chris Godsey

Chris Godsey interviews Barrett Chase, cartoonist, blogger, writer, postal worker. Read on for dark wit and wisdom, and a bunch of recommended blogs.
Dec 29, 2006
Book Review: Greed, Rage and Love Gone Wrong: Murder in Minnesota
Jean Sramek

Jean Sramek reviews "Greed, Rage and Love Gone Wrong: Murder in Minnesota" by Bruce Rubenstein, a hypnotizingly trashy little history from the University of Minnesota Press, now out in paperback.
Dec 28, 2006
Book Review: Greg Watson, "Things You Will Never See Again"
Connie Wanek

In the meditative season, mnartists is running extra book reviews. Head out to your neighborhood bookstore and grab these titles by Minnesota authors. Here's noted poet Connie Wanek on Greg Watson's "Things You Will Never See Again."
Dec 19, 2006
What Light: This Week's Poem: Mike Finley
Mike Finley

"What Light" presents a new poem by a Minnesota poet every week. The work is chosen by a jury of writers, publishers, and editors, and sponsored by Magers and Quinn Booksellers. Look for the anthology of What Light poems coming in February!
Dec 19, 2006
A Moron and an Oxymoron: George W. Bush and “Human Dignity”
Lawrence Sutin

Language lives between art and the world, and can be bent and corrupted; the writer Lawrence Sutin outlines one example. See and read more work by engaged artists in the upcoming "10,000 arts," distributed with the February issue of "The Rake."
Dec 5, 2006
What Light: This Week's Poem: Rebecca Frost
Rebecca Frost

"What Light" presents a new poem by a Minnesota poet every week. The work is chosen by a jury of writers, publishers, and editors, and sponsored by Magers and Quinn Booksellers.

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