Range poet Sheila Packa mines the region for forgotten stories
The Duluth poet’s latest collection of poetry is entitled “Night Train Red Dust.”
Amy Goetzman
Amy Goetzman writes about books, authors, libraries and the Twin Cities literary scene.
New Dakota War history looks at the quiet heroics of Bishop Whipple
Gustav Niebuhr’s book is a character study of a unique man who “was ahead of his time, yet not of our time.”
Book on inspiring cyclist Major Taylor a wonderful ride through a lost world
The authors knew they had a great story that hadn’t been told in almost a century: a young black rider who beat the odds to become a champion.
In vivid and colorful detail, Michael Fedo recovers a lost Duluth
The author brings to life a lively, thriving, grungy and wonderfully seedy Duluth of the 1950s and ‘60s.
Tricia Cornell finds inspiration at the farmers market
Now that spring and heaps of fresh produce are here, the food writer helps feed our hunger to eat locally in a new book on local farmers markets.
Think Piece Publishing: Life’s troubles inspire indie press
Founder Adam Wahlberg isn’t afraid of dealing with hard issues. In fact, he’s attracted to them.
It’s not difficult at all to get the news from ‘The Keillor Reader’
The compendium of essays and radio bits includes the author’s curious and interesting explanations of what he was thinking or doing when he wrote that one.
Toth blends a little black humor with a lot of love in her new memoir
Susan Allen Toth writes with honesty, (sometimes dark) humor and compassion about the intense physical and emotional demands of caring for her beloved husband as he died.
Here’s the scoop on Hayward, Wis., and its cherished ice cream cafe
In this portrait of a town lost in time, an urbane couple moves from London to Hayward, Wis., and sets up shop — becoming one with the town’s quirky band of old-timers, shopkeepers and locals.
James Norton of The Heavy Table finds inspired cooking on trip around Lake Superior
It’s goes without saying that when James Norton goes on a road trip, food is the highlight of the whole adventure.
Josh Ostergaard’s ‘Devil’s Snake Curve’ looks beyond the ballpark
Ostergaard weaves his own history with the game with a chronological series of vignettes about players, fans, owners and a nation in change.
‘A Sliver of Light’ chronicles hikers’ hostage experience in Iran
Shane Bauer grew up in Minnesota in the Mille Lacs area. He and Sarah Shourd are now married; they’ll have book events in Duluth and Minneapolis.
Susan Power finds redemption for everyone in a nontraditional Native novel
When Susan Power was deep in the writing of “Sacred Wilderness,” she realized she was running the risk of offending just about everybody.
Dessa Darling moves easily from rap lyrics to poems and essays
She’s started writing “plain-language philosophy” essays for Minnesota Monthly and has a poetry chapbook, “A Pound of Steam.”
Ed Bok Lee finds poetry in the basement of the American Swedish Institute
For the month of January, Ed Bok Lee was fixture in the museum’s basement, where the Institute’s Wallenberg Library is located.
Katie Heaney writes the book of unlove
In “Never Have I Ever: My Life So Far Without a Date,” Katie Heaney takes an observer’s look at dating rituals.
Anne Ursu on ‘The Real Boy’ and writing for kids
“The Real Boy” takes place in another time and another world. The story follows an awkward orphan boy who is taken on by a magician.
Nicole Helget’s inventive, well-told ‘Stillwater’ has true grit
“Stillwater” is set in the mid-1800s, at the height of the logging boom, and expands into an epic tale about westward expansion, the fur trade, and more.
Kent Nerburn on being the only white guy in the car
He isn’t a Native writer, but the majority of his work centers on Native American themes.
‘Soda Shop Salvation’: How Americans ate and drank during Prohibition
Rae Katherine Eighmey’s book is part history, part recipe book, as she includes instructions to make the most popular drinks of the era.
