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A character readers may remember from Thomas Peacock's Beginnings and The Tao of Nookomis has penned his own story. Author and publisher Thomas Peacock's

Liz Granholm heard many stories about Rabbit and Otter's ricing trip when she was growing up. She took different lessons from each telling: the need to

Sam Zimmerman is taking a class to re-learn his language, Ojibwemowin. He laughs his efforts are making his ancestors ears bleed, but if Sams ancestors have been keeping track of him, chances are theyre pretty proud. KUMD is licensed to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota © 2021 KUMD

Mary Casanova knew that there was talent and artistry - and mental illness - in her gene pool. So in her third Rainy Lake historical novel, she spent some time at the St. Peter State Hospital Museum, creating a character who was not only a talented painter - shed been committed to an insane asylum by her family, a widespread practice at the time that pioneering journalist Nellie Bly wrote about first hand in 1887. KUMD is licensed to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota © 2021...

Clare Cooley has lived through sexual assault, the suicide of a family member and the drug addiction of another. But all the way back to a troubled childhood, she learned that imagination and creativity were the keys to a way out. Cooley prides herself on trying to find the good in difficult situations, and perhaps the most obvious example is using the pandemic lockdown as an opportunity to write a book about overcoming tough times through creative expression. More information about

It was 25 years ago this week that the movie Fargo debuted in movie theaters. Minnesota Author Todd Melby has released a book titled A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere: The Untold Story of the Making of Fargo.

Nellie Frances was another woman like a lot of women in Minnesota. Quiet and self-effacing, but active in her community and her church, its not surprising that the story of a Black woman on the front lines of womens suffrage and civil rights issue hasnt been told until now. Listen

MN Reads: How Minnesota Became a Hot Spot for Stand Up Comedy Patrick Strait is the author of " Louie Anderson, Jeff Gerbino started it all in the late 1970s in Minneapolis. At that point, there really wasnt a stand-up comedy scene.  People had maybe seen some stand-up on Johnny Carson or Bob Hope, but there really werent comedy clubs or bars that were doing regular stand-up comedy shows, so seeing a stand-up comedy was really rare. They started telling their jokes at a Minneapolis dive bar c...

MN Reads: How Minnesota Became a Hot Spot for Stand Up Comedy Patrick Strait is the author of " Louie Anderson, Jeff Gerbino started it all in the late 1970s in Minneapolis. At that point, there really wasnt a stand-up comedy scene.  People had maybe seen some stand-up on Johnny Carson or Bob Hope, but there really werent comedy clubs or bars that were doing regular stand-up comedy shows, so seeing a stand-up comedy was really rare. They started telling their jokes at a Minneapolis dive bar c...

Author Natalie Warren to discuss her new book Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic at a virtual launch, 7:00 PM CT, Tuesday, February 9, 2021. The evening will include an introduction by polar explorer Ann Bancroft, music, videos, trivia, poetry, storytelling, and a Q&A moderated by environmental activist and canoe expeditioner Lee Vue. The event is co-hosted by the Friends of the Boundary Waters, St. Croix River Association, Friends of the Mississippi River, ...