Literature

• After 35 years with APHC Keillor looks back and forward
  This weekend a large crowd is expected in Avon, Minnesota, for the special 35th-anniversary broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion.July 1, 2009
• Choice summer reading
  Looking for some good literary fiction to take to the cabin? Or a thriller for a hot night on the porch? Two book critics share their ideas for great summertime reading.Midmorning, June 29, 2009
• Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon creates a shifting Gothic world
  Best-selling novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon says he set out to recreate the storytelling of the great Victorian writers while including modern sensibilities.June 25, 2009
• A spy novelist's romantic world
  Romance. Espionage. Parisian cafes and back alleys in Berlin. These are the elements that make the novels of Alan Furst among the best in the spy genre. He joins Midmorning to discuss his latest novel, and his fascination with World War II-era Europe.Midmorning, June 25, 2009
• Guy Maddin revisits 'The Saddest Music in the World'
  Twin Cities movie fans can look forward to a distinctly odd experience tomorrow night as maverick Canadian director Guy Maddin visits for a screening of his film "The Saddest Music in the World."June 17, 2009
• Author bases novel on grandmother's life in 1907 Winona
  Jane Kirkpatrick had a unique resource writing her latest historical novel: photographs her grandmother took a century ago around Winona.June 17, 2009
• Writer captures Pakistani history in a novel
  When Ali Sethi set out to explore his homeland of Pakistan's history for a creative writing class, he discovered relatively little of its complex multi-lingual cultural history had been written down. He ended up writing "The Wish Maker" to capture that history, and is now being hailed as a new international literary voice.June 15, 2009
• Miro Quartet returns to White Pine Festival
  The White Pine Festival, coming up next Wednesday in several towns along the St. Croix River Valley, celebrates the convergence of music, painting and poetry. The Miro Quartet is performing a new work in collaboration with poet Matthea Harvey.June 11, 2009
• Andre Dubus III explores the days before Sept. 11 in new novel
  Best-selling novelist Andre Dubus III says his new book, set in a strip club in the days before the Sept. 11 attacks, was inspired by an image of a pile of cash on a bedroom bureau.June 8, 2009
• Jane Hamilton's take on the modern romance novel
  Author Jane Hamilton is best known for books that depict tragedy and human frailty. She departs from that formula in her new novel, "Laura Rider's Masterpiece," a dark comedy about a bored wife with literary aspirations and her attempts to create art from life.Midmorning, June 5, 2009
• Aussie director rewrites playwright Noel Coward
  Not a lot of people would have the guts, or perhaps the gall, to rewrite Noel Coward - but Stephan Elliott did. The Australian director just co-wrote and directed a film adaptation of "Easy Virtue." It's an early Coward play, starring Minnesota native Jessica Biel.June 5, 2009
• Heather McElhatton takes a swipe at chick lit
  Twin Cities author Heather McElhatton will tell you she knows a thing or two about dating. Her second novel is all about the dangers of dating -- and of having your dreams come true.May 25, 2009
• Arthur Phillips' new novel connects music and memories
  In Arthur Phillips new novel, "The Song is You," a divorced advertising director falls in love with a young singer/songwriter. Phillips says the book is not only about their story, but about the role that music plays in our lives.Midmorning, May 21, 2009
• Michael Pollan spreads the word about eating food
  Journalist and food expert Michael Pollan was often asked for advice about the best things to eat. After a lot of research he came up with a seven word formula: "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." Now Pollan is being told his ideas are changing lives.May 19, 2009
• Talking Volumes: Rita Dove
  In the season finale of Talking Volumes, Kerri Miller talks with poet Rita Dove. Her newest work is "Sonata Mulattica," a book-length lyrical narrative. Recorded at the Fitzgerald Theater on May 11.Midmorning, May 18, 2009

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