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• Mansion credited with being 'Gatsby' inspiration to be razed
  Long Island lore is that F. Scott Fitzgerald used "Land's End" in the classic portrayal of lavish lifestyles featured in his Jazz Age classic "The Great Gatsby."April 18, 2011
• Writing Minnesota
  What does it mean to be a Minnesota writer? It means obsessing over the sound of the Mississippi River. It means writing about small towns. It means you're a refugee who refused to speak as a child. These are some of the many ways writers define their relationship to Minnesota. Host Annie Baxter invites you to hear these writers' reflections and their creative works on "Writing Minnesota."April 18, 2011
• 'Three Cups of Tea' author accused of fabrication
  Despite claims made in a Sunday "60 Minutes" report, Greg Mortensen stands by his book and the work of his Central Asia Institute.April 15, 2011
• Irish Poet Leanne O'Sullivan wins award from St. Thomas
  Irish Poet Leanne O'Sullivan is this year's winner of the O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry, given by the University of St. Thomas Center for Irish Studies.April 14, 2011
• Writer recounts lessons learned in solitude
  Philip Connors once had what some people would consider a dream job: He was an editor at the Wall Street Journal. However, in the space of a few weeks, he set it all aside to become a fire watcher. His new book, "Fire Season," recounts what he's learned about history, ecology and solitudesitting on top of a tower in New Mexico looking for smoke.April 6, 2011
• Minneapolis mystery bookseller set to receive national award
  The tiny, Uptown Minneapolis bookstore crammed with 20,000 mystery titles has developed a strong and loyal following by hosting regular events that give local writers a platform to promote their work among avid mystery readers.April 6, 2011
• Memoir explores how land can connect a family
  When she was a teenage writer, Sarah Stonich shrugged off her father's belief in the necessity to own some land. Many years later, as a single mother, she came around to his way of thinking, and bought property near Ely.March 21, 2011
• New battle over e-book lending
  Librarians around the country are organizing a boycott of Harper Collins after the publisher set a licensing limit on checkouts of its e-books at libraries.Midmorning, March 17, 2011
• Ojibwe columnist Jim Northrup looks back on career 'Follies'
  For almost 22 years, Ojibwe writer Jim Northrup has entertained and chastened readers of his syndicated Fond Du Lacs Follies newspaper column. Now, a new collection of the Follies is about to hit the bookstores.March 14, 2011
• Young author debuts with a splash
  At 24, Tea Obreht has gained notoriety as one of the best American fiction writers under 40. Born in Yugoslavia, raised in Cyprus and Egypt, Tea's first novel "The Tiger's Wife" follows a woman searching for answers through her grandfather's stories.Midmorning, March 14, 2011
• The search for Nepal's missing children
  When Conor Grennan went to Nepal in 2006, he thought he was just going to volunteer in an orphanage for a couple of months. Instead, as he recounts in his book "Little Princes" he found a new calling, searching for victims of child trafficking in a war-ravaged country.March 11, 2011
• Paper Darts defies literary magazine logic
  With the magazine and publishing world in a tailspin, you'd think this would be the worst time to start a literary magazine. But three recent University of Minnesota graduates disagree. The trio behind a new publication called "Paper Darts" has big plans -- and the support of the Twin Cities literary community.March 5, 2011
• Revisiting Huck Finn
  Could Mark Twain ever have predicted that words he used more than 120 years ago would create such a fire storm in 2011? Midmorning profiles educators with different approaches to teaching the classic.Midmorning, February 18, 2011
• The private life of George Washington
  Much has been written about George Washington, but less is known about how George Washington's upbringing and private life shaped his view on politics and leadership. Historian Ron Chernow's new biography aims to change that.Midmorning, February 17, 2011
• Marooned with Midmorning
  It's the timeless question for lovers of music and literature. If you were stranded on a desert island, what one book and album would you want to have along with you? And why?Midmorning, February 17, 2011

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