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• 'B is for Beer' says author Tom Robbins in new book
  Best-selling author Tom Robbins has made a career out of writing novels which make people laugh while also exploring the serious side of the human condition. His new book, "B is for Beer," is a children's book, where a little girl learns more than she wants to about beer and it's place in our culture.April 28, 2009
• Talking Volumes: Sandra Cisneros
  Author Sandra Cisneros and host Kerri Miller met before a full house of students and adults at Washburn High School in Minneapolis. Cisneros' groundbreaking work, "The House on Mango Street," was published 25 years ago. Singer and spoken word artist Dessa also performs.Midmorning, April 23, 2009
• Conference celebrates poet Robert Bly
  Tonight the University of Minnesota is launching a three-day, international conference celebrating the work of Minnesota poet Robert Bly. The 82-year-old's legacy includes not just his poetry, but his work as a translator, an editor, and the leader of the men's movement.April 16, 2009
• Reflections on life in Iran
  As the friends and family await the sentencing of radio reporter and Fargo native Roxana Saberi, one friend reflects on the constraints of Iranian life. Journalist Azadeh Moaveni's new book centers on peaks and valleys of trying to marry and raise a family in the Islamic Republic.Midmorning, April 15, 2009
• Walter Mosley and his mysteries
  Mystery author Walter Mosley introduces a new detective with a complicated past. Mosley's previous detective novels starred "Easy" Rawlins in popular books like "Devil in a Blue Dress." Mosley talks about how a new character and a new city energizes his work.Midmorning, April 8, 2009
• Joseph Boyden writes about native dichotomy
  Joseph Boyden just won Canada's top literary prize for his book "Through Black Spruce." It's the story of a Cree family in Northern Ontario, but it demonstrates how modern native life includes many worlds.April 3, 2009
• T. C. Boyle on Frank Lloyd Wright's hidden life
  Most people know Frank Lloyd Wright from his buildings. But his personal life was a story unto itself. Novelist T.C. Boyle's latest work examines Wright's life and work from the viewpoint of the four principal women in his life.Midmorning, April 3, 2009
• Metropolitan Orchestra performs work with Bill Holm text
  The Twin Cities Metropolitan Symphony mourns Bill Holm's death with a new work for mezzo-soprano and orchestra.March 27, 2009
• Author and MC
  Local hip hop artist Dessa combines the dry wit of Dorothy Parker with the beat of Mos Def. Dessa speaks and sings of her family ties and the pressures of modern life.Midmorning, March 12, 2009
• In Minneota, an empty chair for Bill Holm
  The funeral service in the southwest Minnesota town of Minneota brought together hundreds of people to say goodbye to author, musician and teacher Bill Holm.March 9, 2009
• Talking Volumes: Michael Greenberg
  Michael Greenberg's teenaged daughter was overcome by a sudden psychosis. Greenberg chronicles her arduous treatment in a critcally-acclaimed memoir. The conversation was recorded before an audience at the UBS Forum on February 24.Midmorning, March 2, 2009
• Remembering Bill Holm
  Essayist and poet Bill Holm, who was nationally known for his distinctly Minnesotan writing, died this week at age 65.Midday, February 26, 2009
• Novel explores the horror of West Indian slavery
  Writer Marlon James is being hailed as a new voice of Jamaican literature - which is pretty remarkable given he lives in St Paul.February 26, 2009
• Minnesota author Bill Holm dies at 65
  Minnesota author Bill Holm has died. Holm, who was also an English professor at Southwest Minnesota State University, was 65.February 26, 2009
• Campaign in verse
  Humorist Calvin Trillin's latest book of poems pokes fun at politics.Midmorning, February 20, 2009

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