MN Native News: “Bowwow Powwow” Released
A new children’s book written by Brenda J Child, illustrated by Jonathan Thunder, and translated into Ojibwe by Gordon Jourdain, has hit the shelves. [Read Transcript...]
Literature
MN90: Ole Rolvaag, Writer of Giants in the Earth
Ole Rolvaag thought he was destined to be a fisherman like his father. Britt Aamodt looks at how the opportunity to the immigrate to the United States Midwest not only gave this St. Olaf professor a new career but also the theme for his novel, Giants in the Earth. [Read Transcript...]
MN90: Gregory Corso’s Last Reading
Gregory Corso was a beat poet. He’d been born in New York and made his literary reputation. But, says Britt Aamodt, Corso’s last reading was recorded in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, in January 2001, just days before his death. [Read Transcript...]
MN90: Amanda Hocking: How to Make a Million Self-Publishing
Amanda Hocking got her first rejection slip when she 17. The Minnesota writer kept churning out novels but didn’t hit the big time, reveals Britt Aamodt, until she decided to self-publish. [Read Transcript...]