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Will Weaver needed to get away from his father’s dairy farm to have more time to write. And did he write. Britt Aamodt examines how one of Weaver’s story went from New York Times notable book to film and stage. [Read Transcript...]
Marlon James grew up in Jamaica. But when it came time to write a novel influenced by Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley, Britt Aamodt says, James did it in Minnesota. [Read Transcript...]
Hope Jahren always felt at home in her father's science lab in southern Minnesota. Decades on, Britt Aamodt tells us, the geobotanist has distilled the lessons learned from a life in science in a celebrated memoir. [Read Transcript...]
Before Oscar Wilde became a dead author studied in literature courses, he was a dandy with a love of beauty, the arts and the written word. Britt Aamodt gets the dirt on his drab overnight in Minneapolis. [Read Transcript...]
