MN90: A Fulfilling Romance
When LaVyrle Spencer decided to become a novelist, Britty tells us, she looked to her Minnesota roots for the romantic heroine. [Read Transcript...]
Literature
MN90: Mongo’s Back
Hard-hitting fiction writers and bars go hand-in-hand. Hemingway knew his way around a whiskey and soda. However, Britt Aamodt introduces us to a resident Minnesota writer who penned his hits behind bars. [Read Transcript...]
MN90: The Hogwart’s School of Illustration
Mary GrandPre worked hard to get her art degree from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. But Britt Aamodt tells us about the magic that got the illustrator's work on the cover of "Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone". [Read Transcript...]
MN90: A Connecticut Yankee in Duluth
Mark Twain was born in Missouri, lived in Connecticut and traveled the world in 1895. One stop that year was Duluth, where the literary star's one-man show got less than stellar reviews. [Read Transcript...]