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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...]
Neil Gaiman may have been born in England, but he’s owned a house in Wisconsin for years. Britt Aamodt also discovered that Gaiman has spent a good deal of time in Minneapolis and that his Midwestern sojourns have made an imprint on his most famous novel, American Gods. [Read Transcript...]
Before his death in 2015, David Carr was a larger-than-life columnist at the New York Times. But when he decided to write a memoir, says Britt Aamodt, Carr looked back at his Twin Cities days and the night of the gun. [Read Transcript...]
Two well-respected Anishinaabe writers and educators have started a new publishing company focused on Native stories. Tom and Betsy Peacock plan to publish stories from American Indian writers based in the Great Lakes region and the Dakotas. They started the venture with assistance from The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe’s business development program and the Office of … [Read Transcript...]
