Thursday I had the pleasure and honor to be interviewed by a delightful young woman from the UofM for the English Major’s blog. Or something like that. I can’t exactly remember what the focus of…
Posts tagged MN Reads
Every minute is pure joy
Last night at Rock & Roll Bookclub somewhere between the homemade chili with chorizo and three different peppers and the divine butter cream chocolate dessert, I decided it would be a good idea to drink…
It’s the paper anniversary
Today marks the First Anniversary of my baby blog, Minnesota Reads. I can’t believe it’s been an entire year. So much has changed in a year, last year at this time I was unemployed and…
Why being a booknerd is so much easier than being a musicgeek
Sometime last week I was chatting with Chris from Culture Bully about blogging and the writers who make our respective sites (I was talking about MN Reads) so good. We talked a little bit about…
Defending my turf
It’s hard to walk into Supergenius HQ and not talk about books. Instead of art, I have books. Instead of a TV bigger than a postage stamp, I have books. Instead of a clean, clutter…
Some really boring things you probably won’t care about
My weekend was consumed by three things: redesigning MN Reads, Rock & Roll Bookclub, and reading. It was all the things I love most in the world combined into one weekend, well except for the…
3 really cool things I need to point out on MN Reads
1. Former-Replacements’ drummer Chris Mars answered the 6 questions we always ask. To say that I was honored is the understatement of the year. 2. Rain Taxi is auctioning off some great signed books to…
In case you hadn’t noticed
There’s been some interesting stuff going on over at Minnesota Reads that you don’t even have to be a Minnesotan to enjoy. First, there’s a 6Qs interview with playwright Max Sparber, and the next two…
Something like prayer but that wouldn’t embarrass anyone
Jean Thompson’s short stories are so beautiful that it frustrates me that she’s not more revered. At least she’s not revered in the short-story centric circles I run in. It’s a damn, damn shame. I…
Baby learns to crawl — Introducing Minnesota Reads
People who know me (and a lot of them who don’t) know that I have three great passions in my life: writing, Paul Westerberg, and books. Back in 2000, I started I Will Dare giving…