Why Write?
If the Knitting Ladies serve as any indication, the author of White Teeth, On Beauty, and, most recently, NW, could have blown raspberries into the microphone and still enraptured her audience.
Eaten Alive by Literature
There are two subgroups of launch party in the literary world. Let’s call them, in the taxonomy of events, the genera: Translucent and Opaque. What the fuck does this mean?
Anarchy as a Relationship
By definition, anarchists technically don’t believe in government, class, or money, and are acutely aware of any and all repression. In a country that sings the word “patriotic” like a top ten hit and whose only true faith is capitalism, their alienation is a given.
Literature, Point-Blank to the Head
On Saturday night, 600 locals packed themselves into NE Minneapolis’s Uppercut Boxing Gym to drink, show off their greyscale outfits, support local literature, and watch writers beat the shit out of each other.
Take a Chance on the Open Mic
It is a truth impossible to acknowledge that open mics, even in possession of a good audience, must get off to a rough start. On Hazel & Wren’s Words at WAM.
A New Publisher’s Debut
John Jodzio’s work hinges on the juxtaposition of societal norms and deviant extremes. What the three headed octopus of Paper Darts has brought to the collection is its own special signature.
The Splendor of the Creative Process
Craig Thompson Discusses Habibi Minneapolis College of Art and Design Monday, September 26, 2011 MCB has a friend. Joel is a good name. Joel had always been interested in writing, going so far…
Because Literary Diversity is What We Live For
The Twin Cities GLBTQ Writer’s Group Meeting every first Monday at 7:00 p.m. The Loft Literary Center Third Floor Book Club Room MCB has already established two facts about the Twin Cities: •…
Breaking Down those Complicated Relationships
The MN Publishing Tweet Up Wednesday, July 20 Clubhouse Jäger The focus, lately, has been community. Though really, when it comes to writers and the book-minded, does the subject ever stray from community?…
