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Katherine Packert Burke and All Us Saints

Katherine Packert Burke talks with us about her spooky new novel All Us Saints and its trans villain; representation in true crime; and how Silence of the Lambs, a windowless airbnb, and sandbox video games inspired the story. All Us Saints (Bloombury) [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/all-us-saints-9781639738113/] @katpburke on Twitter [https://x.com/katpburke] Ghost Image, Katherine's Substack newsletter [https://ghostimage.substack.com/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readminnesotabooks.com [https://www.readminnesotabooks.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Stacy Carlson and The Gyre

Novelist Stacy Carlson speaks with us about her literary novel The Gyre and its ill-prepared protagonist, an inspiring artist's residency in the Svalbard archipelago, and her research into meals made of moose lips. The Gyre (Alternating Current Press) stacycarlson.com [https://stacycarlson.com/] Stacy Carlson on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/stacy.carlson.92] @magnificentsparrow on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/magnificentsparrow/] Recommendations Girl Gone Wild Book Tour at Acorn Bookshop [https://www.acornbookshop.com/pages/events] Rain Taxi Twin Cities Literary Calendar [https://raintaxi.com/literary-calendar/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readminnesotabooks.com [https://www.readminnesotabooks.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Rashad Shabazz and Prince's Minneapolis

Arizona State University Professor and author Rashad Shabazz discusses why Prince's genius is boring, how Minneapolis is an underrated music city, and what Prince served for snacks at a 1998 secret Paisley Park show. Prince's Minneapolis: A Biography of Sound and Place (University of North Carolina Press) [https://uncpress.org/9781469690957/princes-minneapolis/] Paisley Park [https://www.paisleypark.com/] "ICE Can't Silence Prince's Minneapolis" by Rashad Shabazz, Zocalo Public Square [https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/ice-cant-silence-princes-minneapolis/] @drshabazzz.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/drshabazzz.bsky.social] @drshabazz on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/drshabazz/] Adore [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8fLjiar1c8] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readminnesotabooks.com [https://www.readminnesotabooks.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Mark Nowak and . . . AGAIN

Mark Nowak joins us to talk about his new collection . . . AGAIN, whether he finds forms or forms find him, and poetry trailers. . . . AGAIN (Coffeehouse Press) [https://coffeehousepress.org/products/again] Mark Nowak at Moon Palace Books, Tuesday, May 12, 7:00pm [https://moonpalacebooks.com/events/5074120260512] Book trailer for [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUlIl5iEWOb/]. . . AGAIN [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUlIl5iEWOb/] XCP: Cross Cultural Poetics [https://opendoor.northwestern.edu/archive/collections/show/21] Worker Writers School [https://www.instagram.com/workerwritersschool/] Recommendations: Meridel LaSeuer [https://meridellesueur.org/] The Book Trailer Channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYS05k5UjXCERWe1IOAKcGA] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readminnesotabooks.com [https://www.readminnesotabooks.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Jordan Sundberg and Northwoods Lullaby

Jordan Sundberg speaks with us about how restricted supplies and playfulness inspire her artwork, her path to becoming a picture book illustrator, and the hands-off brilliance of University of Minnesota Press editor Erik Anderson. We also discuss Millions of Cats by Minnesota author Wanda Gag: weird or wonderful? Northwoods Lullaby [https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517915612/northwoods-lullaby/] by Mary Casanova, illustrated by Jordan Sundberg, from University of Minnesota Press [https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517915612/northwoods-lullaby/] Fables of the North Shore [https://northandshore.com/products/fables-of-the-north-shore?variant=43578224410864] by Tin Cup Design Millions of Cats [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/299373/millions-of-cats-gift-edition-by-wanda-gag/] by Wanda Gag [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/299373/millions-of-cats-gift-edition-by-wanda-gag/] Jordan Sundberg's Tin Cup Design [https://tincupdesignco.com/] @tincupdesign on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/tincupdesign/] @tincupdesign on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/tincupdesign/] Recommendation: Minnesota Marine Art Museum's Eric Carle exhibit [https://mmam.org/eric-carle] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readminnesotabooks.com [https://www.readminnesotabooks.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]