On Tuesday, August 31st, journalist and Star Tribune Books editor Laurie Hertzel joins us in the studio to talk about her book News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist. She will be reading from and talking about it Tuesday, Sept. 7th at the Loft Literary Center and also Monday, Sept. 13th at Magers and Quinn.
In the second half of our show, Francine Marie Tolf joins us to talk about her memoir, Joliet Girl and also her full length poetry collection, Rain, Lilies, Luck. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals including Water-Stone, Southern Humanities Review, Poetry East and A View from the Loft.
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Information about regular spoken word and open mic venues can be found at MinnesotaMicrophone.com.
For scheduling information, contact Ian Graham Leask at LeaskIan@aol.com or Lynette Reini-Grandell at Lynette.Reini-Grandell@normandale.edu.
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