Joining us by phone is Matt Rees, the author of the novel Mozart’s Last Aria, a mystery that opens after Mozart’s death and is told by his sister Nannerl. Matt Rees is an award-winning British crime novelist perhaps best known for his series featuring the Palestinian detective Omar Yussef.
Also joining us is Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Alan Hollinghurst, whose most recent book is A Stranger’s Child, a century-spanning saga about a love triangle that spawns a myth and a family mystery across generations.
December is awash in merriment, and the heady aroma of peppermint and pine fills the frosty air. Tonight it’s all things sweet, as Liberty Finch hosts a lip-smacking solo edition of the Pop Shop.
Think of “co-ops” and you might conjure up images of bulk food stores and tie-dye wearing hippies. But in the 1970s, co-op wars raged in the Twin Cities, dividing communities and fracturing the young movement. In this documentary, producer Maria Almli interviews those who were there. Learn how the co-op wars began—when a secretive group in support of Marxist principles began retooling operations for the newly emerging hippie grocery stores—and how members found themselves in the midst of a car bombing and violent takeovers.
Full of sass, soul and the type of empowering wisdom that no woman should live without, Choosing ME before WE, is like a heart-to-heart with your closest girlfriend. And best of all, you’ll discover that your closest girlfriend is your own truest self, inside of you, always ready to offer wise, loving advice and counsel about what is best for you.