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Talking Volumes, a partnership of the Star Tribune and Minnesota Public Radio in collaboration with the Loft Literary Center, is a regional book club that aims to build community through literature by encouraging people across Minnesota to read and talk about the same books.
Every year the partners select authors and books they think might be of interest to you. The Talking Volumes lineup has included fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, young-adult and children’s illustrated. Each author is profiled in the Star Tribune and his or her book is featured on Minnesota Public Radio.
It all culminates in the author’s onstage appearance at the 1,000-seat Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul with MPR’s Kerri Miller. Along with a book discussion and selected readings, there is music: a boys’ choir for Tobias Wolff’s “Old School,” for example, and somber cellists for Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking.”
An audience Q&A and book signing follows the show. It’s your chance to meet such internationally known literary lights as Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie and such local treasures as Bill Holm and Kate DiCamillo. The event is recorded and broadcast for MPR listeners in the week following the show. All three organizations run promotional materials before the event.
For questions about Talking Volumes, please e-mail Star Tribune senior arts editor Claude Peck at cpeck@startribune.com.
Every year the partners select authors and books they think might be of interest to you. The Talking Volumes lineup has included fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, young-adult and children’s illustrated. Each author is profiled in the Star Tribune and his or her book is featured on Minnesota Public Radio.
It all culminates in the author’s onstage appearance at the 1,000-seat Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul with MPR’s Kerri Miller. Along with a book discussion and selected readings, there is music: a boys’ choir for Tobias Wolff’s “Old School,” for example, and somber cellists for Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking.”
An audience Q&A and book signing follows the show. It’s your chance to meet such internationally known literary lights as Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie and such local treasures as Bill Holm and Kate DiCamillo. The event is recorded and broadcast for MPR listeners in the week following the show. All three organizations run promotional materials before the event.
For questions about Talking Volumes, please e-mail Star Tribune senior arts editor Claude Peck at cpeck@startribune.com.
Here are some of Books Editor Laurie Hertzel's favorite sites and blogs. Got a literary link to share? E-mail Laurie.
- WOMEN RULE WRITER An Irish writer's take on writing, reading, literary competitions and workshops in Ireland.
- Poets & Writers The website for Poets and Writers Magazine--podcasts, author interviews, and writing resources.
- Creative Writing A place to keep apprised of writing competitions in the United States.
- Gather Minnesota Readers The Website for Minnesota Public Radio's books blog.
- The Loft Literary Center The Website for the Loft, a local place for writers and readers.
- Trashionista A Website devoted to chick lit and mommy books.
- A.Word.A.Day Go here to learn a new word every day.
- World Wide Words Michael Quinion answers your language questions and writes about English from a British point of view.
- bookreporter.com A plethora of online book reviews and reading guides.
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