According to his bio, Paul Lundgren is an acclaimed columnist and a very nice man. We’ll take his word for it (mostly because MN Reads’ own Christa is willing to vouch for him). Lundgren, a frequent contributor to Perfect Duluth Day, is about to release his first book, The Spowl Ribbon so we asked [...]

Interview, MN Authors David Sedaris, Ernest Hemingway, Louis Jenkins, Paul Lundgren, Studs Terkel

David Sedaris still holds the title of Best Comedy Writer in my mind, but after reading My Horizontal Life, I’ve decided Chelsea Handler is making a pretty strong bid to be the heir to that throne.
In My Horizontal Life, the unapologetically (almost proudly) promiscuous Handler recalls her many one-night stands with a tart, dry sense [...]

Non-Fiction Chelsea Handler, David Sedaris, Essays, Memoir

Most often when I’m reading, I’m alone in the room if not the entire house. I usually don’t laugh out loud while reading unless there’s someone nearby I can share the humor with. I don’t know why that is, it just is. Most books make me smile at one point or another, most humorous books [...]

Non-Fiction Bill Watterson, David Sedaris, Drew Carey, Essays, Gary Anderson, Woody Allen

I met Jodie, aka FFJ [Fabulous Friend Jodie], in a short story writing class at The Loft back in 2003. And even though I totally rolled my eyes when she said her favorite author was Shakespeare, we still became friends. After the bookclub we joined fizzled into oblivious we started a sort-of-monthly book podcast called [...]

Interview Adam Rapp, David Sedaris, F. Scott Fitzgerald, J.D. Salinger, Jeanette Winterson, Marjane Satrapi

The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter: Despite the fact that Charles Baxter induces a plot amnesia that always makes me forget what his books are about within a week of reading them, I am always keenly aware while I’m reading them that this man is a word genius. In this one, Nathanial Mason’s life story [...]

Best of Best Books of 2008, Charles Baxter, Chelsea Handler, Chuck Palahniuk, David Carr, David Sedaris, Haruki Murakami, Jean Heglund, Jennifer Egan, Mary Gaitskill, Sloane Crosley, Stephenie Meyer

I was a late comer to the David Sedaris party. While everyone I knew was going on and on about how funny he was, I was busy reading dark and depressing, serious “literature” or, you know, liner notes of CDs. But long about 2004 (September 06, 2004 to be exact), I picked up Naked [...]

Non-Fiction David Sedaris, Essays, Memoir

A few weeks ago over at How Was The Show, the musicgeeks were getting all hopped up about all the great music coming to Minnesota in October, I mean Rocktober.
I was just updating the Minnesota Reads calendar and noticed that booknerds can have just as much fun in Rocktober as their musicgeek brethren. Here [...]

Lit Events Author Reading, Chuck Klosterman, David Sedaris, Kate DiCamillo, Khaled Hosseini, Marilynne Robinson, Neil Gaiman, Sarah Vowell