Minnesota Reads

If ever MN Reads had a kindred spirit in another website, it would be Minnesota Microphone by Cole Sarar. Minnesota Microphone is a blog dedicated to celebrating and promoting Minnesota’s spoken word scene. Cole started the site because she had no luck trying to figure out when open mics, readings, and things like that were [...]

This week we are celebrating Milkweed Editions’ publication of Fiction on a Stick, an anthology of stories by Minnesota writers, by featuring some of the contributors. Today we’ve got Dominic Saucedo who received a B.A in English from Carleton College and an M.F.A from the University of Minnesota. His fellowships include the SASE/Jerome Foundation Fellowship [...]

This week we are celebrating Milkweed Editions’ publication of Fiction on a Stick, an anthology of stories by Minnesota writers, by featuring some of the contributors. Today we’ve got Kaethe Schwehn, who earned a B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her work has appeared in jubilat, Flim Forum, [...]

We interrupt this week of Best of Lists to bring you a very special series of our 6 Questions interviews. To celebrate Milkweed Editions’ publication of Fiction on a Stick, an anthology of stories by Minnesota writers, we’re going to feature a few of the contributors here on MN Reads. Some of the contributors will [...]

MN Speakers discuss the books they’re reading this summer and how they keep track of them. I just found James Joyce’s short story Araby online. I loved this story so much as like a college sophomore that I decided I would name any future daughter Araby. Thankfully, I have yet to reproduce. The Strib has [...]

Jodi Chromey is, well, me. It’s weird to write a brief bio-blurb about yourself. But really, I just want to set the precedent. I decided I’d go first, as a way to show all you readers (and future interview victims subjects what this’ll be like. So yes, Jodi Chromey, the writer responsible for I Will [...]