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Kevin Powers talks to Colin about his critically acclaimed first novel, The Yellow Birds
05/21/2013 7:00 pm
“Fierce Mosquito (Small But Persistent Prose)” presents fiction and nonfiction stories, written and read by local writers who are also filmmakers, performers, journalists, chefs, and entrepreneurs.
John Cosgrove grew up in Northern Ireland, following the love of his life to Minnesota in 1999. He has founded several successful business ventures and is the father of three flourishing children. John has had a monthly column in the Irish Gazette, been published in The Onion and The Rake and has emceed many entertainment events.
Julie DuRose will read from her memoir, Wake Me For Meal Service, which chronicles a year of travel adventures--many of the culinary variety. She picked fresh cranberries in the Arctic Circle, ate stingray in Malaysia and oven-roasted tarantulas in Cambodia. Julie has been published in several local and national publications, including Minnesota Monthly. She lives in Minneapolis, but dreams of Myanmar.
Mark Ehling assembles words and pictures. His plays have appeared at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, and his short film, “How to Live Better,” has appeared at the Mpls./St. Paul Film Festival and on MNTV. His most recent project is a chapbook of short fiction: River Dead of Minneapolis Scavenged by Teenagers. He lives in that aforementioned city with his wife and son.
Ari Hoptman is a successful actor, playwright, comedian and author in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. His venerable theater roster includes comedic, dramatic and musical roles. Ari is heralded for his role in the Oscar-nominated Coen Brothers film, A Serious Man. (www.arihoptman.com) He teaches at the University of Minnesota.
Jim Leinfelder is a freelance journalist and producer raised in St. Paul who works nationwide. He’s produced for MN Public Television and Dr. Phil and currently produces for NBC Nightly News. When living in Portland, OR, Jim was host of the series Neat Stuff for The Learning Channel. Jim now lives in Minneapolis with his wife and daughter.
Karen Taulelle is a creative nonfiction writer and documentary filmmaker in St. Paul, originally from the MN Iron Range. Her film Carny (2007 Best Documentary Short/Landlocked Film Festival) currently resides with tpt Channel 2/KTCA.
Congratulations to all of the finalists and winners of our first annual Common Good Amateur Love Poem Contest! Thomas Kendrick, Barbara Miller, and Delores Mixer won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, but we’ll feature one poem a week from each of the 12 finalists, right here. Stay tuned!
A few weeks back I wrote about the poet Christian Wiman's meditation on belief, and once again, I find myself drawn to a book about a poet that's not poetry. Actually, it's two poets. And, truth be told, Airmail is full of poems sent back and forth between said poets, Robert Bly and Tomas Transtromer. That is, when they're not talking about the 1964 election, or the death of Randall Jarrell, or the birth of a daughter. By the way, why is it that we caution ourselves from poets with the title, while novelists and memoirists and famous chefs stay, simply, "authors"? Is it the worry that a poet might actually open the door of a moving vehicle? Read on.
"The thing about movies is -- it’s dark in theaters. And summer is short! Winter is long. You can watch movies then."
Mary Losure discusses Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron, Tuesday, May 14th at 7:00 p.m. at Common Good Books!
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