The novelist Arthur Phillips had me when the character Arthur Phillips mentioned the Minneapolis Star back when Minneapolis was a two-paper town. I have no idea why this small bit of Minnesota trivia charmed me…
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6 questions we always ask: Arthur Phillips, author
I’m pretty honored any time anyone answers the 6 questions we always ask. But then there are the people who answer the questions whose books (or music in the case of Chris Mars) have become…
6 questions we always ask: Peter Bognanni, author
I am now going to demonstrate how small and magical and awesome the world can be, and I am going to use the intro to Peter Bognanni’s 6 questions to do it. Sorry, Peter. If…
The Best Books Amy Read in 2009
My list is not that original, you may find many of these books on other best of lists for 2009, but hopefully that’s because they are good books. I’m behind the times with two of…
Christa’s top 10 of 2009
In no specific order: In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami: Kenji is a young guide who takes tourists through Tokyo’s seedy underground. It’s an illegal job that brings him into contact with the seemingly…
Jodi’s Favorite Books of 2009
I feel bad making this list on December 27th when I’m in the midst of two books that are really quite good (A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein and What the World Will…
Celebrate MN Reads’ 1st Anniversary — Win one of our favorite books by Minnesotans
To celebrate our first anniversary, we’re giving you the chance to win one of our favorite books by Minnesota authors. Below, you’ll see five of our favorites, and a little bit about why we liked…
Best books of 2009 (so far)
I’ve noticed lately a slew of Best of 2009 (so far) music lists (all of which I found on Largeheartedboy). I thought, you know maybe people want to know what the best books (that I’ve…
A slog through Prague
I deserve a big, fat, chocolate-covered “I told you so.” Arthur Phillips’ Prague is, interesting-wise, the exact inverse of his most-recent novel The Song is You, interesting-wise. Damn if I didn’t fall hard in the…
6 questions we always ask — David de Young, Founder & Publisher of How Was The Show?
Wow. I just gotta say sometimes fortune shines down on me when I least expect it. As I was pondering what to write here in this intro of David de Young of How Was the…
No cheesy, cheeky Nick Hornby dicklit here, I promise
Before I even get started, you should know that Arthur Phillips is going to be reading tonight (May 21st) at 7 p.m. (doors at 6:15) at the Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, 55401. He’ll…
Music for the masses
And there I was, minding my own business on a Sunday afternoon, when suddenly I could not put down The Song Is You by Arthur Phillips. It was like I got hit over the head…