August 11, 2009 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles the Minneapolis band The Pines. Roberts interviews co-founders Benson Ramsey and David Huckfelt about Midwestern music sensibilities and their album "Tremolo."
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September 10, 2009 - Jim Perlman, founder of Holy Cow Press, discusses collection of poems "Beloved on the Earth" from Duluth based publisher. The book focuses poems about grief, mourning - and celebration.
September 21, 2009 - The inaugural formal meeting of The Kerri Miller Book Club presents an interview with Louise Erdrich, twenty-five years after Erdrich's novel "Love Medicine" was published and became a bestseller. Program recorded before an audience in Minneapolis.
September 24, 2009 - The number of Hmong women pursuing college is growing in Minnesota. But a college education can be hard won in families that traditionally encourage daughters to marry young and raise families. Kao Choua Vue of MPR Youth Radio Series shares her story and reports on what's driving young Hmong women like her to pursue their college dreams.
October 2, 2009 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Grant Cutler and Maggie Morrison, the duo that make up the Minneapolis synth-pop duo Lookbook. The two share thoughts on creating an ‘80s sound and their love for Phil Collins.
October 12, 2009 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles August Wilson’s last play Radio Golf. Roberts talks with Lou Bellamy and Quentin Skinner about the play.
October 21, 2009 - MPR’s Mark Steil visits potter Pete Landherr as he oversees his kiln firing near Walnut Grove.
October 27, 2009 - Garrison Keillor talks about life, literature, and his latest book, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance.
October 27, 2009 - Garrison Keillor talks about life, literature, and his latest book, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance.