October 3, 2005 - Playwright August Wilson is being remembered as a giant of the American Theatre. Wilson died of liver cancer in Seattle yesterday at the age of 60. He moved to St. Paul in 1978 where he got his first paying job as a writer, composing educational scripts for the Science Museum of Minnesota. During his time in Minnesota Wilson began writing the set of plays that would make him famous. The ten-play cycle chronicled the black experience in America. In a 1991 speech to the University of Minnesota Alumni Association, Wilson fondly remembered the 12-years he lived in St. Paul.
September 23, 2005 - MPR’s Greta Cunningham interviews Minnesota author Louise Erdrich about her book “The Painted Drum.” The story is of a New Hampshire woman, an Ojibwe Indian and a Native American drum.
September 12, 2005 - All Things Considered’s Greta Cunningham talks with reporter Bob Kelleher about Terry Willers testimony during Chai Vang murder trial. Willers was with a group of six hunters who were shot and killed by Vang last fall in the woods of Sawyer County.
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April 15, 2005 - When the nominees gather tomorrow night to hear the winners of the Minnesota Book Awards, they'll have several things in common. Many of the nominees have spent time at a writers retreat at a little-known campus just outside Red Wing. The Anderson Center is the largest artist residence in Minnesota, and the writers who have been there say it changed their lives and their work.
April 15, 2005 - When the nominees gather tomorrow night to hear the winners of the Minnesota Book Awards they'll have several things in common. Many of the nominees have spent time at a writers retreat at a little-known campus just outside Red Wing. The Anderson Center is the largest artist residence in Minnesota, and the writers who have been there say it changed their lives and their work. Minnesota Public Radio's Greta Cunningham has more.
March 10, 2005 - The main character in Minnesota author Bart Schneiders' new novel, "beautiful Inez," seems to have it all. She's a beautiful violinist with the San Francisco Symphony in the 1960s. Inez has a flourishing career, two children and a powerful husband. Yet she's unhappy. Schneider says his father spent 50-years playing the violin with the San Francisco Symphony. He says this "behind the scene access" to the world of classical music helped to shape the novel. Schneider told Minnesota Public Radio's Greta Cunningham that Inez uses music and relationships to try to grasp happiness.
March 5, 2005 - The main character in Minnesota author Bart Schneiders' new novel, "Beautiful Inez," seems to have it all. She's a beautiful violinist with the San Francisco Symphony in the 1960s. Inez has a flourishing career, two children and a powerful husband. Yet she's unhappy. Schneider says his father spent 50-years playing the violin with the San Francisco Symphony. He says this "behind the scene access" to the world of classical music helped to shape the novel. Schneider says Inez uses music and relationships to try to grasp happiness.
January 15, 2005 - {The Minnesota Vikings are getting ready to face the Philadelphia Eagles in tomorrow's {sun} divisional playoff game. Last week on Weekend America you may recall we spoke to Vikings fan and Midday host Gary Eichten and Green Bay Packer Backer and web editor Melanie Sommer. They talked about their friendly rivalry. This weekend we go back to the Minnesota Public Radio newsroom for an even more intense rivalry. Producer Colleen Scheck is a Vikings fan and her husband--Reporter Tom Scheck is an Eagles fan. The two are SUCH devoted football fans that they even included a line in their wedding vows about team loyalty. }
December 11, 2004 - The photos are graphic and captivating. Former St. Paul Pioneer Press reporter Larry Millet has unearthed more than 200 images of car accidents, murders and suicides for his book "Strange Days, Dangerous Nights." The new book is the basis for an exhibit opening this weekend at the Minnesota History Center. Author Larry Millett joins me in the studio to talk about the haunting photos.