Louis Jenkins

6 Collection Items

• Louis Jenkins and Mark Rylance recount the development of "Nice Fish"

  In an unlikely collaboration, double Tony Award-winning actor Mark Rylance joins forces with Duluth poet Louis Jenkins to create a new play about ice fishing at the Guthrie.

  Apr. 16, 20135 minSave
• Interview with Duluth poet Louis Jenkins

  MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill talks with poet Louis Jenkins about writing poetry and his book "North of the Cities." Jenkins reads a few poems, including "Uncle Axel."

  Aug. 15, 20074 minSave
• Lake Art - Three artist views on Lake Superior

  MPR's Marianne Combs speaks with musician Georgia Ann Hunter, painter Patricia Canelake, and poet Louis Jenkins, as they gathered with other artists at the Lake Superior Center in Duluth to share their work and talk about how the lake has influenced their art.

  Feb. 29, 19965 minSave
• Louis Jenkins shares from his book "Nice Fish"

  MPR’s Marlana Benzie-Lourey interviews Duluth poet Louis Jenkins about his book, Nice Fish. During segment, Jenkins reads title poem of book.

  Dec. 23, 19948 minSave
• 1974 Minnesota Poetry Out Loud, a documentary

  A documentary on the Southwestern Minnesota tour of ‘Minnesota Poetry Out Loud. The event is a week-long caravan of Minnesota poets operating out of Camden State Park, south of Marshall, giving formal and informal readings at the end of July 1974.

  Oct. 9, 197438 minSave
• Forum: A Sense of Place IV - How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?

  Part four of the MER documentary series “A Sense of Place.” This program, titled How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?, focuses on life on the farm and of the farmer.

  May. 27, 197333 minSave