March 25, 2008
Remembering Minnesota author Jon HasslerShare
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Sara Meyer - Producer, Mike Edgerly - Host, Nick Hayes - Interviewee, Bill Holm - Interviewee, Jon Hassler - Interviewee, Leif Enger - Interviewer, Perry Finelli - Contributor
Midday remembers Jon Hassler in his own words, rebroadcasting an interview he did with MPR in 1999. Midday host Mike Edgerly then talks with two of Hassler's longtime friends - Bill Holm, a fellow Minnesota literary figure and author of Windows of Brimnes: An American In Iceland;” and Nick Hayes, friend and colleague of Hassler, and a professor at St. John's University. The two remark on the impact of his work, both as a writer and a teacher.
Minnesota author Jon Hassler died on March 20th, 2008 at the age 74.
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