Literary scavenger hunt, part 5 by A Closer Look at Flyover Land on Nov 18, 2009 in Books MN literature So: the question for week 5 was, Which rock band, whose lead singer grew up in Minnesota, has songs populated with literary figures from William Butler Yeats to Nelson Algren to Minnesota’s own John Berryman? See, if you play along,...
Twin Cities literary scavenger hunt, part 4 by A Closer Look at Flyover Land on Nov 9, 2009 in Books MN literature I am SO winning this thing. Except for all the other people I saw this week, whose scavenger hunt cards were equally full of stamps. This week's question was a bit of a stumper: Which Pulitzer Prize-winning poet wrote a...
Twin Cities literary scavenger hunt, part 3 by A Closer Look at Flyover Land on Nov 3, 2009 in Books Festivals MN literature Last week's question: In 1898, a 13-year-old boy named Harry ran away from his Minnesota home to serve as a drummer boy in the Spanish-American War. He didn’t make it out of Sauk Centre that day, but later, as the...
Literary Scavenger Hunt, week 2 by A Closer Look at Flyover Land on Oct 26, 2009 in Books MN literature A week ago, I reported on how I conquered week 1 of the Twin Cities Literary Scavenger Hunt. Since then, I've emerged victorious from week 2, which had the following question: Name the author who has been known to write...
Twin Cities Literary Scavenger Hunt by A Closer Look at Flyover Land on Oct 19, 2009 in Festivals MN literature I was uber-excited to find out about the coolest fall project, a collaborative effort by many landmark groups in the Twin Cities literary community: the Twin Cities Literary Scavenger Hunt. Of course I had to participate in this. And what...
The story of John Beargrease by A Closer Look at Flyover Land on Mar 18, 2009 in Books MN literature North Shore Earlier this year, Duluth's Holy Cow! Press published a biography of the legendary John Beargrease: If the name rings a bell but you can't recall why, it's likely you've heard of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, held annually in...
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