Friday, October 15, at 7:30pm, Sara Marcus discusses Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution. She will be joined by local musician Laurie Lindeen, author of Petal Pusher. Details are here.“Sara Marcus’s Girls to the Front is a great & true & real history. Thank God. At last.”--Eileen Myles, author … Continue reading Rock On

--So you live in Minnesota, eh?--Yep.--Yep.Peter Smith lives in Hopkins, Minnesota. He is a weekly contributor to Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Edition with Cathy Wurzer. A Porch Sofa Almanac is the first collection of Smith’s essays for MPR, and you can meet the author himself--Tuesday, October 12, 7:30pm, at Magers & Quinn Bookellers. Details are … Continue reading Minnesota For Cute

Laurie Hertzel signed copies of her memoir News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist alongside fellow Minnesota author (oh, and former Vice President) Walter Mondale, who has penned his own memoir The Good Fight : A Life in Liberal Politics. They were both at the Midwest Booksellers Association trade show this past weekend.If you … Continue reading The Big Time