Arnaldur Indridason is Iceland's most popular crime novelist. His novel Jar City has sold 30,000 copies--that's one for every ten Icelanders. Now the movie version of his bestseller is coming to the Twin Cities as part of the Minneapolis/St Paul International Film Festival. The movie is directed by Baltasar Kromakur, who also made 101 Reykjavik.Screenings … Continue reading Down from the North
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Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff, a collection of short stories set in small-town Ohio, is the subject of an interview on NPR. Pollock talks about coming to writing slowly; he started by typing out stories he liked, so as to learn their structure and rhythms.Pollock will be in town reading from his book along … Continue reading Up and Coming
Oy Vey = Uff Da
Neal Karlen will be in the store at 3:00pm tomorrow (Sunday, April 13) to talk about his new book The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews. The event--like almost all our events--is free and open to the public. If you're impatient, you can get a sneak preview of his story … Continue reading Oy Vey = Uff Da
Musings from Magers and Quinn 