Mshale, the Minneapolis-based "newspaper for African immigrants in the Americas," recently ran an article about a recent appearance at M&Q by Maaza Mengiste. She visited in January to read from her first novel, Beneath the Lion's Gaze. The article pointed out one of the many reasons we hold readings--promoting discussion.Solomon Deressa said he came to … Continue reading Important Stories
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ER, For Real
Paul R. Linde is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. He's also worked in a psychiatric emergency room. He tells of his time in the ER in his new book Danger to Self: On the Front Line With an ER Psychiatrist. The San Francisco Chronicle said, "Linde's fast-paced but well-detailed … Continue reading ER, For Real
"Wells Tower is a serious wiseacre"
This Star Tribune talked to Wells Tower about his short story collection Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned. Like almost everyone else in the known universe, they love it: "Written with startlingly original voice, careening imagination and an abiding fondness for what Teabaggers would call "the non-elites," his stories are set in a surreal America we know, … Continue reading "Wells Tower is a serious wiseacre"
Musings from Magers and Quinn 