We're not any happier about home heating oil costs than you, but a used bookstore like Magers & Quinn isn't the worst place to ride out the coming economic storm. As our own events impresario put it told the Pioneer Press recently:"Historically, books do OK in bad times. It depends on how bad the misery … Continue reading It’s Always Sunny in Magers & Quinn
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Writing for Money
No points for guessing who tops Forbes' list of best paid authors (answer here). Also rans include an author who's guest-starred on The Simpsons, Maine's scariest citizen, and the man with the world's largest collection of aviator glasses and flight jackets.Honorable Mention goes to Ken Follett whose Oprah-blessed novel Pillars of the Earth got him … Continue reading Writing for Money
Call for Entries
"What Light" is looking for Minnesota poets. Please submit up to three short poems, maximum 50 lines or 300 words each, as attachments to poems@mnartists.org. You must be a resident of Minnesota and a member of mnartists.org to enter. Our judges--Deborah Bernhardt, Jim Johnson, and William Stobb--will select twelve winning poems to be posted, one … Continue reading Call for Entries
Musings from Magers and Quinn 