Former Minnesota Public Radio reporter Leif Enger was back in his old workplace today. He was on MPR's Midmorning program for an hour, talking about his new book, So Brave, Young and Handsome. You can hear the discussion here (.ram). Enger will be stopping in our store this afternoon to sign copies of his second … Continue reading Coming Home

This was a pre-newscast item on NPR this morning: "Ten years ago, the French novelist Michel Houellebecq published a book called Atomised. He portrayed his mother as an egocentric hippie who neglected her kids. Now, at age 83, his mother has published her own book. She writes that if her son uses her name again, … Continue reading A Mother’s Love