Sara Gruen was on MPR's Midmorning show today, discussing her new novel Ape House. Gruen spent time at Des Moines' Great Ape Trust, working with their bonobos. The Trust has taught the little monkeys to speak, using pictorial cards. Gruen incorporated talking apes into her new novel, which the New York Times called "an incisive … Continue reading Talking Monkeys
New Voices
Two great poets--one from Istanbul, one from Minneapolis--bring a world of poetry to Magers & Quinn Booksellers. Julie Doxsee and Paula Cisewski read from their new poetry, Sunday, September 12, at 4:00pm.Born in London, Ontario, Julie Doxsee is a professor of writing and literature at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey. She is the author of … Continue reading New Voices
Book of Love
Hollywood studio photographer Bob Willoughby took iconic photos of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda, but his most enduring subject was Audrey Hepburn. Willoughby was called in to shoot the new starlet one morning shortly after she arrived in Hollywood in 1953. As Hepburn’s career soared following her Oscar-winning US debut in Roman Holiday, … Continue reading Book of Love
Musings from Magers and Quinn 