Emily Dickinson

Victorian Poetry Slam

Dylan Hicks unveils "West Texas Winds," talks upcoming novel

​What a pleasant surprise it was to see this brand new song and video from Minneapolis singer/songwriter Dylan Hicks last week. For one thing it's been far too long to have heard anything new from the "Governor of Fun." He only recently showed up with new material in one of Terry Eason "Song-A-Day ... More >>

Victorian Poetry Slam

​What a pleasant surprise it was to see this brand new song and video from Minneapolis singer/songwriter Dylan Hicks last week. For one thing it's been far too long to have heard anything new from the "Governor of Fun." He only recently showed up with new material in one of Terry Eason "Song-A-Day ... More >>

Victorian Poetry Slam

​What a pleasant surprise it was to see this brand new song and video from Minneapolis singer/songwriter Dylan Hicks last week. For one thing it's been far too long to have heard anything new from the "Governor of Fun." He only recently showed up with new material in one of Terry Eason "Song-A-Day ... More >>

Vic Chesnutt

​What a pleasant surprise it was to see this brand new song and video from Minneapolis singer/songwriter Dylan Hicks last week. For one thing it's been far too long to have heard anything new from the "Governor of Fun." He only recently showed up with new material in one of Terry Eason "Song-A-Day ... More >>

Solid Gold, Big Head Todd, and more

​What a pleasant surprise it was to see this brand new song and video from Minneapolis singer/songwriter Dylan Hicks last week. For one thing it's been far too long to have heard anything new from the "Governor of Fun." He only recently showed up with new material in one of Terry Eason "Song-A-Day ... More >>

Free Will Astrology

​What a pleasant surprise it was to see this brand new song and video from Minneapolis singer/songwriter Dylan Hicks last week. For one thing it's been far too long to have heard anything new from the "Governor of Fun." He only recently showed up with new material in one of Terry Eason "Song-A-Day ... More >>

Victorian Poetry Slam

​What a pleasant surprise it was to see this brand new song and video from Minneapolis singer/songwriter Dylan Hicks last week. For one thing it's been far too long to have heard anything new from the "Governor of Fun." He only recently showed up with new material in one of Terry Eason "Song-A-Day ... More >>

Brock Clarke

​What a pleasant surprise it was to see this brand new song and video from Minneapolis singer/songwriter Dylan Hicks last week. For one thing it's been far too long to have heard anything new from the "Governor of Fun." He only recently showed up with new material in one of Terry Eason "Song-A-Day ... More >>

Sibling rivalries battle for attention on the bookshelves this summer

As the memoir boom winds down, authors are training their sights on sis and bro

What Remains Of Us

'Old Joy' finds hope within a dying tradition

Free Will Astrology

'Old Joy' finds hope within a dying tradition

Artists of the Year

Hurricanes, war, avian flu, locust plagues, that annoying song you couldn't get out of your head. It wasn't the greatest of all possible years. Nor was it halfway decent. But to prove that it wasn't all bad, we asked 29 writers to rave about the ar

Free Will Astrology

Hurricanes, war, avian flu, locust plagues, that annoying song you couldn't get out of your head. It wasn't the greatest of all possible years. Nor was it halfway decent. But to prove that it wasn't all bad, we asked 29 writers to rave about the ar

You Have No Idea How High I Am

Columnist grows to appreciate another kind of weed

Where Records Go To Die

Scavenging used albums and mutilating forgotten vinyl with avant-turntablist Christian Marclay

Why Don't We Do It On The Road?

10 days on the road with Friends Like These

John Berryman Leapt Here

Mapping the literary landmarks of the Twin Cities

En Gaard

Cartoonist and portraitist Frank Gaard has faced off against the anti-defamation league, art-school administration, and his landlord and remains a defiantly good artist

On the Rebound

This year's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival finds new queer cinema yearning to forget its affair with Hollywood

Paul Celan: Glottal Stop: 101 Poems, Threadsuns

This year's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival finds new queer cinema yearning to forget its affair with Hollywood

Blood on the Tracks

The Coen Brothers' debut feature Blood Simple reopens the file on these reticent Minneapolitans

Anne Carson: Men in the Off Hours

The Coen Brothers' debut feature Blood Simple reopens the file on these reticent Minneapolitans

Two's a Crowd

Local exhibitionists throw a party of one in Intermedia Arts' "Absolute Originals"

The Love of Leftovers Lost

Local exhibitionists throw a party of one in Intermedia Arts' "Absolute Originals"

Dan Schneider vs. the Rest of the World

The never-ending showdown between a relentless poetic provocateur and the back-patting literary establishment that shudders at the very sound of his name

Sapphism for Fun and Profit

Pop lit discovers lesbian chic

Lost & Found

Pop lit discovers lesbian chic