Loft Literary Center

Edie Overturf: 100 Creatives

​Number 42: Edie Overturf City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 18 monthsPrint artist, painter, and sculptor Edie Overturf may be new to the Twin Cities art scene, but her impact has already been felt. With the folks at Kick.Stand.Press, she recently helped co-found Leg Up Studio, a coopera ... More >>

Equilibrium Spoken Word: Hear, Here: Indigenous Location, Politics, and Poetry

​Number 42: Edie Overturf City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 18 monthsPrint artist, painter, and sculptor Edie Overturf may be new to the Twin Cities art scene, but her impact has already been felt. With the folks at Kick.Stand.Press, she recently helped co-found Leg Up Studio, a coopera ... More >>

Literary Punch Card Punch Party

​Number 42: Edie Overturf City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 18 monthsPrint artist, painter, and sculptor Edie Overturf may be new to the Twin Cities art scene, but her impact has already been felt. With the folks at Kick.Stand.Press, she recently helped co-found Leg Up Studio, a coopera ... More >>

John Reimringer

​Number 42: Edie Overturf City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 18 monthsPrint artist, painter, and sculptor Edie Overturf may be new to the Twin Cities art scene, but her impact has already been felt. With the folks at Kick.Stand.Press, she recently helped co-found Leg Up Studio, a coopera ... More >>

Modern Times brings bright boho vibe to south Minneapolis

Menu is veggie-heavy, but who can forget those bacon pancakes?

Arboretum offers "Food as Metaphor" writing class

Author Jules Nyquist​It's no surprise that the tastes and smells of certain foods trigger strong memories. But have you ever considered using those memories as a starting point for your own poetry, fiction, or short story? Local author Jules Nyquist (her latest chapbook, Appetites: Poems on F ... More >>

Eileen Myles

Author Jules Nyquist​It's no surprise that the tastes and smells of certain foods trigger strong memories. But have you ever considered using those memories as a starting point for your own poetry, fiction, or short story? Local author Jules Nyquist (her latest chapbook, Appetites: Poems on F ... More >>

Beyond the Pure: Queer Voices reading series at Intermedia Arts

John Medeiros​Queer Voices, one of the nation's longest-running reading series, marks its season premiere tonight at Intermedia Arts. As part of their new Beyond the Pure series, Queer Voices is intended to be "a safe place for GLBT writers and audiences to explore the day-to-day material of l ... More >>

'Views from the Loft' book launch party

​Writers can find inspiration almost anywhere, including in the words of other writers. The Loft Literary Center has taken efforts to help writers of all skill levels face blank pages courageously, dislodging their writer's block. One of many useful resources the Loft offers is their blog, A V ... More >>

Video and graffiti art Cinco de Mayo: Freeloader Friday

​(Pictured: A still from Dust La Rock's work in "Scion Installation 6: Video")  This week we've got a video installation show at Pink Hobo, Mill City Farmers' Market, and Cinco de Mayo on Cesar Chavez Street.

Mary Stauffer stalked by former math student Ming Shiue

Mother survives 53 days trapped in closet with her daughter

Tellabration 2009: Better than ever

This year's storytelling main event was funny, tragic, diverse, and completely entertaining.

Dead (Poe)ts & Writers Halloween Party

This year's storytelling main event was funny, tragic, diverse, and completely entertaining.

Thomas Larson

This year's storytelling main event was funny, tragic, diverse, and completely entertaining.

Changing Identity

This year's storytelling main event was funny, tragic, diverse, and completely entertaining.

So, you wanna be a food writer...

No frills Coffee Gallery brings back the melt

Don't just grab a cup of jo and run! Open Book's coffee house offers soups and sandwiches worth a second look.

David Foster Wallace's suicide reverberates in local literary scene

Don't just grab a cup of jo and run! Open Book's coffee house offers soups and sandwiches worth a second look.

The best way to help animals may be to eat them

Why compassionate carnivorism just might work better than going vegetarian

Artists of the Year

We identify the most interesting, influential and inimitable artists of 2007.

Artists of the Year

Latisha Jones and Patricia Hampl

Thousand Dollar Baby

The modestly budgeted 'Boxers' follows amateur women fighters into the ring

Baby let me hold your hand: Katrina benefit shows archive

The modestly budgeted 'Boxers' follows amateur women fighters into the ring

The Intuitionist

When He Writes His Novels, He Says He's Taking Dictation. When He Edits His Lit Mag, He's Playing a Four-Card Poker Hand. How Did Bart Schneider Become a Man of Letters Without Taking Any Credit?

Backstage Drama

Is the Playwrights' Center alienating its local core--or are its critics just acting out?

Author! Author!

Have a child who'd love to see his or her name in print? These young writers share their secrets.