Highlights of a recent tribute to Minneapolis poet John Engman (1949-1996), sponsored by The Loft and Hungry Mind Bookstore, featuring readings of his work by Michael Dennis Browne, Barton Sutter, Phil Gallo, Jennifer Crosby, Jim Heynen, John Minczeski and other poets;plus excerpts from a video produced by Augsburg College professor John Mitchell. A book of Engman's poems, Temporary Help (Holy Cow! Press) is a 1999 Minnesota Book Award nominee.
Abdelhafidh Bouassida, Director /Producer from Tunisia, now film instructor at Minneapolis CommunityCollege, is interviewed by Diana Seyb of the WRITE Agency.
R. D. Zimmerman, author of Death Trance, a novel of hypnotic detection, along with other suspense novels, is interviewed by Eileen Cavanagh, Hennepin County Library.
Adina Wrobleski, author of Suicide: Why? and Suicide: Survivors, which answers questions on why people choose to end their lives, is interviewed by Eileen Cavanagh.
Alan Lathrop, curator of the Northwest Architectural Archives, who compiled "Drafting A House History", a guide to tracing a building's historical background, is interviewed by Steve Benson.
Alice Kaplan, Professor of French at Duke University and author of "French Lessons: Memories of growing up in Minnesota," is interviewed by poet and teacher Phebe Hanson.
Amy Dolnick, author of "Between Deep Vallet and the Great World: A Look at Maud Hart Lovelace's 'Betsy-Tacy'" series, is interviewed by Kathleen Baxter, Anoka County Library.
Native American author of "Grandmother's Gift: Stories From the Anisbinabeg," a collection of short stories published by Holy Cow! Press and a 1998 Minnesota Book Awards nominee; interviewed at the Marshall Writer's Festival by Jim Perlman, editor/publisher of Holy Cowl Press in Duluth. Anne Dunn is also the author of "When Beaver Was Very Great."
Ann Schimpf, co-author of Teaching Kids to Love the Earth, a manual of creative ecological interpretive techniques for chlldren, is interviewed by Karen Richgruber.
Ashland Price, author of a romance novel trilogy which includes Viking Rose,Viking Flame and Viking Tempest; is interviewed by Debbie Fumanti, Amazing Adventure Company.
No Limits For Women Artists... a project to support and encourage women in the arts; Betsy Damon hosts a discussion with artists Audrey Cenedella, Beth Grossman and Jane Loechler.
