Recent content from Laurie Hertzel
Looking for a good book this winter? Here are more than 50
Our holiday books section highlights something for everyone on your list, and yourself.
5 showy big books just perfect for holiday giving
Next Sunday brings our annual holiday selection of books — more than 50 titles for adults and children. Today, though, I have other recommendations —…
Carol Connolly, St. Paul's first poet laureate, dies at 85
With her red bob haircut, trademark round eyeglasses and black turtleneck sweater, Carol Connolly was a welcome and unmistakable fixture at literary events around the…
Bookmark: As we zoom toward the holidays, think about books
As we head into the season of gift-giving, I’m here to urge you to buy books as gifts, buy local books as gifts, buy local…
Renowned Minnesota teacher Charles Baxter retires from U but not from writing
Charles Baxter finds material for his mysterious novels on walks through Minneapolis and conversations with people he meets.
Minneapolis' Coffee House Press 'parts ways' with its longtime leader
After starting as an intern 26 years ago, Chris Fischbach rose to become publisher in 2011.
Bookmark: Releasing books is a joyous thing to do
It all started with a crack in the wall. Years ago, during a remodel, my husband and I moved a doorway. Now, 20 years, later,…
Review: 'Miss Benson's Beetle,' by Rachel Joyce
FICTION: In this swashbuckling adventure, a middle-aged schoolteacher upends her dreary life in 1950 England for a dangerous quest to find a rare beetle.
The next Minnesota book club pick: Louise Erdrich's 'Plague of Doves'
E-books and audiobooks are available for free downloads from the public library.
Bookmark: Readers love tips on what to read – mostly
It was a joy reading your responses to my column a few weeks ago about the perils and pleasures of recommending books. Some…