Jim Northrup is an award-winning columnist, storyteller, poet, author, performer and playwright who infuses his writing with humor and wisdom. Jim Northrup’s books include: “Anishinaabe Syndicate,” “The Rez Road Follies,” and “Walking the Rez Road.”
This edition of Write On, featuring Jim Northrup, was recorded at the Thief River Falls Public Library in fron of an enthusiastic audience.

On this edition of Write On, St. Paul author William Kent Krueger, recorded at the Thief River Falls Public Library.

Krueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed Irish and Ojibwe heritage. Krueger’s work has received a number of awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His latest book, “Northwest Angle,” was a 2012 Minnesota Book Award finalist. The twelfth book in his series, “Trickster’s Point,” will be released in August 2012.

Jill A. Johnson grew up in the tiny northwest Minnesota towns of Strandquist and Karlstad. Her lifelong affection for small towns is the inspiration behind a new book featuring 100 of Minnesota’s smallest communities.

Well we knew it would happen sooner or later. The Local Alternative rides off into the sunset. But before we go, we have music from Chaos In Question, Bring Back Pluto, October Fades Black, and The Red Pens.

Old Vern – The Curse
Bring Back Pluto – Live Every Week Like It’s Shark Week
Infinite Me – Shadow
Robotnick – Twilight Lounge 3999
Tribes – The Covenant
Chaos In Question – Unfortunately
Edenspire – Seraphin
If they were real – A Dive Deeper
October Fades Black – Going Down Without a Fight
Red Pens – Melted Filmstrip
Go Murphy – We All Want More
Sequences – Endearment
Shovelhead – Crash
The Retakes – American Dream
The Sob Sisters – Lil Honey Baby

This week on the show we have 3 brand new songs from High Hopes, And We Danced, and Reflections. Plus music from We Are Legion, Allistair Hennessey, and Mobster Lobster.

Full Setlist

High Hopes – Wake Up
In Search of Solace – Conciousness
And We Danced – Back to the Middle
We Are Legion – The Harvest
Chorder – Tremors
Reflections – My Cancer
Purified – Gazillion
The Gentlemen Callers – Bombshell Blonde
Alistair Hennessey – Dead Horse
Don’t Worry I’m a Doctor – Aggression
Mobster Lobster – Can I Get a Look
Braver – Barbara Ann
Crab Legs – Young and Broke
Element 33 – PCH
Rotting Thought – Deceit