Bill Caraher | As readers of this blog know, I’ve been a bit obsessed with the prairie poet Clell Gannon recently. In fact, I’m working to produce a “centennial edition” of his 1924 book of poems Songs of the Bunch Grass Acres. As part of that process, I’m doing a bit of reading around in…
Bill Caraher | Like most readers, I’ve been mildly obsessed with Robert McAlmon since I first encountering his name during the breathless revelry associated with the centennial of Joyce’s Ulysses. Evidently McAlmon typed parts of “Penelope” and exerted some kind of editorial influence over its final form. I encountered McAlmon again in the pages of…
Monday, April 10, 2023 - More than 55 million people live with some form of dementia, with North and South Dakota having the highest death rates related to the illness. Caring for those patients is a difficult task. In March we introduced you to Brandi Malarkey’s multimedia project, “Practical Kindness.” Today, in the second installment of the project, we hear from Deb Kaul, the executive director of the Memory Café of the Red River Valley; and also from four caregivers. ~~~ In an excerpt from the Great American Folk Show, Tom Brouseau shares a piece about the Northwood Performing Arts Center, a space that got built in the aftermath of a devastating and deadly tornado. ~~~ Master gardener Audrey Gilbraith isn’t letting the late spring dampen her enthusiasm. She joins us with some more gardening insights. ~~~ What does it mean to be “of the prairie” Dr. Molly Rozum contemplates that in her book, Grasslands Grown: Creating Place on the U.S. Northern Plains and Canadian Prair