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Saint Paul City Council Candidates Bill Hosko and Dave Thune talk about issues affecting Saint Paul and Ward 2 with SPNN’s Mike Wassenaar. The general election in Saint Paul is Tuesday, November 6, 2007.
To be honest, I’ve never been an avid reader of poetry. I have nothing against poems, but for some reason my mind wants words on a page to present themselves as prose, and balks at taking them seriously when they’re organized in rhymed couplets, sonnet form, or—God forbid—free verse. When verse is set to music, I can generally handle it better. One reason I found Minneapolis poet Dobby Gibson’s new collection, Skirmish, so enjoyable is that his combination of mordant wit and bittersweet longing so recalls the lyrics of my favorite songwriter, Bob Dylan. MORE »
Two opportunities to speak out on budgets, local and state:
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