Lydia Howell, Writer
Lydia Howell (lhowell@visi.com), a winner of the 2007 Premack Award for Public Interest Journalism, is a Minneapolis independent journalist writing for various newspapers and online journals. She produces and hosts Catalyst: politics & culture on KFAI Radio.
Three nights of conversation starters: Queer Takes at the Walker
From athletics to AIDS drugs to culinary comedy, there are some great conversation-starters in this year’s Queer Takes film series at the Walker Art Center. MORE »
BOOKS | Ray Gonzalez, speaking with a voice we need to hear about a place we need to know
Ray Gonzalez—poet, editor, and professor of creative writing at the University of Minnesota—is a fellow Texas transplant in Minnesota, so I was eager to read his essay collection Renaming the Earth. It earned him his sixth nomination for a Minnesota Book Award. MORE »
In the company of men: Mythopoetic mensch Robert Bly to be subject of Minneapolis conference
On April 16-19, people from around the world will converge in Minneapolis for a conference about Minnesota’s first poet laureate: Robert Bly. Best known as a co-founder of what he has called “the Mythopoetic Men’s Movement,” Bly has written over 40 books of poetry, essays, and translations. MORE »
Highway 55 revisited: When the bulldozers came to Minnehaha Park
When neighbors, environmental activists, and Native Americans stood together to stop the re-route of Highway 55 through Minnehaha Park in 1997-99, ultimately making a permanent encampment for a year and a half, Ann Follett was there—both as a participant and as an observer. Ultimately, the Minneapolis filmmaker realized she had a job to do. MORE »
The Walker pulls back the curtain to reveal life inside Iran
From March 18 through April 8, the Walker Art Center is presenting an opportunity to visit Iran on film. MORE »
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