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With a cast of colorful characters, the play "Spelling Bee" will open at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Main Theatre at Bangsberg Hall at Bemidji State University. Friday’s and Saturday’s shows also will be at 7:30 p.m., culminating with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Cast gets ready for play

With a cast of colorful characters, the play "Spelling Bee" will open at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Main Theatre at Bangsberg Hall at Bemidji State University. Friday’s and Saturday’s...

entertainment / writing Wed, May 22, 2013 - 11:35pm

In this photo taken, Saturday, April 27, 2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, left, signs autographs during a book launch of her new book 'Americanah', in Lagos, Nigeria. Modern life in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, has become almost a character itself in novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's new book, "Americanah." Within its pages, one catches self-acknowledged glimpses of the writer herself, who shot to fame with her previous novel. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) Copyright 2013, The Associated Press

Adichie focuses on Nigeria's present for new novel

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The traffic is there, grinding life to a halt as the middle class pound out messages on BlackBerry mobile phones and worry about Facebook. The heat,...

entertainment / writing Mon, Apr 29, 2013 - 11:27am

This Dec. 7, 2012 file photo shows actress Glenn Close, left, and her sister Jessie Close at The American Giving Awards in Pasadena, Calif. Grand Central Publishing announced Friday, April 26, 2013, that Jessie Close's “Resilience” is scheduled for release in January 2015. The book will be co-written by Pete Earley, author of the 2006 book “Crazy,” about his son's struggles. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, file) Copyright 2012, The Associated Press

Glenn Close's sister writing about mental illness

NEW YORK (AP) — The youngest sister of actress Glenn Close is working on a memoir about her struggles with mental illness. Grand Central Publishing announced Friday that Jessie Close's...

entertainment / writing Fri, Apr 26, 2013 - 12:59pm

Richard Bausch wins $30,000 story prize

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country's top short story writers has won a $30,000 prize. Richard Bausch, author of eight story collections and winner of numerous other honors,...

entertainment / writing Thu, Apr 25, 2013 - 10:24am

Amazon.com's most well-read city: Alexandria, Va.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alexandria, Va., and Knoxville, Tenn., are cities for readers, if not always the kinds of books your parents wanted you to read. Alexandria and Knoxville ranked...

entertainment / writing Wed, Apr 24, 2013 - 3:03pm

This May 16, 2008 file photo shows author Louise Erdrich at her store BirchBark Books in Minneapolis. Erdrich and Junot Diaz are among the finalists for a literary prize chosen by the American Library Association, announced Monday, April 22, 2013. Diaz's "This Is How You Lose Her" and Erdrich's "The Round House" are nominees for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, file) Copyright 2008, The Associated Press

Diaz, Erdrich among finalists for Carnegie prize

NEW YORK (AP) — Junot Diaz and Louise Erdrich are among the finalists for a literary prize chosen by the American Library Association. Diaz's "This Is How You Lose Her"...

entertainment / writing Mon, Apr 22, 2013 - 3:23pm

Louise Erdrich talks to a master class March 22, 2013, at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. Erdrich, a native of Wahpeton, N.D., was at Concordia for a National Book Awards reading after her novel "The Round House" won for fiction. Sheldon Green / Special to The Forum

Erdrich to receive North Dakota's highest honor

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — In many of her novels, Louise Erdrich writes about fictitious families on or near an unnamed and imagined reservation somewhere in eastern North Dakota. In real...

entertainment / writing Thu, Apr 18, 2013 - 10:48am

Former US poet laureate to speak in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins is coming to Minneapolis. Collins is scheduled to appear at the Pantages (pan-TAY'-jis) Theatre in downtown Minneapolis on Nov. 1 at...

entertainment / writing Wed, Apr 17, 2013 - 9:26am

In this April 1, 2013 photo provided by Storyknife, Alaska best-selling author Dana Stabenow works at her home outside Homer, Alaska. Stabenow has announced plans to create Storyknife Writer’s Retreat. This will include a main building and six cabins where women writers will do nothing during their residency except write. (AP Photo/Storyknife, Nathan Havey) Copyright 2013, The Associated Press

Alaska author wants to build writers' retreat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A best-selling mystery writer from Alaska wants to establish a residency retreat for female writers, hoping to offer women the same help she received more than...

entertainment / writing Mon, Apr 15, 2013 - 10:47am

This undated photo provided by Sotheby's shows a details of a letter William Faulkner wrote to his mother from Paris in 1925 with a drawing of himself with a beard, and describing the difficulty of ordering a meal in a restaurant. Manuscripts and personal letters of the late author, whose original writings are a rarity in the literary marketplace, can be viewed Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at Sotheby’s in New York. (AP Photo/Sotheby's) Copyright 2013, The Associated Press

Faulkner heirlooms going to auction in New York

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Manuscripts and personal letters of the late William Faulkner, whose original writings are a rarity in the literary marketplace, can be viewed Wednesday at Sotheby's in...

entertainment / writing Wed, Apr 10, 2013 - 1:58pm

David Axelrod book planned for 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — One of President Barack Obama's top advisers and strategists during his first term has a book deal. David Axelrod is working on a memoir scheduled for...

entertainment / writing Tue, Apr 09, 2013 - 3:21pm

Chad Lewis, author of “The Minnesota Road Guide to Gangster Hot Spots” speaks at the Bemidji Public Library on Saturday. He sold the book, and over a dozen others, that offer readers destinations and directions on a variety of topics. Justin Glawe | Bemidji Pioneer

Author shares stories of gangsters at Minnesota hideouts

BEMIDJI - Rarely has a flat tire spawned so many words. Chad Lewis, author of over a dozen books covering the hidden, the haunted and the unknown, found himself sucked...

entertainment / writing Sat, Apr 06, 2013 - 10:50pm

Bemidi State University junior Kelsey Sutton won the William D. Elliott Creative Writing Scholarship this year. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji State student pens young adult fantasy novel

BEMIDJI – When you ask Bemidji State University junior Kelsey Sutton who her favorite authors are, she is eclectic in her reading choices, which span from Charlotte Bronte and Jane...

entertainment / writing Thu, Apr 04, 2013 - 12:08am

Suit says Huffington Post founder trashed NYC loft

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawsuit accuses Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington of trashing a New York City loft that she leased from a documentary filmmaker. Huffington calls the allegations...

entertainment / writing Tue, Apr 02, 2013 - 9:53am

Author Erdrich named Rough Rider winner

BISMARCK, N.D. – Award-winning author and Wahpeton native Louise Erdrich was today named the 39th recipient of the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, the state’s highest commendation. Gov...

entertainment / writing Mon, Apr 01, 2013 - 12:30pm

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