margaret lafleur

"Who are we, who is each of us, if not a combinatoria of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? Each life is an encyclopedia, a library, an inventory of objects, a series of styles, and everything can be constantly shuffled and reordered in every way conceivable." (Italo Calvino)

The Last Few Months

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I like you! I do!

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Another pic of someone else’s copy of TEISH, with baby & beer, courtesy of @KristenForbes9.

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We’re stupid-thrilled to be named by the Star Tribune as the best literary magazine in Minnesota. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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architizer:

Astounding Tilt-Shift Perspectives of World Monuments!

Anyone who’s traveled to popular touristic sites knows the feeling of...

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kqedscience:

Teen Develops Computer Algorithm to Diagnose Leukemia
“Brittany Wenger isn’t your average high-school senior: She taught the...

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disalmanac:

Minnesota: a handy map.

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Who I Follow

Fascinating!

Greetings from Minnesota, Land of 10,000 lakes and the 12th state to legalize marriage equality!

im-a-kittycat:

“So my amazing daughter, Emma, turned 5 last month, and I had been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up as beautiful Disney Princesses, no matter where I looked 95% of the “ideas” were the “How to’s” of how to dress your little girl like a Disney Princess…We chose 5 women (five amazing and strong women), as it was her 5th birthday but there are thousands of unbelievable women (and girls) who have beat the odds and fought (and still fight) for their equal rights all over the world”

- Jaime Moore, Not Just a Girl

PERFECTION.

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Love Is The Law

The New Standards,

The New Standards

stuffaboutminneapolis:

Love Is The Law - The New Standards

Today the Minnesota House will vote on whether gay couples can get married in Minnesota. If it passes, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill on Monday, and Gov. Mark Dayton says he will sign the bill, which would allow weddings between same-sex couples starting on Aug. 1.

Chan Poling of legendary Minneapolis band The Suburbs, proposed that the group’s 1983 hit, “Love Is The Law” become the unofficial theme song for the movement to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota.

Here is a jazz infused cover of Love Is The Law, by Chan’s current group, The New Standards.

Let’s make love the law, you guys.

uptop

FUNNY WOMEN #100: Writing The Next Great American Woman’s Novel - The Rumpus.net →

All the laughs, claps and whistles for Elissa Bassist.

Whether or not a piece works isn’t really important, and frankly I can’t tell. I mean—you know when something is going well, the prose is good and you know when you get into the dumps. But to know if a piece really works? You might not know for two years. That’s the leap of faith, right? That’s why we’re afraid of novels. We get into this thing and we might not know if it works for five years. Or ten. It’s risky. But the thing is—those five years are going to pass anyway. Whether or not you’re in there with a novel, those five years are going to pass. And then you’re gonna die. At some point you’re gonna die. So, you can not write your novel and die, or you can write your novel and die. You might as well write.

Sam Ligon (via mttbll)

This is a kick in the pants.

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