Twin Cities literary scavenger hunt, part 4

I am SO winning this thing. Except for all the other people I saw this week, whose scavenger hunt cards were equally full of stamps.

This week's question was a bit of a stumper: Which Pulitzer Prize-winning poet wrote a poem that references the Walker Art Center, the Guthrie Theater, and the former Minneapolis Artificial Limb Exchange, and what is the name of the poem?

I know, and I'm not telling.

Two stores were part of this week's challenge, and one of them wasn't even in Minnesota (but is so close that it might as well be).

Back to Books in Hudson, WI. Just a hop, skip and a jump off I-94 right after you cross the river into Wisconsin, Back to Books is a cozy main street store with a nicely varied collection of books.

You have to love a small-town bookstore. When I arrived, just as it was opening, the woman at the store was still getting ready for the day and asked if I minded hanging around and not stealing while she ran to the bank for change. Of course I didn't mind hanging around and not stealing--it's a lovely indie bookstore with lots to browse.

The second bookstore of the week is another genre store, tucked into a lower-level south Minneapolis building.

Once Upon a Crime Books. Puns are one of the store's specialties.

The congenial man behind the counter told me about the event of the previous evening, when author John Connolly (The Book of Lost Things, The Gates) talked about the differences between those two books, namely that The Book of Lost Things was a child's story told for adults, while The Gates is an adult's story told for children. Having read the former and liked it very much, I'm very curious to read The Gates, and wished I could have attended Connolly's reading.

Once again, another fun week, exploring all that the literary landscape in Minnesota (and almost-Minnesota) have to offer.

The question for week 5: Which rock band, whose lead singer grew up in Minnesota, has songs populated with literary figures from William Butler Yeats to Nelson Algren to Minnesota’s own John Berryman?

I know the answer. Do you?

Comments

[Chris]

You should've called me to meet for coffee, since you were almost at my place when you were at Once Upon a Crime!

[kmkat]

I bow to your superior knowledge. I have no idea.

[rudee]

I don't know, but Dylan comes to mind.