The Weekly Reader program on KMSU incorporates readings from and discussion with authors from the local, state, and occasionally national levels.
The Mankato and southern Minnesota community is particularly rich in literary talent. Host Rachael Hanel discusses the craft of writing with her guests and gives them a forum to air their works. Guests include MSU professors, MFA students and graduates, and local and regional authors.
Guests of note include published authors Kate DiCamillo (Because of Winn-Dixie), Susan Orlean (The Orchid Thief), Nicole Helget (The Summer of Ordinary Ways) and Dick Terrill (Fakebook: Improvisations on a Journey Back to Jazz).
Any genre of writing is open for discussion - fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, journalism, screenwriting, songwriting, comedy writing, etc.
Tune in and discover the writing talent and creative ideas flowing from people all around us. The half-hour shows airs 10:30 a.m. Thursdays.
Rachael Hanel is a lifelong resident of southern Minnesota. She worked as a reporter and copy editor for several years at the Mankato Free Press and now works as a university teacher and freelance writer. She's working on the completion of her first manuscript, We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down, a memoir about growing up as a gravedigger's daughter in Waseca, Minn.
If you have questions or comments, or are interested in being a guest on the show, please contact Rachael Hanel at rachael.hanel@mnsu.edu
