The quietly powerful story examines the emotional costs of being single versus being attached, and what it is like to spend one s whole life in the same place. The program will be broadcast live throughout the MPR network, which includes nearly all of Minnesota. Audience members will receive free Talking Volumes bookbags. An interview with Simpson by Katherine Lanpher on her popular Midmorning call-in show on MPR, Tuesday, Oct. 17, between 10 and 11 a.m. An interview with Simpson, by John Habich, Star Tribune senior culture editor, on the cover of the Star Tribune's Variety section on Sunday, Oct. 29.
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The Loft Literary Center serves thousands of readers and writers each year, with a wide variety of programs, classes, publications, competitions and activities. Founded in 1974 in a loft above a Minneapolis bookstore, the Loft is now the nation's largest and most comprehensive literary center. The organization recently settled into a new home in Open Book, a renovated warehouse in downtown Minneapolis dedicated to the literary arts. About MPR With 85,000 members, Minnesota Public Radio has the largest listener membership of any community-supported public radio network in the United States. MPR produces more national programming than any other station-based public radio network.