Emily Bright
Interim Senior Producer at Minnesota Now
Writer at Freelance
Weekend Host: MPR News. Host: Ask a Bookseller podcast, Art Hounds. Author of “Fierce Delight: Poems of Early Motherhood.” Writes MG, PB. Opinions are my own.
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1 week ago |
womanalive.co.uk | Emily Bright
‘I find myself putting on a Sunday service mask of being cheerfully uncomplicated. Perhaps it’s because of a misapprehension that, as a person of faith, I should have all the answers or be able to cope,’ says Emily Bright. Source: MBI / Alamy Stock Photo I’m a recovering chocoholic, a self-confessed Cookie Monster. Recently, I’ve spotted striking parallels between my Slimming World group and church. For starters, there’s the regular accountability.
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2 weeks ago |
mprnews.org | Emily Bright
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country to find out what books they’re most excited about right now. Anne Holman of The King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City, Utah, recommends the novel “Old School Indian” by Aaron John Curtis. Holman calls it a powerful coming-of-age story, when you come of age later in your life in an important way. The novel follows Abe, who, like the author, is an enrolled member of the Mohawk tribe.
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2 weeks ago |
mprnews.org | Emily Bright
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here. ‘Of the Earth’ joins the Detroit Lakes trollsFormer arts administrator Taylor Barnes of Jamestown, North Dakota, has a cabin in Detroit Lakes, and she admires the work of Project 412 in engaging the community to create public artworks.
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3 weeks ago |
mprnews.org | Emily Bright
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country to find out what books they’re most excited about right now. School is out (or soon-to-be-out) across Minnesota, and that means it’s time for summer reads! But just because you bring a book to the lake, that doesn’t mean it can’t be smart as well as a fun escape.
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3 weeks ago |
mprnews.org | Emily Bright
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Unhealthy air quality for us today. My heart aches for the forests burning in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and all the lives and homes affected. Here’s a story from the BBC: https://t.co/WJlUdZlfbM
My NPR author debut! I could not have asked for lovelier. Listen here. #FierceDelight https://t.co/Sd5oCTbN3H
It’s official: my book interview will air on NPR this afternoon during All Things Considered 5 EST/4 Central. Right now it’s scheduled in the last 15 minutes of the show. The exact timing might shift. I’m so curious to hear what from our 30 minute interview ends up in there.