Sobre l'autor
Frank Bures's stories have appeared in Harper's Magazine, Outside, Esquire, Men's Health, the Washington Post Magazine, a number of The Best American Travel Writing anthologies, and other publications. He has lived all over the world, speaks several languages, and currently lives in Minneapolis.
Obres de Frank Bures
Obres associades
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- male
Membres
Ressenyes
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 3
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 79
- Popularitat
- #226,897
- Valoració
- 3.5
- Ressenyes
- 5
- ISBN
- 7
- Llengües
- 1
The pieces included tackle the subject from various points of view, from cultural and historical perspectives, to the role that the region’s climate plays on the former, to its political and racial dynamics. In addition, the collection includes works written specifically for the collection, as well as some excerpted from collections from as far back as the sixties, helping to evoke how the city has changed over the last few decades. In particular, the strong musical character of the Twin Cities was a major theme among the essays.
Going along with this, though, the collection could perhaps have used a little more editorial curation, as there appears to be no particular order to the entries. It would have been slightly stronger if there had been some sort of arrangement by chapters based on some of the themes included, the aforementioned music, perhaps, or maybe the environment, or the social character of the city.
All in all, though, I think this was perhaps the most accessible of such collections I’ve seen, though I may be biased. I’ll have to check out a few other of Belt Publishing’s anthologies and learn a little more about Milwaukee or Cleveland as well.… (més)