Talking in the Library

"Talk of the Stacks," the reading series at the downtown Minneapolis public library, is out with its spring lineup.

• March 10: David Plotz, editor of slate.com talks about Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible.
• April 21: Laurie Hertzel, books editor of the Star Tribune, and Mary Ann Grossmann, books editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press talk with Cathy Wurzer of Minnesota Public Radio.
• April 28: Tom Robbins is out with a kids book of all things--B is for Beer.
• May 7: David Rhodes reads from his latest novel, Driftless.
• May 21: Arthur Phillips reads from his new novel, The Song is You.

All talks are free and begin at 7 p.m. in Pohlad Hall of Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis. Details on the Talk of the Stacks lectures and all the library's other goings on are here.--David E