“The Art of the Memoir”: Keynote delivered at the Loft Literary Center and broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio

Just A Stop on the Circuit: Great Artists Visit Old Saint Paul
An MPR Writer’s View
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN November 10, 2006, 7:00 P.M.
More than a century ago, Mark Twain and Oscar Wilde each made a visit to our northern state. Local author Patricia Hampl assays Saint Paul's cultural history in the years since and the role of the Great World Out There coming to us. She looks at our dreams of making art and literature and her own inability to leave this place. With musical accompaniment by Dan Chouinard.

Life on the Upper Mississippi
An MPR Writer’s View
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN June 3, 2004
Minnesota Public Radio described this performance as “a bluesy, meditative passage through the poetic history of the heartland flyover. She shares stories and observations about the great river, its history, and its cultures, combining her own experiences with writings by other authors, including the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis. Pianist Dan Chouinard underscores the spoken-word presentation, creating a melodic dynamic.”

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