Eric Utne, founder of Utne Reader, has edited and published a new book, Brenda, My Darling: the Love Letters of Fridtjof Nansen to Brenda Ueland, (see UTNE Reader, Jan./Feb 2012 issue). He will be traveling throughout the US from January through June to do interviews and readings. To schedule a reading in your area, contact him at: info@utneinstitute.org.

Reading Schedule (more to come, check back):

Sunday, January 8th, 2:00-3:00 pm, Elliott Bay Books, 1521 10th Av. Seattle, WA 98122, (206) 624-6600.

Thursday, January 12th, 7:00-8:15pm in the Target Performance Hall, 2nd Floor of Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis.

Thursday, January 19th, 7:00pm, Linden Hills History Study Group, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 4201 Sheridan Av. S., Minneapolis.

Thursday, February 2nd, 7:00-8:15pm, Over Coffee, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 4801 France Avenue South, (near 50th & France), Minneapolis, MN 55410

Wednesday, February 8th, 7:00pm, Common Grounds Books, at the Virginia Street Swedenborgean Church, 170 Virginia St., St. Paul.

Sunday, February 12th, noon-2:00pm, Literary Witness, Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis.

Other readings to come:Powell’s (Portland), Tattered Cover (Denver), Shakespeare & Co. (NYC), and others