Posted: 10/20/04
Local author Sue Leaf will do a reading from her new book, ěPotato City,î from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Up North Gallery in Gustafís Galleries in Lindstrom. She will also be available to sign her book for guests.
The setting for this book is the Chisago Lakes and North Branch area. In ěPotato Cityî Leaf traces the history of our communities, offering rich details about the people who built this area, about its once prosperous farms and about the oak trees, wildflowers and prairie animals native to this part of the country.
By examining remnants of the past still visible in a place deeply affected by sprawl, Leaf reveals how to slow down, look carefully and untangle the jumble of unnoticed clues that can enrich our lives.
Specifically, she illuminates the changes in our area from the potato farmers of 100 years ago to the fast-growing suburbs that we are today.
Leaf received her doctorate in zoology from the University of Minnesota and teaches biology and environmental science.
She is currently president of the Wild River chapter of the Audubon Society and was awarded the McKnight Individual Artist Grant in 1998.
Her writing has been published in the Utne Reader, Minnesota Monthly, Architecture Minnesota, River Magazine, Minnesota Volunteer and Boundary Waters Journal.
For more information, call Up North Gallery at (651) 257-1821.
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