“Twin Cities”: a poem by Carol Muske-Dukes
Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the Mississippi River are featured in a poem by Carol Muske-Dukes in the current issue of The New Yorker. The opening stanza gives one of the most succinct descriptions of the differences that divide and join our Twin Cities that I’ve seen:
It was the river that made them two—
The mills on one side,
The cathedral on the other.
You can read more about St. Paul native Muske-Dukes at Poets.org and at her own website. And if you’re so inclined, you can no doubt pick up a collection of her poetry or one of her novels (her most recent, Channeling Mark Twain, is a fascinating story revolving around a women’s prison writing program) from the folks at Common Good Books, Magers & Quinn, Micawber’s, or Birchbark.
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