Northland arts mag Oeuvre sets sail amid turbulent times

Sophisticated readers of this blog (all 12 of you) know that Northern Minnesota has a surprisingly deep arts community. From visual artists to photographers to writers and poets, we are much more than beer and hypothermia. Thus, you should know that a new online arts, literature and culture publication called Oeuvre Magazine based in Duluth has begun operations. I am honored to be among the writers featured in its debut February 2009 edition with an essay called "Unnatural Splendor" abridged from my new book "Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range."

This magazine will surprise you with its navigation, impressive visuals and diverse artistic offerings. It will not be easy to sustain something like this in a down economy so I encourage lovers of arts community to support it and for creators to pepper it with submissions.