Books and Brews Podcast Episode #18: Lisa Gurine

Books and Brews Podcast

Lisa Gurine has written newsletters and business communications professionally for more than twenty years. She comes from a long line of storytellers and for most of her life has channeled her creative energy into re-telling and embellishing her family’s history. Without Words grew from the seeds of her own ancestors’ lives as South Dakota immigrants. Lisa Gurine resides in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, with her husband of more than thirty years. Her passion for cross-cultural understanding led her to volunteer with an international high school exchange program. She and her husband have hosted six foreign exchange students at their home and have engaged with many more. Her other favorite pastimes include international travel, volunteering with her church and honing her writing skills with her Night Writers critique partners. Lisagurinebooks.com Facebook

Lisa's Readings:

• Letter to Emma – 8:56
• The Boy from the In Between – 27:11
• Hulda and the White Cake – 44:43

Michael’s Beer Pairings:

• Guinness Draft Stout, Guinness Ltd. (paired to Letter to Emma) – 5:22
• Mango Mango Mango, Dugges Bryggeri & Stillwater Artisanal Ales (Paired to The Boy from the In Between) – 23:32
• Cake’d Up Celebration Cake, Mankato Brewery (Paired to Hulda and the White Cake) – 41:08

Interview Highlights:

• The story behind Letter to Emma – 13:35
• Turning fact into fiction – 15:42
• Developing as a writer; exercises and writers groups – 21:40
• Hosting exchange students – 34:20
• Perceptions of the Land of Snow – 35:35
• What's the deal with cake! – 50:01
• The importance of telling our family stories – 52:26

COMING NEXT MONTH: Sandy Frykholm, author of The Drive in '65

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology
• Lisa Gurine will be one of three authors at a book signing, Maple Grove Lutheran Church, 9251 Elm Creek Blvd N, Maple Grove, MN, Sunday, November 8, 2020, 1 - 5 pm

Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.