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Lars Walker
Lars Walker is the author of several fantasy novels, the latest of which is Death’s Doors. He lives in Minneapolis and is librarian for the schools of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations. He blogs at www.brandywinebooks.net.
by | Nov 30, 2022

Years ago, I read a novel that impressed me deeply. But I couldn’t recommend it to anyone because it was in Norwegian, the English translation long out of print. I’m happy to report that you can now get the English…

by | Oct 15, 2022

You know they’re over there, when you think about it. Just across the border. Looking longingly in our direction. Dreaming of a better life. A future for their children. Some kind of society that actually works, that offers a little…

by | Sep 27, 2022

This commentary (I won’t call it a review) requires this preliminary disclaimer: I have a business connection with the Norwegian miniseries, The Lørenskog Disappearance, now streaming on Netflix. I supplement my retirement by translating Norwegian movie and TV production scripts,…

by | Sep 24, 2022

What makes a person truly useful?

by | Apr 30, 2022

Last week I attended a preview of Robert Eggers’ new film, The Northman, in Minneapolis. I got in because I’m a Viking reenactor, and some of my buddies and I went in our Viking clothes. This isn’t a review, but…

by | Dec 20, 2021

“I laughed, and then I asked Jen when she’d be giving me grandkids,” said my friend Ann. “She told me she and her boyfriend had made up their minds never to have babies. I don’t know why that bothers me,…

by | Apr 18, 2021

I’ve come up with a lot of excuses for not going to the gym over the years. But I think “the police closed it down” is one I’ve never used before. I live near Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, you see. And…

by | Sep 5, 2020

Recently I attended my first actual social function since the Late Troubles began. We were careful; we wore masks as we dished up our catered food and set our lawn chairs a distance from one another. It was an ideologically…

by | Jun 30, 2020

One of my ancestors knew Abraham Lincoln. All right, that’s not strictly true. He was a collateral ancestor of mine, half-brother to my great-great-grandfather. An early Norwegian settler in Illinois, he was active in the Republican Party. His obituary called…

by | May 20, 2020

First of all, a confession. I’m not suffering all that much under the Lockdown, or Quarantine, or whatever I’m supposed to call it. I work from home as a translator and writer, so my income, though irregular, is largely unaffected….

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