Deborah Copperud

Deborah Copperud is a Minneapolis-based writer and podcaster with work published in Glamour, The Rumpus, HuffPost, Good Tape, Another Chicago Magazine, and Door Is A Jar, among other publications. She co-hosts the It’s My Screen Time Too and Spock Talk podcasts. Follow her on Substack.
7 2025 Books by MN Authors to Gift the Reader on Your List
We've got something for every kind of reader: poems for the doomscroller, essays about the natural world, a comic collab with Redman, and more.
Mary Lucia Didn’t Owe Us a Memoir (But I’m Glad She Wrote It)
Lucia's storytelling in 'What Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder To Relate To' recalls maudlin lyrics set to a bright pop chord progression.
Strib Publisher Steve Grove’s Résumé-Padding Memoir Strives for Midwest Relatability Through AI-Evoking Prose
The ex-tech bro's description of Halloween will haunt you.
From Tokyo to Mickey’s Diner, Deborah Jiang-Stein’s ‘Lucky Tomorrow’ Is a Book of Belonging and Becoming
'I feel a little bit landlocked here,' Jiang-Stein says. Her stories are anything but.
School of Rock for… Adults? Walker West Coordinates Jams for All Ages and Genres.
Dust off your old high school instrument and join a Twin Cities amateur music ensemble.
Can a 1-Day City of Minneapolis ‘Emergency Prep’ Course Turn Me Into a Prepper?
Rather than fret anxiously at home, I spent 6 hours at the city's 'Ready Camp.'






