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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.

November 25, 2025

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.

May 15, 2025

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.'