Cracked Walnut is a traveling reading series based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition to the various literary readings we present throughout the Twin Cities metro area and elsewhere in Minnesota we offer writing workshops and sponsor contests and other programs designed to promote literary endeavors for writers of all levels and backgrounds. Subscribe to our mailing list for news and notifications of upcoming events and programs. Subscribe to our mailing list.

If the angel deigns to come it will be because you convinced her, not by tears but by your humble resolve to be always beginning; to be a beginner. Saturday, June 20, 2015. Dad, Mom and Me, 1955. Then, the creaking and roiling of our heavy wooden garage door on Gilbert Street in Mt. Airy at 7PM each night, precisely signaled that dad was home.