Lund. A retired literature prof’s seasoning reflections on how life works.
WINONA, Minn. – Poet Orval Lund will read from his new collection “Heading Home” Tuesday at the Blue Heron coffeehouse. Time: 7 p.m. Address: 162 West Second Street. The reading is part of the First Tuesday Laureate series. Lund, who grew up near tiny Lancaster, Iowa, reflects on the landscape of life formed beginning way, way back driving a tractor.
Lund’s cast
His main character is Swede and his mate is Signe, who might be called wittier and wiser versions of Ole and Lena. Swede came of age in the 1950s. He delivered newspapers, experienced A-bomb drills, suffered through penmanship exercises, and swam naked in the swimming hole. He loved his baseball and trout fishing, and endured a Lutheran taciturnity. There are deeper concerns lurking on current events, science, marriage, parenting, and the mysteries of the natural world.