Join the Rochester Public Library for a talk from J. Ryan Stradal, best-selling author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, The Lager Queen of Minnesota, and Kitchens of the Great Midwest. His novels celebrate food, family, and the unique culture of the upper Midwest.

Stradal's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Granta, The Rumpus, and Los Angeles Review of books. His debut novel, Kitchens of the Great Midwest, won the American Booksellers Association Indie's Choice Award for Adult Debut Book for the year. Born and raised in Minnesota, he now lives in California with his family. 

This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.