June 5, 2025

Selective Focus: Alex (Alby) Breilein’s Family Portraits

Inspired by time spent sifting through family albums, Alex (Alby) Breilein creates photo-drawing collages from old photographs. The drawings are from snapshots taken before Breilein was born or formed memories. “I never knew them, yet they are a part of me,” she says of her grandparents’ pictures. Her artwork can be viewed at Wussow’s Concert Cafe throughout the month of June. Below is a recent interview with Breilein, as well as photos taken at her recent exhibit at Hemlocks Leatherworks: …

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“The Eagle and The Moon” by CMP IN©

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Essentia Health campus vs. a panel from ‘Ronin’

Essentia Health campus in Duluth on Aug. 4, 2022. Steve Kuchera / Duluth News Tribune
Panel from Frank Miller’s “Ronin” as shown in the Comics Journal.

In the graphic novel Ronin, by Frank Miller, an AI named Virgo grows its organic technology over and through a dystopian New York City. As the story progresses, the city completely transforms. I wondered if I could find a photo of the expanding hospital complex that matched this comic panel.

Duluth Literary History

As I prep to teach a Minnesota Writers class again this fall, I am working through little resources and breadcrumb trails.

William A. Sommers has been subject to my writing here before. Here is his page from Minnesota Landscapes. I wonder if anyone has a story to tell? …

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