TD Mischke
TD Mischke is a writer, musician and a long-time radio talk-show host in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota. He had his own radio show for over two decades (KSTP and WCCO) and was a weekly columnist for City Pages, an alternative news and arts publication.
These days, he can be found in his car, with recording equipment, searching for the next subject, the next story, the next mile.
Winter’s Song
Winter’s Song celebrates the intimate and intense relationship Americans living in the northern Midwest have with winter. From amusing stories of winter driving, the inspiring experiences of children, to the effect winter has on spirituality, Winter’s Song paints the season with whimsical humor, breathtaking beauty, ancient lore, and cultural touchstones.
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Praise for TD Mischke
“Winter’s Song is an instant classic, and not just for those who live in the frozen north. TD Mischke uses poetry, prose, sarcasm, humor, and novelistic imagination to give a region, and a climate zone, lasting identity. The only thing as good as seeing these essays on the page would be hearing Mischke read them, over the airwaves through the gelid winter skies.”
James Fallows
author and former national correspondent for The Atlantic
“”Winter’s Song taps directly into the beauty, the power, and the profound absurdity of a true Northern winter. As a Northerner who followed work to a warmer climate, TD Mischke brought back memories and feelings I’d let lapse. It’s the book equivalent of smelling Mom’s cookies baking in the oven. It’s nostalgia, it’s comfort, it’s a hug. Like Mischke himself, Winter’s Song is always thoughtful, often laugh-out-loud funny, and, once in a while, it makes your breath catch just a little.”
Rich Sommer
Hollywood actor (Mad Men, Devil Wears Prada, White House Plumbers, BlackBerry)
“As one of Minnesota’s most candid and eccentric observers, Tom Mischke presents us with a wonderful portrait of our most controversial season. He covers both the frigid darkness and the responding human warmth that winter brings to all of us that live within her icy reach. I will be reaching for this book every year as the days get shorter.”
Dave Simonett
lead singer and songwriter for Trampled By Turtles
“If Robert Frost had written prose, he would have written Winter’s Song. But he didn’t. Tommy Mischke did. And, Frost would be pleased.”
Don Shelby
Peabody Award winning journalist and author