Centennial Fictions
Matt Goldman and Glenn R. Miller
Saturday, November 7, 2026
3:00pm, Red Cap Room
Join us as these acclaimed novelists discuss how the moral ambiguities and social order of a century ago have rippled across the decades with everyone’s favorite conversationalist, bestselling author Lorna Landvik.
In 1926, Prohibition was in full swing, and the fledgling film industry was about to undergo a major technological transition with the advent of “talkies,” and St. Paul’s Union Depot held its Grand Opening as one of the nation’s largest and most impressive rail terminals. Now two Minnesota authors take us back to the mid-1920s in vivid novels that sound clear echoes today: In Matt Goldman’s The Prohibited, a trio of brothers in St. Paul must forge a new livelihood when their family liquor store gets shut down by the Feds, while Glenn R. Miller’s Rough Cuts focuses on the seismic changes at the movies as a Hollywood director faces a righteous Midwest censor. Join us as these acclaimed novelists discuss how the moral ambiguities and social order of a century ago have rippled across the decades.
About the Authors
Matt Goldman is a New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning television writer. His mystery novels have been nominated for the Shamus Award and Nero Award, and his television writing credits include Seinfeld, Ellen, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Matt lives in Minneapolis with his wife, two dogs, and two cats.
Glenn R. Miller launched his professional career working on television soap operas and game shows on the back lots of NBC Burbank. He holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and has served as a CBS-affiliate news producer, an executive speechwriter, and a creative director at production agencies in the Twin Cities. His published writings include a previous novel, Doorman Wanted (Koehler Books, 2024), columns in the Minneapolis-based Southwest Journal, and the airing of a humor commentary on NPR’s Marketplace. Glenn teaches at the Loft Literary Center, has served on the boards of Minnesota nonprofit publishers Graywolf Press and Coffee House Press, and was president of The Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library. He and his wife, Jocelyn Hale, live in Minneapolis and are the proud parents of two grown sons.
Lorna Landvik is the author of thirteen novels, including the bestselling Patty Jane’s House of Curl, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, and Chronicles of a Radical Hag (with Recipes). She has performed stand-up and improvisational comedy around the country and is also a public speaker, playwright, and actor whose one-woman, all-improvised show Party in the Rec Room is a local legend. She lives in Minneapolis.