Julie Landsman

Do our public schools really suck? Don’t take a legislator’s word for it—ask an actual teacher. Or you could go hear Landsman read from her inspiring and illuminating books, Basic Needs: A Year with Street Kids in a City School and A White Teacher Talks About Race. Take note that twenty-five years of work in Minneapolis schools didn’t turn Landsman into the bitter and burned-out stereotype of the city teacher. She’s still full of hope and energy, and it sounds like her students turned out pretty well, too. Co-sponsored by SASE: The Write Place. 315 14th Ave. S.E., Minneapolis; 612-822-2500