Department of English
207 Lind Hall
207 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-625-3363

College of Liberal Arts Voices from the Gaps
1954 Faculty

1954 English faculty

"I wrote a poem about hockey and took it to a writers' club meeting at Professor [George] Hage's house and the poet James Wright said something encouraging about it and my face burned with pleasure. I can still picture it in my mind. . . ."

Garrison Keillor, BA 1966

Twin Cities Life

The Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area is the 16th largest in the United States, with more than 3 million residents. The largest cultural center between Chicago and San Francisco, the Twin Cities houses a rich variety of theater companies, musical options, and art museums and galleries. With 22 lakes and a vast network of parks within the region, residents enjoy year-round recreational activities, from canoeing, hiking, swimming, and biking to ice skating, hockey, cross-country and downhill skiing, and snowshoeing. For more details about our cultural and recreational opportunities, climate and weather, economy, transportation, and neighborhoods, visit the University’s Wish You Were Here page. (And turn up your audio to catch the greeting from a certain 1966 Department of English alumnus.)

Below is additional information to help in planning a visit or finding housing. In addition, the Graduate Student Organization in English (GSO) has compiled The Graduate Student Guide to the Twin Cities (PDF).

Hotels and motels near campus

Radisson Hotel Metrodome
651 Washington Ave. S.E.
612-379-8888

Holiday Inn Metrodome
1500 Washington Ave. S
612-333-4646

Days Inn
2407 University Ave. S.E.
612-623-3999

Housing

Minneapolis and St. Paul have frequently been called cities of neighborhoods, each with a distinct personality and flavor. Virtually all areas of the Twin Cities are relatively convenient and accessible, courtesy of safe and reliable city and university bus services.

Many students choose to live in Marcy-Holmes, Dinkytown, and Como, Minneapolis neighborhoods adjacent to the campus. Others head south and west in Minneapolis to Loring Park, Stevens Square, Whittier, and Uptown. Powderhorn Park, Central, and Bryant neighborhoods offer additional housing in more residential settings. Another popular area is the corridor along Grand Avenue in St. Paul (Macalester-Groveland and Merriam Park neighborhoods).

The links here can get you started in your search for the perfect place to call home.