For the love of fly fishing, family and words

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman reads from "A River Runs Through It" in MPR's St. Paul studio.
MPR Photo/Larissa Anderson

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman loves great writing. He considers authors Tim O'Brien and Kurt Vonnegut craftsmen with words, and he says he reads a wide variety of books.

When he came to MPR's studio, he had one book in hand: "A River Runs Through It." Mayor Coleman said he's a trout angler, but his connection to this Norman Maclean book runs much deeper than his interest in fishing.

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