Eric Dregni

Eric Dregni is an American author. He is an associate professor of English and Journalism at Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he teaches writing. He has written or cowritten travel memoirs and essays about Minnesota, Norway, and Italy, as well as guidebooks and books on popular culture in the American Midwest.

Eric Dregni
Alma mater
Occupation
EmployerConcordia University St. Paul
Notes

Childhood and personal life

Dregni lives with his wife, Katy, and two sons in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis.[2] His family lived in Belgium when he was a child, and traveled in Britain and Northern Europe before they settled in Minnetonka.[2]

In the 1990s he played in the amateur novelty band Vinnie and the Stardüsters.[3][4] Dregni founded the band with John Perkins. The two met as teenagers on a junior high school church trip but formed the band as undergraduates at Macalester College. Dregni, a music major, graduated in 1990.[3]

Career

A MinnPost profile characterized Dregni's writing career as suggestive of a man on "an endless (and sometimes endlessly weird) vacation."[2] He has written several guidebooks to the American Midwest, the product of a series of road trips. His book In Cod We Trust came out of a Fulbright Fellowship that funded Dregni to spend 2003 in Norway with his wife and their newborn son.[5] Never Trust a Thin Cook was written after a series of extended visits to Italy, culminating in a yearlong residence in Modena in the 1990s.[2][6]

Bibliography

As author
  • Zamboni: The Coolest Machines on Ice[7]
  • Scooter Mania(1996)[8]
  • Let's Go Bowling!
  • Scooters: Everything You Need to Know[9]
  • Vikings in the Attic; In search of Nordic America. (University of Minnesota Press University of Minnesota Press, 2011).[10][11]
  • In Cod We Trust. Minneapolis.[12][13]
  • Midwest Marvels. Minneapolis.[14]
  • Minnesota Marvels. Minneapolis.[15]
  • Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital.[6]
  • By the Waters of Minnetonka. Minneapolis.[16]
  • Let's Go Fishing! Fish Tales from the North Woods (2016. University of Minnesota Press)[17]
  • You're Sending Me Where? Dispatches from Summer Camp (2017. University of Minnesota Press)[18]

As co-author
  • Weird Minnesota (Weird)
  • Scooter Bible: From Cushman to Vespa, the Ultimate History and Buyer's Guide[19]
  • Ads That Put America on Wheels
  • Illustrated Motorscooter Buyer's Guide (Illustrated Buyer's Guide)
  • Follies of Science: 20th Century Visions of Our Fantastic Future[20]

References
  1. "Eric Dregni". Concordia University St. Paul. n.d. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  2. Goetzman, Amy (28 September 2009). "Eric Dregni doesn't trust thin cooks in Italy (profile)". MinnPost. ProQuest 992852825.
  3. Dean, Christine (10 April 2002). "Geeks Playing for Geeks; Vinnie & the Stardüsters at Geek Prom". Ripsaw. ProQuest 220515430.
  4. "So you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star". City Pages. 1998-09-23. Archived from the original on 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  5. Goetzman, Amy (23 October 2008). "A Minnesotan in Norway: Eric Dregni heads to the motherland to become a father and write 'In Cod We Trust' feature story)". MinnPost. ProQuest 992822602.
  6. Ager, Susan (6 September 2009). "Born to be mild // Twin Cities pop historians Michael and Eric Dregni are the James Micheners of the motor scooter world (book review)". Star Tribune. ProQuest 428058202.
  7. McGran, Kevin (2007-01-20). "Zamboni history book is not so cool". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  8. Covert, Colin (22 February 1996). "Born to be mild // Twin Cities pop historians Michael and Eric Dregni are the James Micheners of the motor scooter world (book review)". Star Tribune.
  9. "All that you need to know about scooters". Bristol Evening Post. 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  10. Haga, Chuck (3 April 2011). "Footprints of the [Norse] gods: NONFICTION In a followup to 'In Cod We Trust,' Eric Dregni examines the history and influence of Scandinavians in the United States (book review)". Star Tribune. ProQuest 860141305.
  11. Sawyers, June (4 December 2011). "The Midwestern Vikings". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest 907790224.
  12. "In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream". University of Minnesota Press. n.d. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  13. Field, Christy Olsen (9 April 2009). "In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream (book review)". The Norwegian American. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  14. "Midwest Marvels: Roadside Attractions across Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin". University of Minnesota Press. n.d. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  15. "Minnesota Marvels: Roadside Attractions in the Land of Lakes". University of Minnesota Press. n.d. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  16. "By the Waters of Minnetonka". University of Minnesota Press. n.d. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  17. Timmons, Bob (5 May 2016). "Minnesota author lands trophies in depths of fishing lore (book review)". Minneapolis Star Tribune. ProQuest 1786883509.
  18. "You're Sending Me Where". University of Minnesota Press. n.d. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  19. Laturnus, Ted (2005-12-29). "Green and clean, it's almost a 'proper' scooter". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  20. "Zadie's Beauty, Ellis's Satire, Banville's Sea: New Paperbacks". Bloomberg. 2006-08-03. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
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