On my wish list for years
This is my personal collection of The Best American Essays books. I don’t buy it every year, but most years. …
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Swimming Lake Superior
On August 26, I did something that I thought I would never do: I swam 1.2 miles in Lake Superior …
What she said
One of the writers I most admire in the world, Nicole Helget, posted this to my Facebook timeline on Sunday: …
My memoir: Pretty much like your life
I think mine is right in the middle. Nothing extraordinary, just a Midwestern perspective on life and death. Big publishers …
What’s your favorite memoir?
This post first appeared on my Red Room blog. My favorite memoir is Alison Bechdel’s FUN HOME. The subject matter …
Do you envy? What are you going to do about it?
This essay by Erika Schickel in L.A. Observed is getting some flak in the writing world. In the essay, Schickel …
A somber anniversary
If you live in Minnesota, likely you’re aware that we’re marking the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota Conflict. If you …
Originally posted on Tracy Rittmueller:
Make new friends, keep the old; some are silver, some are… The first Girl-Scouting Lesson I…
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Do you collect “the dark”?
“I see beauty in the ugly,” Richard Harris says in this Chronicle of Higher Education article, “A Healthy Mania …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 