Advice from Edwidge Danticat
My local university, Minnesota State University-Mankato, is host to the Good Thunder Reading Series in which top-notch authors visit the …
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Online magazine celebrates art that comes from the rural
I’ve blogged before about the cool things going on at Rural America Contemporary Art (RACA), but now the fine folks …
My path to a university press
In April my memoir, We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down, will be published by the University of …
It’s University Press Week!
This week we’re celebrating University Press Week. Oh, you didn’t hear about that? Well, I’m not surprised—it has a pretty …
Cemeteries in the spotlight
Today we celebrate Veterans’ Day by honoring those who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. armed forces. …
Community, Part 1
This is the first part of a two-part series on the notion of “community.” I’ve come across a couple of …
Guess who’s writing a memoir? (Nov. 8 edition)
From my occasional series… Platinum recording artist XXX with Joel Selvin’s LIVING LIKE A RUNAWAY, an unvarnished look at the …
Traipsing through the cemetery, collecting names
Occasionally I’ll be trolling the Web to bring you national and international stories that relate to cemeteries, funerals, etc. If …
Oliver Sacks’ HALLUCINATIONS
I had the honor of reviewing Oliver Sacks’ newest book, HALLUCINATIONS, for the Nov. 4 edition of the Minneapolis StarTribune. …
A twist on National Novel Writing Month
If you have any doubt that National Novel Writing Month can work, talk to Erin Morgenstern. The author of the …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 