Guest post: A Memorial Day poem

May 26, 2013

Today’s guest post is in honor of Memorial Day, probably the most popular day of the year to visit cemeteries. …

Family plots

May 22, 2013

I’m excited to post the first installment in what I hope will be a regular series on my blog. I …

May 17, 2013

My book tour took me to New Ulm on May 16. I had two events: one at Orchard Hill assisted …

May 14, 2013

I wrote a short essay for the University of Minnesota Press blog on “Six Feet Under” and our culture of …

May 11, 2013

I recently spent 36 hours in Chicago, in and out for an event May 9 at The Book Cellar. I …

May 4, 2013

A story about the funeral home that accepted Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body appeared on the front page of the New York Times‘ …

May 2, 2013

On April 29, I had the perfect excuse to visit the lovely Mississippi River town of Winona, Minn. I came …

May 1, 2013

Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
A guest post from the essayist Joe Bonomo: I write in defense of the ordinary life. Two common…