Creative Nonfiction workshop Nov. 3- Dec. 15
If you’re in the Minneapolis area and have some creative nonfiction that you want to workshop, I’m leading a workshopping …
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Minnesota: A great state for artists
Minnesota is a great state in general, but especially great because it supports the arts and artists to a high …
Don’t even think of publishing unless you’ve done these 4 things
Photo Credit: Pascal Schwab via Compfight cc Whenever I give writing workshops or teach a writing class, I always end …
Today, we see dark
I remember when Jacob Wetterling went missing. I was a freshman at Waseca High School and one day in October, …
What will you do with that English degree?
School started this week at MSU-Mankato; as always, the first week went by quickly. The week was filled with reconnecting …
Concert review: KISS in Mankato
I attended the KISS concert at Mankato’s Verizon Wireless Civic Center on Aug. 1. I’m not sure how many times I’ve …
Review of new Patty Hearst book by Jeffrey Toobin
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst was not what I expected. Since …
Two fall nonfiction Loft classes
I’ll be teaching two nonfiction classes at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis this fall. One is focused on narrative …
Writing About Music: A Class for Teens
Registration is open for my Loft youth class Sounding Off: Writing About Music. Class will be held every day Monday-Friday from 1-2:30 …
Elie Wiesel: Blessed Be His Memory
One of the things I miss about working at the newspaper is covering major figures who rolled through Mankato. I …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 