What is the best location for a writing festival?
I looked forward to this for months: the first North Shore Readers & Writers Festival in Grand Marais, Minnesota. Grand …
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Two suggestions for improving arts support across Minnesota
Congratulations to all who received a Minnesota State Arts Board grant! I see several dear friends on the list, including …
Sunday in Arlington, Minnesota
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachael Hanel (@rachael_hanel) I gave a reading and talk at the …
When CAN you sue someone for what was written?
A few seats are still open for my craft seminar at the North Shore Readers and Writers Festival in Grand …
What are your favorite “discovery” memoirs?
I couldn’t have said it better myself, so I’m not really going to try. I encourage you to read this …
“I don’t envision myself as someone who’s going to write about rainbows and butterflies”
Thanks to my virtual friend (though I’m pretty sure she exists in the flesh) Linda K. Sienkiewicz for letting me …
What stops would you put on the Minnesota literary tour?
After reading this review of South Toward Home by Margaret Eby, I started to think of what a “northern” literary tour …
My favorite banned books
In honor of Banned Books Week, I thought I’d share with you some of my favorites. My bookshelves are filled …
Book review: The Grammar of God
My review of Aviya Kushner’s THE GRAMMAR OF GOD: A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLDS AND WORDS OF THE BIBLE, appears …
Come to the reading and writing festival in Grand Marais!
I’m excited to be at the first North Shore Readers & Writers Festival held in gorgeous Grand Marais, Minnesota, Nov. 5-8. Take …
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