The true crime genre for young adult readers
I’m intrigued by what sounds like a dearth of narrative nonfiction books for young adults, specifically true crime. True crime …
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The next wave of memoir
Photo Credit: Bosc d’Anjou Flickr via Compfight cc In all the years I’ve taught memoir at The Loft, at times …
Generating ideas for memoir
Photo Credit: MarkGregory007 Flickr via Compfight cc I’m teaching a generative memoir workshop at The Loft Literary Center on Saturday …
How not to be disappointed at a book festival
Smaller book festivals are notoriously hit or miss. Same with readings, workshops, or bookstore events. I was part of a book …
Celebrating young writers and writers/readers of all ages
The best part of the Deep Valley Book Festival, I thought, was seeing the many young writers and illustrators who …
The inaugural memoir/yoga workshop
Just look at this space. It was perfect for writing and yoga. I spent the weekend of Sept. 28-30 here, …
Why I write, Part I
I saw memoirist extraordinaire Patricia Hampl on Sept. 28 at Drury Lane Books in Grand Marais. How lucky for me …
Thinking about Elton John
I want to like Elton John. I appreciate him — I think he’s immensely talented and his longevity and originality …
11 words for writers
More from Susan Sontag on writing from the esteemed Maria Popova at BrainPickings. Popova just started a “Midweek pick-me-up” email …
A most influential book, and a most influential teacher
This book showed up at my house a couple of weeks ago. It came from my friend John, who was …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 