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Category Archives: SLA

45 years ago today: Patty Hearst is arrested

September 18, 2020

Photo: Federal Bureau of investigation Forty-five years ago today, law enforcement officials arrested Patty Hearst, putting an end to the …

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I’m a podcast guest talking about Camilla Hall and the SLA

September 5, 2020

My colleague and friend, Amy Mattson Lauters, has started a new podcast called “Tales From the Midwest” because let’s face …

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Sometimes you just need to get away

November 18, 2019

I spent 36 hours over the weekend doing nothing but working on manuscript revisions. Well, I did sleep and take …

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If you need general information about the SLA, here you go

August 24, 2019

The fact that new content about the Symbionese Liberation Army keeps popping up bodes well for my SLA-related project on …

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Slow progress is still progress

July 31, 2019

My mantra when I run is “forward momentum.” As long as I’m moving forward, I’m going to complete a run. …

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My favorite book of 2019 so far

July 1, 2019

I’m happy to say that I’ve read 19 books so far this year — one ahead of schedule. Dare I …

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Words out in the world (sort of)

June 22, 2019

Ah, progress. I reached a milestone this week when I finished a decent draft of the first two parts of …

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When you know the answer, what keeps you reading (or watching)?

March 7, 2019

I love reading narrative nonfiction, and that’s the genre for my current writing project. Because I’m in the revision stage …

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45 years ago today: SLA kidnaps Patty Hearst

February 4, 2019

February 4, 1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army, a group of eight, acts on a plan they’ve had for months: to …

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Direct action, then and now

June 10, 2018

Last Wednesday I participated in a discussion after a screening of the documentary The Gentleman Bank Robber at Bryant-Lake Bowl in …

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