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A new road sign

April 5, 2022

I was driving to Duluth the other day and noticed a road sign I had never seen before: When I …

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Don’t call me Shirley

March 29, 2022

I’ve been thinking lately about the importance of people’s names, and how good we feel when someone calls us by …

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Reasons to like “The Chair”

August 23, 2021

I ended my first week as department chair by watching the new Netflix series, “The Chair.” The series stars Sandra …

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The importance of media literacy

October 4, 2020

My letter advocating for media literacy appeared in the Oct. 4 print edition of the Minneapolis StarTribune. I wrote it …

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Let’s remember a couple of things about Ted Bundy

February 10, 2019

I understand the criticism that’s being leveled at two new Ted Bundy films. But let’s remember two things: 1) These …

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A story revealed through census records

December 10, 2018

Ancestry let me know the other day that I had some documents to review and add to my tree. A …

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My latest obsession: “Alice”

June 13, 2017

Ah, Logo TV. The network feeds my sitcom addiction. A couple of months ago the network started airing reruns of …

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Do I Have an Essay Here? Thoughts on Writing Small

December 11, 2015

By Rachel Hanel After years of writing “big,” how do I make the transition to “small”? For the first time …

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Obsessed: Beneath Every Plot, My Mother Remains

November 28, 2015

Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
? A  guest post from Gabriela Frank: Gabriela Frank How many times have I killed my mother?…

Community, Part 2

November 16, 2015

Originally posted on If You Have Five Seconds to Spare:
Wagon Wheel Stories by Dave Engen and John Cross. In November I wrote a short post…

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