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My memoir, WE’LL BE THE LAST ONES TO LET YOU DOWN, is now a Goodreads giveaway! You can enter until …
Category Archives: Writing
Finding solace in art
I thought this story from the Washington Post was brilliant. In times of national grief and sorrow, we can find …
Mausoleum accolades
The Minneapolis StarTribune named Joan Soranno, the architect who designed the new mausoleum at Lakewood Cemetery, the 2012 Artist of …
Lambs and pinwheels and balloons
From my memoir: “Woodville is the only cemetery Dad and I work in with a section just for babies. It’s …
Advice from Edwidge Danticat
My local university, Minnesota State University-Mankato, is host to the Good Thunder Reading Series in which top-notch authors visit the …
Online magazine celebrates art that comes from the rural
I’ve blogged before about the cool things going on at Rural America Contemporary Art (RACA), but now the fine folks …
My path to a university press
In April my memoir, We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down, will be published by the University of …
It’s University Press Week!
This week we’re celebrating University Press Week. Oh, you didn’t hear about that? Well, I’m not surprised—it has a pretty …
Community, Part 1
This is the first part of a two-part series on the notion of “community.” I’ve come across a couple of …
Oliver Sacks’ HALLUCINATIONS
I had the honor of reviewing Oliver Sacks’ newest book, HALLUCINATIONS, for the Nov. 4 edition of the Minneapolis StarTribune. …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 