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A few resources on the 1970s

May 20, 2021

Throughout the years of research into Camilla Hall and the SLA, I developed an affinity for the 1970s. I was …

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What I’m good at

February 5, 2021

God bless Jami Attenberg. If you don’t subscribe to her “Craft Talk” writing newsletter, I highly recommend doing so. She’s …

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Radical moves gain attention

February 2, 2021

I’m excited to watch this movie about the trial that resulted from the 1968 protests at the Democratic National Convention. …

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Roxane Gay on moving to the left

November 10, 2020

This section in Roxane Gay’s Nov. 5 New York Times column made me think of the manuscript I’ve written about …

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We’ve been here before: What lessons can we learn from WWII?

April 21, 2020

During World War II, households stockpiled butter. Today, it’s toilet paper. “Lots of people are unemployed because of the crisis.” …

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We’ve been here before. What lessons does the 1918 influenza pandemic hold for us today?

April 8, 2020

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my great-grandparents, Mary and Vincent Zimny, because they died in the 1918 influenza …

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Are you a “Straddler”?

December 23, 2018

This is my dad. He’s probably 11 or 12, which would make it right around 1955. He’s having fun in …

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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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More than a fondness for plants and cats

April 11, 2018

This short description of Camilla Hall appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 18, 1974 — the day after …

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George Herter kept me laughing all night

December 7, 2017

This book nearly jumped out at me at the used bookstore in Mankato the other day. I was browsing shelves …

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