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The year’s best nonfiction and fiction (according to me)

December 31, 2020

I set a big goal this year for my Goodreads Reading Challenge: 45 books. The most I ever pledged! This …

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Forward motion is what counts

December 21, 2020

I’m a slow writer. My first book, WE’LL BE THE LAST ONES TO LET YOU DOWN: MEMOIR OF A GRAVEDIGGER’S …

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Keeping the faith, one dollar at a time

December 9, 2020

I sold three books recently and received this check for $37.80. I could buy a decent dinner for two or …

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Memoir from a scholarly perspective

October 26, 2020

I’m happy that a subject I love (memoir) is a subject I can focus on in my academic life. In …

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Q&A with Fast Horse

August 5, 2020

I was honored to be featured in a blog Q&A with Adam Wahlberg of Fast Horse, a creative agency based …

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Review of Melissa Faliveno’s debut essay collection, “Tomboyland”

July 30, 2020

I’m often mistaken for a vegetarian.  I don’t know why. Perhaps it’s my tattoos. Or my hair color—a shock of …

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If you’re bored in Mankato, you’re doing something wrong

October 8, 2019

The past couple of weeks have been a cultural whirlwind in this rural Minnesota outpost we call Mankato. Lest you …

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My favorite things: July 21 edition

July 21, 2019

I’m resurrecting my “favorite things” series that I had started a couple of years ago. There’s just too much great …

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What goes into the do-it-yourself retreat

July 16, 2019

Getaways are great, right? I love hopping on a plane to go to a writing conference or yoga workshop. There’s …

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The big “O”: Organizing your memoir

July 12, 2019

So you’ve written a ton of stuff for your memoir. You have oodles and oodles of words. You’ve been writing …

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