The year’s best nonfiction and fiction (according to me)
I set a big goal this year for my Goodreads Reading Challenge: 45 books. The most I ever pledged! This …
Tag Archives: memoir
Forward motion is what counts
I’m a slow writer. My first book, WE’LL BE THE LAST ONES TO LET YOU DOWN: MEMOIR OF A GRAVEDIGGER’S …
Keeping the faith, one dollar at a time
I sold three books recently and received this check for $37.80. I could buy a decent dinner for two or …
Memoir from a scholarly perspective
I’m happy that a subject I love (memoir) is a subject I can focus on in my academic life. In …
Q&A with Fast Horse
I was honored to be featured in a blog Q&A with Adam Wahlberg of Fast Horse, a creative agency based …
Review of Melissa Faliveno’s debut essay collection, “Tomboyland”
I’m often mistaken for a vegetarian. I don’t know why. Perhaps it’s my tattoos. Or my hair color—a shock of …
If you’re bored in Mankato, you’re doing something wrong
The past couple of weeks have been a cultural whirlwind in this rural Minnesota outpost we call Mankato. Lest you …
My favorite things: July 21 edition
I’m resurrecting my “favorite things” series that I had started a couple of years ago. There’s just too much great …
What goes into the do-it-yourself retreat
Getaways are great, right? I love hopping on a plane to go to a writing conference or yoga workshop. There’s …
The big “O”: Organizing your memoir
So you’ve written a ton of stuff for your memoir. You have oodles and oodles of words. You’ve been writing …
