Guess who’s writing a memoir? (Aug. 18 edition)
As if little-known memoirists with quiet stories don’t have enough competition with all the celebrity tell-all memoirs, now we have …
Tag Archives: memoir
Article in American Cemetery magazine
First, I think it’s great there’s a magazine titled American Cemetery. It’s a trade magazine geared toward cemetery managers and …
Is Scott Simon violating some societal taboo?
Perhaps you’ve heard of NPR’s Scott Simon this week—he’s getting a lot of attention for tweeting his thoughts and observations …
“Six Feet Under” resonates
I wrote a short essay for the University of Minnesota Press blog on “Six Feet Under” and our culture of …
“The Next Big Thing”–a report
Thanks to Barrie Jean Borich for tagging me in The Next Big Thing, a web series of author self-interviews on …
Scenes from the St. Peter Book Festival
The fine folks in St. Peter put on a fantastic book festival today! St. Peter is a community of about …
Neil Gaiman, “Our Town” and memorial benches
Amy Goetzman of MinnPost interviewed me recently about my book. I talk about what makes a cemetery inviting, the phenomenon …
A detailed burial account
I grew up Catholic, a religion that places a heavy and somber emphasis on Lent. In my book I write …
“…drawn to the stories she gathered in graveyards”
Tanner Kent did a great job writing a story about my book that appeared in today’s edition of the Mankato …
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind…”
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 