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Telling True Stories: Three award-winning writers discuss their craft
Next Wednesday, Deborah Blum, Michael Perry, and J.C. Hallman will be discussing the art of nonfiction storytelling at the Open Book Center in Minneapolis. There is a reception, with wine and cheese,...
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Salon Saloon: The Ghost Show
This Tuesday (Feb. 22) I’ll be joining Andy Sturdevant and the Salon Saloon crew for The Ghost Show at Bryant Lake Bowl. If you’ve always wanted to know about kanaimas, ghost cats, popobawas, djinns...
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Profile Writing at The Loft’s Creative Nonfiction Conference
This month, on March 12, I’ll be teaching a class at The Loft’s Creative Nonfiction Conference called In Profile: The Art of Writing Life. We’ll look at work by Elizabeth Gilbert, Michael Paterniti,...
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Theater of Public Policy: The Fall of the Creative Class
Do you like improv? Do you like public policy? The two are now blissfully wed at the Theater of Public Policy. This Thursday I’ll be on stage talking about–what else?–The Fall of the Creative Class....
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Upcoming Class: Telling True Stories: The Art of Narrative Nonfiction
For those who want to expand their writing craft in all genres of narrative nonfiction–longform and shortform–I’m teaching an online class this fall that will cover essays, profiles, travel, features...
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AWP Minneapolis
Before long, some 12,000 writers and 2,000 presenters will descend on this town (Minneapolis) for the annual AWP Conference & Bookfair. Officially, it’s the largest literary conference in the...
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Festival Season: Upcoming Appearances
It’s festival season again, and over the next few weeks I’ll be speaking at two. First, on Sunday October 29th I’ll be talking about the power of belief at the Chicago Humanities Festival. The...
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Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology
For the last year or so, I’ve been editing a new anthology for Belt Publishing, and it’s finally off to the printer. It has been a labor of love and I’m thrilled with how it turned out, thanks to all...
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Under Purple Skies at WordPlay
This weekend is the inaugural WordPlay Book Festival in Minneapolis, where we will be officially launching Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology. We’ll also have a panel discussion, and a Lit...
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Under Purple Skies: Events & Readings
Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology, was published this month, and launched at the WordPlay Book Festival. In his Minneapolis Star Tribune review, Weston Cutter said, ““In nearly every...
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