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Where the Streets are Paved with Crushed Candy
My sons and I didn’t drive three hours south over Memorial Day weekend to score candy; we went to see...
In Which I Celebrate Myself, and Sing Myself
At the BookExpo America conference in New York City this week, the winners of the ForeWord Magazine Book of the...
If You're Thinking of Being a Teacher
…and would like to know what it can be like to be in other people’s minds for 16 weeks at...
You Don't Know How It Feels To Be Me
Pay my title no mind: I was listening to Tom Petty’s Wildflowers on my long drive up this short mountain...
Definition: Foie Gras Blogger
Someone who periodically sends group e-mails containing material better suited to blog posts. Due to the sender’s relationship to recipients...
Crossing Hannibal
The official commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death took place today in Hannibal, Missouri. I'll write something...
Favorite Literary Films
There’s an academic family around these parts, it’s said, who watch all the Jane Austen films together every Thanksgiving break...