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If There'll Be Snow
When classes were finished and Thanksgiving break started last week, my family and I blew out of town so fast...
Guest Book Review: Give My Poor Heart Ease
Give My Poor Heart Ease : Voices of the Mississippi Blues. William Ferris. The University of North Carolina Press, November...
Strike at Illinois
If you’re reading this Monday morning, the strike at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign has begun, and I’m out taking...
Eating Sustainably in College
It’s good to collect Ph.D.s—people who have them, not the degrees themselves—to make yourself look smarter at cocktail parties. “Oh...
Guest Post: Sandra Beasley
I met today's guest, Sandra Beasley , back at the start of the year, after a session at the Association...
Brief But Notable
Upon receiving word Sunday that a brief essay of mine had been listed as notable in the new Best American...
Guest Book Review: Season of Ash
Season of Ash. Jorge Volpi (Translated by Alfred MacAdam.) Open Letter, University of Rochester, October 2009. Paperback, $12.75. Toward a...
Wednesday Wonder Cabinet 2
Gaze into the box: I had some fun yesterday doing a nearly hour-long interview on my novel with the local...