If you’re within range of one of these stations tonight (Saturday, October 5th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. Information on streaming the…View post

Signing books for this afternoon’s awards ceremony and looking a lot like my Uncle Stan.

In Chicago. Signing books before breakfast. Cannot hear chickens, can hear people talking eagerly about books, so that’s a fair trade. Here to say thank you for this.

Box elder bugs.

The Blind Boys of Alabama have been singing the gospel since the late 1930s. Last winter they gathered in rural Fall Creek with my neighbor Justin Vernon and recorded a…View post