Young family member calmly removes smoking pan from stove, carries it outside to porch…story really kinda tells itself.

The amount of correspondence I receive precludes my responding to each email, letter, Facebook comment, etc., and so on, with the detail each deserves. But I still read’em all, and…View post

Currently reading Thick, by Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom. I champion Dr. McMillan Cottom’s work because she is that rare writer who accessibly, powerfully, and unapologetically bridges the silly, pernicious, and ridiculously…View post

Every week the Wisconsin State Journal runs “Roughneck Grace,” a weekly column written by Mike (many of the columns will be adapted from Mike’s Tent Show Radio monologues). This week’s…View post

Grateful to report I’ve signed the paperwork and begun work on a book about fathers and daughters, due out in 2020. I’m just digging into this (and yes, still working…View post