It is difficult to express the depth and nature of gratitude an author feels when a bookseller gives heart, soul, and overtime to support the author’s work. I politely request…View post

Thank you to all who turned out for the Bloomer Library event. So many nice visits with readers, childhood neighbors, fire and ambulance folks, one of my former teachers, and…View post

Among the more humbling (and recurring) ironies of calling oneself a “writer” resides the regular recognition that one is regularly incapable of finding words commensurate to circumstance, be there joy or grief,…View post

Thank you to all who attended the Population 485 preview shows in Eau Claire. If you tried but couldn’t get in, please hang in there, we hope to bring it back…View post

So many big things happened at Eaux Claires festival this year, big enough that you can find news of them elsewhere on your own. I wish to say a word about…View post