We often say, my wife and I, that Ella is our first dog, the one you make your mistakes on. But for me, that isn't true. My first dog was Jessie, a runty black shepherd mix. Some of the mistakes I made with Jessie were things like Don&
I can't sit down to write a poem without hearing Garrison Keillor's voice, reading it over my shoulder.
My first reaction this morning upon hearing the news that Osama bin Laden is dead was elation. I wasn't in Manhattan on 9/11, but █████ and I were in Queens, and we rode our bikes to the southern end of Roosevelt Island in the East River from where
When a man like Donald Trump says that he's not sure whether or not the president is really a natural-born citizen, you should pay close attention. He's telling you something very important. What he's telling you is that he thinks you're
If you're in Milwaukee today, come out to Boswell's Books this afternoon for the book launch party for Bradley P. Beaulieu's debut novel The Winds of Khalakovo. It's going to be a great event, and the after-party at Cafe Hollander will
My virtual contribution to the April CD Mix of the Month Club was Good Advice from Dad.
Woman in burqa Pushing her grocery cart Texting on her phone
In the indigo sky hang lights like lanterns strung from here to eternity. Bright holes punched in the night, they creep in from the east, queued for landing but aimed at the spotlit moon holding fast in their path. But the moon gives way, first to one plane, then the
Dr. Bob Blackwood interviewed science fiction writers William Shunn, Jody Lynn Nye and Edison Blake for CAN TV's "Senior Network" series on March 23, 2011. The program first aired in Chicago on Channel 19 on April 8, 2011.
On April 5, 2011, Bill read this intense chapter from his memoir-in-progress at Chicago’s Tuesday Funk.
I wanted to let you know about a couple of upcoming appearances of mine in the Chicago area. First, coming up on Tuesday, April 5, I'll be reading at Tuesday Funk, the monthly series of which I'm also a co-producer and co-host. Our other
My virtual contribution to the March CD Mix of the Month Club was Outbreak.
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