My friend, and fellow University of Minnesota nonfiction MFA buddy Jon Lurie, is waiting for a heart transplant. There is going to a benefit for him on Saturday, November 17th from 6-9 at Open Book in Minneapolis. Patricia Weaver Francisco, Susan Power, and Laura Flynn will be reading. Circus Juventas will be performing as well, [...]
One of my friends from college recently asked me what memoirs I was reading, after I posted on facebook about having read a bunch of stripping memoirs while sitting poolside during the summer (those were the days…I miss you already, summer), so this morning I made a list of all the nonfiction (not just memoir) [...]
