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Lower Northwest Michigan. That’s what they call it here and sure, I’ve been here before, but not with my bike. When this tour kicked off year-and-a-half ago, I had to decide between packing my [...]

Moved out of Frohlich Lodge today and across campus into Lesley’s house. My own room. My own bathroom. And best pals with her dog, Duckie, for the summer. As with all good pets, they mirror [...]

Since the moment I cut down Imnaha Highway, then pointed my car east, life has moved at lightning speed. My website still says I’m a Writer-in-Residence. My blog says my current location is [...]

Mini-lectures on the craft of nonfiction. A fine poetry reading. A thrilling novel reading. A craft lecture on 3rd person narration. A rockin’ concert at Interlochen’s Kresge Auditorium, where I [...]

I woke this morning to a thick, gray light, Michigan’s lake country clouds gathering for rain. By breakfast, a slight drizzle—lasting only a few minutes—cooled the morning and the skies cleared [...]

  I’ve been reading the faculty bios, pouring over the schedule, and double-triple-checking my craft lecture notes. It’s hard to believe I’m giving the opening lecture but it’s really just [...]

Yesterday I received–wham, pow–four rejection letters. Needless to say, I took the elevator down from my friend’s amazing Grant Park condo and went on a good, long walk along [...]

Grant Park and downtown Chicago from my friend’s boyfriend’s 21st floor amazing condo: I worked on my upcoming craft lecture all afternoon with this view of Lake Michigan: Oh, and I [...]

My dear friend Maranda, who I met during last winter’s Jentel Foundation Residency, hosted me for 2 nights in Omaha. As a parting gift, she adorned the elk antler with a polka dotted [...]

500 miles from Cheyenne, WY to Omaha, Nebraska. It was a breeze-through state. Sorry Nebraska, for pictures, this is all you get: It was a driving day of serendipity more than place. I’d [...]