September 28, 2011
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I began this post when a Kickstarter backer asked if Sticks and Bones was a comic or a graphic novel. It was a good question, and I set off to discuss the differences between the two. Both comics and graphic … Continue reading
September 26, 2011
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“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” E. B. White Rainy Monday morning with German coffee in my Frankfurt … Continue reading
July 27, 2011
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Ukrainian American Writers: A New Generation of Literary Voices, will present their annual reading on November 5th, 2011 at The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago. Three writers will be selected to read their work through a juried reading … Continue reading
April 12, 2011
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After teaching my daughter’s class about DaVinci and making Picasso Portraits with my son’s kindergarten class, I took the train downtown and met up with Ellen Prather of 8 Eyes Photography to walk over to the Harold Washington Library. It … Continue reading
March 31, 2011
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Book reviews are the published writer’s reality show. Many of us cannot help ourselves. We peruse them to get a glimpse of our beloved audience, for better or for worse. (Side note: A quick search on the history of book … Continue reading
March 25, 2011
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With the busy Words & Wheels weekend in LaCrosse, I didn’t get the chance to blog properly about the Chicago Classics reading. Happy to be a part the celebration of Chicago literature, I read along with 20 local writers at … Continue reading
March 17, 2011
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Columbia College has been celebrating 15 years of its annual Story Week! After I graduated from the School of the Art Institute with my MFA in Writing in 1998, I taught a few classes at Columbia College and remember the … Continue reading
December 8, 2010
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Busy with the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, I had not heard that Goodreads has a 2010 Goodreads Choice Award in several genres and categories until someone let me know they had written in a vote for The Silence of … Continue reading
December 4, 2010
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Back in November, I was invited to participate in a reading of Ukrainian American writers at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago. I’ll admit to being a bit nervous before the reading at UIMA. It was a new … Continue reading
November 16, 2010
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Along with literature, I have always had a passion for history. I think it comes from my parents and grandparents trying to impress upon me at a young age the importance of my roots. They always taught us that we … Continue reading