Waiting for Hank Aaron: Reflecting on 1968 Fifty Years Later
I waited, listening to AM radio, for Hank Aaron to hit a home run. We were a baseball family–Minnesota Twins’…
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Winter in St. Paul: Culture and Quirks
I’m from St. Paul: Minnesota’s capital city. That’s where the Mississippi River takes a brief loop northward before thinking, “Oh,…
Ciao for now, Minneapolis
So long, Minneapolis. The AWP conference is over and I head back to Austin, Texas this morning. This was my…
Hello, Minneapolis. Remember Me?
Tomorrow I fly out of my new hometown, Austin Texas, to my old hometown, Minneapolis. The annual AWP Conference for…
Not My Grandmother’s First Rodeo
I figured out that my grandmother really loved me on a bitter winter’s afternoon in St. Paul, Minnesota when I…
Christmas With the Family: Vodka and Variations
Christmas-celebrating families all have their ways of making merry. Those members of my family who still speak to each other…