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Month: September 2016

September 26, 2016
Kansas City: Song Series #9

Kansas City: Song Series #9

“How do you combine 26 different letters to change a person’s breathing?” –Bret Anthony Johnston This was my fave quote from the Luther College Writers Festival in Iowa last weekend, where I got to hear hearty & inspiring talks by the writer above, plus Erik Larson, Charles Baxter, and Jane Hamilton, and panels moderated by Keith Lesmeister …

September 13, 2016
Review Series: The Penny Poet of Portsmouth

Review Series: The Penny Poet of Portsmouth

Originally appeared in ImageUpdate, a publication of IMAGE Journal.  The Penny Poet of Portsmouth: A Memoir of Place, Solitude, and Friendship by Katherine Towler “Minor Poets Have More Fun,” read the calling cards of Robert Dunn, the titular character in Katherine Towler’s memoir The Penny Poet of Portsmouth. Towler, who knew this very private writer as much as anyone …

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