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Last week’s AWP conference in Minneapolis was my first good excuse in a long time to sail back to my college town. It was also a good excuse for half a dozen reunions—with a high school writing buddy, with friends from my days as an undergrad student in St. Paul, and with classmates from theContinue reading “Minnesota’s Nice”

There’s a dark morning each spring, just after we’ve shifted clocks into Daylight Savings Time, when the early part of the day is still hung with the curtains of night – cool still, with the silky promises of springtime draped across the morning’s shoulders. Wherever I am on this morning – Philadelphia, Chicago, Wilmington –Continue reading “Saving Daylight”