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Caring Lessons at Printers Row Lit Fest for Last Time

June 10, 2016

Since we’re moving out of state, I will be at Printers Row Lit Fest for the last time with my book …

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Why Caring Lessons Goes to Printers Row Lit Fest

June 11, 2015

“Pardon me,” said the well-dressed older man. “But could you tell me when this festival got so big? Last time …

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Caring Lessons at Printers Row – Saturday, June 6, 2015, 10-2

June 4, 2015

Rook Creek Books Presents: Blake Hausladen & guest authors Lois Hoitenga Roelofs, Laura Enright, Frank Heiberger, Rachel E. Kelly, Florence …

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Caring Lessons / Printers Row Lit Fest / Chicago 2014

June 3, 2014

Hey, everybody! Drop by this Saturday between 10 and 2 to see that Caring Lessons and I have finally made …

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Printers Row Lit Fest – Chicago 2013 – The Power of Stories

June 24, 2013

Stories helped me grow up without racial prejudice. In the forties, when I was little, my dad would tell me …

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2011 Printers Row Lit Fest

June 8, 2011

If you’re a reader and/or a writer, you would love the free, two-day Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest literary …

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Grab. Grab. Grab. How grabby are your first sentences?

February 3, 2014

“The convent was gone, burned to the ground in a kitchen fire years ago.”1 Would you like to read a …

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July 31, 2010

If you are attending any one of my author events, I’d love to meet you! I’ll be adding more as …

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