Since we're moving out of state, I will be at Printers Row Lit Fest for the last time with my book Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self. Date: Sunday, June 12, 2016 Time: 2-6pm Location:The first tent at the entrance to the Fest, corner of Congress Parkway and Dearborn, Chicago Writers Association …
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"Pardon me," said the well-dressed older man. "But could you tell me when this festival got so big? Last time I was here, there were only a few tents. And today," he paused, his smile wide, "this is huge, and so many people." So began a conversation with a visitor from the East Coast last …
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Rook Creek Books Presents: Blake Hausladen & guest authors Lois Hoitenga Roelofs, Laura Enright, Frank Heiberger, Rachel E. Kelly, Florence Osmund, Norma Niemi Lundstrom, Mary Carter, Timm Holt, Tawn Krakowski, Janina Rusiecki, Bill Kennedy, Tyler Coulson, Victoria Noe, Lenore Janecek, Hope Russell Nunki, & Caroline Lee! Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest June 6-7, 10 …
Continue reading Caring Lessons at Printers Row – Saturday, June 6, 2015, 10-2
Hey, everybody! Drop by this Saturday between 10 and 2 to see that Caring Lessons and I have finally made it to the Printers Row Lit Fest. Special pricing for the Fest will be $10.00 (normally $13.99). We'll be located at the book tent labeled Y, as in Yes. Ever since Caring Lessons came out almost …
Continue reading Caring Lessons / Printers Row Lit Fest / Chicago 2014
Stories helped me grow up without racial prejudice. In the forties, when I was little, my dad would tell me stories at bedtime. His characters were Inky and Licorice; they lived in my all-white world, and we had the same adventures. Without giving these little boys a label, I knew, perhaps by their names, that …
Continue reading Printers Row Lit Fest – Chicago 2013 – The Power of Stories
If you’re a reader and/or a writer, you would love the free, two-day Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest literary event in the Midwest, sponsored by the Chicago Tribune. Read details here. With 200 booksellers, 7 stages, and more than 100 free literary events, I spent an evening scouring the schedule in the Tribune’s insert, …
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