Words in the Woods ~ Returning to Northern Michigan
So here we are again in Northern Michigan; have I told you before how much I love it up here? Beautiful, beautiful place: trees, sky, lakes, hills. And such interesting and talented people. Is it any wonder that Michigan fosters so many great writers? And not just the big names—Jim Harrison, Thomas Lynch, Ernest Hemingway—but […]
John Counts’ Utility Room ~ Another View From the Keyboard
I remember hearing John Counts read at a graduate student event some years ago at Sheffield’s, a long-standing Chicago establishment with a history of supporting literary events. Now you know how it can be listening to readings in bars–not everyone is there for the words. Still, when John stepped up to the mike, he took control. […]