Recently I’ve come across a few creative outputs from folks confronting unemployment. One of the positive throughlines I noticed while conducting interviews for Not Working is the impetus to take anger or hurt or isolation or fear or all of … Continue reading →

Most recently I was in Durham, North Carolina, to do a reading with two excellent folks from NOT WORKING, George Ploghoft and Bridgette Lacy. After the event I had the pleasure of talking to Tess Vigeland on NPR’s Marketplace with Bridgette. … Continue reading →

In Indianapolis we had a full line up of readers with Judy Wolf, Kelly Graham-MacDonald, and Nancy Lee. BookMamas—a fantastic independent store—hosted us. All three of these women have tremendous—and different—stories. I’ve always felt a very certain connection to Judy … Continue reading →

In St. Louis, Roni Chambers and I read at a regular Tuesday morning meeting for the GO Network. Roni’s story is particularly special as she worked as an HR executive who had the task of ‘separating… a couple hundred people’ … Continue reading →

I had the good fortune of reading with Wendy Hamilton at House of Loom in Omaha. My thanks to Brent for sharing his space with us. And of course to Wendy for not only giving an inspired and energetic reading … Continue reading →