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October 23, 2012
Week 4: Where is V I this time?
I rely on a team who don’t know my friends to pick the winners every week so that selection can be unbiased. Thanks to everyone who remembered that VI’s father […]
READ MOREOctober 16, 2012
October 16: Why is V I with this Man?
Our contest continues! This week, V I Warshawski is standing on Washington Street, near Grant Park, with Officer Mota of the Chicago Police Department. V I is often prickly, some […]
READ MOREOctober 9, 2012
October 9: Where in Chicago Is V I Warshawski
We had a great response to Week 1 and we have two winners! Rachel Benoit, and silvermaple@ca.rr.com As soon as we get mailing addresses, we’ll get early copies of the […]
READ MOREOctober 2, 2012
October 2: Where in Chicago is V I Warshawski?
V I is a big sports fan. She went to college on a basketball scholarship, her cousin Boom-Boom played for the Blackhawks, and she herself follows Chicago baseball and football. […]
READ MORESeptember 28, 2012
Where in the World is V I Warshawski?
V I Warshawski spends a lot of time racing across Chicago looking for clues. Here’s your chance to join her on her journeys! Every Tuesday for the next seven weeks […]
READ MORESeptember 20, 2012
On the Road
I recently went to Vienna, Austria to do a little background work for the novel I’m currently writing. I wanted to see the Institute for Radium Research, which was radical […]
READ MOREAugust 24, 2012
Assault
I have never been raped. One in seven American women experiences this dehumanizing assault some time during her life, so I know, compared to my sisters, that I have been […]
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Chapter One
The first chapter of my work in progress will be included as a special addition to the paperback of Breakdown when that appears in December. However, as a thank you […]
READ MOREJuly 23, 2012
Cherry Picking Our Sacred Documents
Over the weekend, I heard from a man I went to school with almost 40 years ago. He made a fortune as a stockbroker and in retirement is active in […]
READ MOREJuly 2, 2012
Deaccession
This is a year of deaccession for me. Libraries and museums use the word deaccession to mean gleaning from their collections. I’ve been sorting through clutter; two weeks ago I […]
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