Category: Blog
May 29, 2011
Flash Fiction at Printers Row
Come one, come all. Test your storytelling against the world, or at least against other writers. Printers Row, Chicago’s literary festival, is taking place June 4-5, on Dearborn Street south […]
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Edgar Photos
I went to New York last week for the Edgar banquet, where the Mystery Writers of America did me the honor of naming me a Grand Master. It felt strange […]
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Edgar Grand Master-Remarks
The text of my acceptance speech for the MWA Grand Master Award is here–I’ll publish some photos from that magical exciting evening in a little bit. I went to my […]
READ MOREApril 9, 2011
To F*CK, or Not
I just came from seeing Black Watch, a play about the famed Scottish regiment put on by the National Theatre of Scotland. The play is about the deployment of the […]
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Home is the Sailor
I’m just back from a great trip overseas, touring in the UK for Body Work. I did a few posts on Facebook along the way but I’ll try to share […]
READ MOREMarch 7, 2011
The Power to Destroy
America’s great first Chief Justice John Marshall famously wrote, “The power to tax involves the power to destroy.” Today, the power to refuse to levy taxes is proving a more […]
READ MOREMarch 2, 2011
From chapter 30 of the New Book
From Chapter 30 of the book with no name My dreams were filled with Miles and Iva Wuchnik. Iva climbed onto the catafalque to lie next to her brother. The […]
READ MOREFebruary 24, 2011
Tweeting VI
Nisha Susan, who had been using “VIWarshawski” as her twitter handle, graciously gave the name to me. You can now follow VI on Twitter. I loved the suggestions people sent […]
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How to Tweet V I
I was thinking of starting a Twitter account in V I’s name, only to find that someone is already using “V I WArshawski.” The someone is a woman named Nisha […]
READ MOREJanuary 13, 2011
Singing in the Snow
Winter blues got you down? I know! Let’s put on a show! Every January for the last hundred years or so, enthusiastic performers from the University of Chicago community have […]
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