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Anna and Johanna

Vicki Palmquist — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:01:30 +0000

Anna and Johanna: a Children’s Book Inspired by Vermeer
Geraldine Elschner
illustrated by Florence Koenig
Prestel Publishing, 2018
published in French in 2016
ISBN 978–3‑7913–7345‑4
Delft. Delft blue. The book begins
with blue and yellow. 1666.
Two friends born on the same day.
This day, their birthday.
They are each making gifts for the other.
Lace and chocolate.… more

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Skinny Dip with Debby Dahl Edwardson

Vicki Palmquist — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:11:18 +0000

For this interview, we visit with Debby Dahl Edwardson, author of the National Book Award finalist My Name is Not Easy and co-founder of the LoonSong Writers’ Retreat.
Which celebrity, living or not, do you wish would invite you to a coffee shop?

Anne Lamott. I feel like I already know her so well though her books that I would actually feel comfortable with this kind of meeting, which is a bit out of my comfort zone, for sure.… more

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Literary Madeleine: The Horse

Marsha Qualey — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 13:00:44 +0000

I am not a horse person. Oh, I survived a week at Girl Scout riding camp and years later when I was on the staff at a Y camp I enjoyed helping bridle and saddle horses for the early morning trail riders. But I’ve never been truly comfortable riding or, maybe especially...

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