'Are We There Yet?' Memoir Recalls Family Vacations
450 miles. That's the distance Marnie Mamminga's family traveled every summer from suburban Chicago to their cabin in northwest Wisconsin.Mamminga recalls the cabin, and the long journey it took to get...
View ArticlePoetic Justice For Billy the Kid?
A picture may be worth a thousand words. But how many of us write down the words inspired by an iconic photograph, such as this one of Billy the Kid?NIU poet John Bradley is familiar with this photo,...
View ArticleNovel Highlights Small-Town Boosters And Naysayers
"If you're from a small town,"Chris Fink says, "one of the things that's required of you is that you have an opinion about that town."Fink's debut novel, Farmer's Almanac, is full of characters who...
View ArticleNIU Author's`Obsession': What Makes Memories True?
Rock 'n roll author Joe Bonomo has written books about AC/DC, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Fleshtones. His latest book, however, is a collection of essays about his childhood in Wheaton, Maryland, a suburb...
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