I will be speaking at the Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing in April. View a list of speakers by category here.

• My friend Nathan was recently dispatched to the Arctic Circle to report on global warming research there. Read two of his reports in the Edmonton Journal here and here.

Recent Writing: • The growth of mediation in elder care disputes for the Tribune. • The Web and geography for B&C online.  • The future of Chicago's famed Maxwell Street for the Tribune. • The state of feminism for B&C online.

• I am a contributing feature writer to the Chicago Tribune; click here for an archive of my articles.
• I am an editorial assistant for Books & Culture magazine and keep a weekly weblog at BooksandCulture.com in addition to my personal notebook blog.

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Last updated 3/20/04