A lot of what I've written was published before the web, and a lot of what I've written since is now stuck behind pay walls. On another page you will find my resume, which contains a list of all the papers and magazines to which I've contributed, along with a 35-page bibliography and selection of downloadable clippings. Below are a few stories you might find interesting. If you click on the rectangle in the lower right corner, the article will open in full-page view for easy reading:
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This story about my father and the Twin Cities Reader was published in the January, 1998 issue of MPLS-St. PAUL magazine. See its own entry under "Love and Death."
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This remembrance of Shakespeare and Company founder George Whitman was published December 17, 2011 in the Ventura County Star: |
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Jim Houston was a friend to many writers, Californians especially, including me. This appeared in the Monterey County Herald April 24, eight days after he passed away.
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Molly Ivans died January 31, 2007. I had lunch with her once, and she had gotten her start in Minneapolis. This appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune two days after her death.
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This story was about the White Rose Banquet, a once-annual gathering of extreme abortion opponents who promoted violence to protect the "unborn."
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My interview with Paul Wellstone was published in the Twin Cities Reader, March 6, 1996. Later that year, I rode along with the campaign in his famous green bus.
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This was my seminal investigative story for Metro Santa Cruz, now called Santa Cruz Weekly. Laurie Flower was convicted of having sex with her foster son. She gave us exclusive access to her story before she was sentenced to a year in jail. It appeared April 5, 2000.
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This column, taken from an interview with former Minnesota governor Harold Stassen (published Mar. 12, 1997, in the Twin Cities Reader) turned out to be prescient about the future of the Republican Party. It was also my last column for the paper, which was shut down that week.
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