Publication & event news

 

I have an essay in the beautiful Saint Paul Almanac (2025) and will be reading at the American School of Storytelling, Sunday Dec. 21, 2025. It should be a lovely afternoon. I hope to see you there. 

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Honored to have earned three 2025 Certificates of Excellence from the Cat Writers' Association for my 2024 rescue-related writing. 

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Thrilled to have stories included inThe Sun's "Reader's Write" column in both May 2025 and June 2025.

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I got a kick out of my mansplaining story appearing in Self Magazine. Read tip #2. 

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Past events

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Sunday May 5, 2024 at Ginkgo Coffeehouse reading with Michael Kleber-Diggs, Margaret Hasse and others in support of PeaceMaker Minnesota.

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2024 Hartz Newcomer Cat Communications Award winner from the Cat Writers' Association.

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023 6 p.m. at Next Chapter Books, St. Paul. Mary read with Sandra Eliason, from the anthology, True Stories About Love, Volume 2.

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June 8, 2022, Moth Grand Slam, Pantages Theater

 

May 5, 2021, 8 p.m. ET, Wayfinding Poetry Reading, with Guest Park Ranger Ashley Waymouth. View online.

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