Archive for February, 2008

We’re All So Into It

February 6th, 2008

Exciting, frustrating, energizing — no matter what the final tally is, this year’s primaries seem to be renewing America’s interest in politics.
Hillary Clinton is still my first choice candidate, although my state of Minnesota leaned heavily towards Barack Obama. I’ve watched, I’ve listened, and with apologies to Obama’s many supporters, I just don’t share [...]

Jane Devin in Politics

When Nature Brings Up Everything Unlike Itself

February 3rd, 2008

In 2000, I was awarded a month-long fellowship to Norcroft, a women’s writing retreat on the North Shore of Minnesota. A few years later, when the retreat closed its doors, I was asked to contribute to an anthology about the Norcroft experience.
I set out to do it, but realized that whatever I wrote [...]

Jane Devin in Culture, Human Interest, Other Writings

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