Rachael Hanel's Blog, page 57
April 9, 2013
“Macabre and lyrical”
The “macabre and lyrical” description used by Eric G. Wilson in the April 7 StarTribune review of WE’LL BE THE …
April 6, 2013
Scenes from the St. Peter Book Festival
The fine folks in St. Peter put on a fantastic book festival today! St. Peter is a community of about …
April 3, 2013
Be a writer! Be a writer!
I was so pleased to have the opportunity to talk to area 10th-graders at Mankato’s Career Expo. Three of us …
April 2, 2013
Neil Gaiman, “Our Town” and memorial benches
Amy Goetzman of MinnPost interviewed me recently about my book. I talk about what makes a cemetery inviting, the phenomenon …
March 30, 2013
A detailed burial account
I grew up Catholic, a religion that places a heavy and somber emphasis on Lent. In my book I write …
March 29, 2013
“…drawn to the stories she gathered in graveyards”
Tanner Kent did a great job writing a story about my book that appeared in today’s edition of the Mankato …
March 25, 2013
Mr. Dufault’s Opus
What’s the longest time you’ve stood in line at a wake? Wakes in Waseca are legendary—anyone who had lived in …
March 24, 2013
Tale of a gravedigger's daughter
Reblogged from NARRATIVE: It takes a village to raise a child, and my village was the graveyard—from Rachael Hanel’s memoir …
March 22, 2013
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind…”
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” …
March 21, 2013
A launch week report
I guess this is it! Launch week forWe’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down. I’m starting to hear …
