Profile of a life on the Kaw
I had a terrifically fun assignment for the summer issue of Lawrence Magazine: A profile of Thomas Burns, a legendary fisherman on the Kansas River. Burns operated on the edge of the law, and sometimes just over the edge. Though…
Reading, writing, and Mother’s Day
Two weeks ago, my first piece of fiction appeared in Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology. It’s a 4,000-word milestone, a step toward what I hope will be bigger things in the future. After the book came out, my mom…