What better place to write than the coast of Maine, on a shore filled with sea glass, and the friendship of an amazing editor, Uli Guthrie? I spent two weeks working on my book—in addition to trail running and cycling Acadia National Park. Uli sees the little things (from en dashes to the beautiful blades of a maple seed) and yet she also helps me step back and see the big picture. A month later, I spent a week in Chicago with my co-author, Noe Martinez and my son John: we watched some brilliant Shakespeare, quested for graffiti, swam in Lake Michigan, and worked on our third writing project, a book about literature and prison.
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