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Laurie Hertzel

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Hertzel was a longtime journalist at the Minneapolis Star Tribune and now teaches in the Low Residence MFA program in Narrative Nonfiction at the University of Georgia. She is the author of three books, including "News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist," which won a 2011 Minnesota Book Award, and "Ghosts of Fourth Street," a memoir that will be published March 31, 2026. ...more

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Laurie This is because (a) i have way too many to read, and (b) if they're lousy or mediocre or simply not captivating, I stop reading them. Never did that before this job, but now my time is too stretched. So I'd rather not reveal which those are that don't make the cut.


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Troy Blackford You're like me - you don't bother to mark books as 'to read.' I only put books I've finished or on rare occasions 'currently reading.'


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Troy Blackford Yeah, I just moved from the 'old school' phone to a new school one recently - too recently to take advantage of the Goodreads app to scan in the bulk of my reading history. I just thought I'd throw that out there. Looking forward to seeing your books once you get them in there. Goodreads makes a fancy Venn diagram of book overlap between friends, it's quite interesting!


Laurie hahahah you are assuming i have a smart phone. i have a dumb phone. pretty much all it does reliably is text.


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Troy Blackford You know, there is a feature on the smartphone app where you can use the barcodes on the books in your house to quickly scan in your collection. Don't know if that helps you.


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