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Interview on radio show “Adoption Discussions”

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Today Donna Montalbano will interview me on the online radio show, “Adoption Discussions” which appears on Woonsocket Radio 1240. You can stream it live, or listen to it later, by clicking here. By the way, I had a great reading … Continue reading →

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Next Up: Reading at Wisconsin Book Festival

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

This Thursday I’ll appear with fellow author Wendy Call (whose book No Word for Welcome explores how economic globalization intersects with village life in a region of southern Mexico called the Isthmus of Tehuantepec) at 5:30 p.m. at the Wisconsin … Continue reading →

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Casa Quivira’s legal troubles date back to early ’90s

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

Three and a half years before my book, Between Light and Shadow, was published, I wrote a story for In These Times magazine titled Banana Republic to Baby Republic which revealed the role of Casa Quivira at the heart of … Continue reading →

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Between Power and Weakness: Can Motherhood’s Bond Overcome an International Adoption Dilemma?

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

I published my first blog entry with the Huffington Post today. And I hope to add to this discussion every week or so. The impetus for this was the upsetting news that a cross-border custody battle appears to be developing … Continue reading →

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Navigating between light and shadow, narrative and immersion

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Anne-Marie Oomen, a superstar among the northern Michigan writing community, wrote this thoughtful and, I think, spot-on review of Between Light and Shadow, which ran earlier this month in the Glen Arbor Sun. What trilled me about her review was … Continue reading →

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“Between Light and Shadow” featured on KMSU Weekly Reader

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

The KMSU Weekly Reader (interviews with authors from Minnesota and around the country) featured Between Light and Shadow in a recent podcast. Thanks to Kara Garbe Balcerzak for doing that! You can listen to the interview here: http://kmsuweeklyreader.libsyn.com/jacob-wheeler I’m also … Continue reading →

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Reading from “Searching for Antonia”

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

Here’s a video of my reading at Birchbark Books in Minneapolis in May. Thanks to my colleague Chuck Olsen at TheUpTake.org for holding the camera. I am reading from the chapter titled “Searching for Antonia” — about my search for … Continue reading →

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Book reading at Birchbark in Minneapolis: Review in Star-Tribune

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

This past Sunday the Minneapolis Star-Tribune ran a mostly glowing, and in part constructively critical, review of Between Light and Shadow. I think that Lynette Lamb’s assessment was fair, and I’m grateful that my book was featured in Minnesota’s premier … Continue reading →

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Chicago in the books: Traverse City up next

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Thanks to my buddy Richard Taber (with whom I started the Glen Arbor Sun newspaper in northwest-lower Michigan back in 1996) , we have photos of my book reading and signing at Women & Children First in Chicago late last … Continue reading →

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Book Review in Northern Express (Traverse City, Michigan)

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli wrote this compelling review of Between Light and Shadow in the Northern Express, the alternative-weekly in Traverse City, Michigan. This is the first review of my book that I’ve read. Suffice to say, I was nervous at … Continue reading →

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