Tag Archives: Lori Ostlund

Eligibility List: To my surprise, I have one.

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Marion

Is it just self-indulgent ego-stroking? Am I writing it as practice for future years when I will have (I hope) a more realistic reason to post this, or am I just doing it because all the cool kids are? Whatever … Continue reading →

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After the Parade by Lori Ostlund; I Loved it From Page Four.

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Marion

When Lori Ostund’s After the Parade opens, Aaron is getting ready to leave a relationship of more than twenty years, and move from Albuquerque to San Francisco. Everything he owns is in a U-Haul truck in the driveway. On the … Continue reading →

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MCWC 2016

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Marion

Usually I blog almost immediately about the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, and sometimes I break down the posts by day. I didn’t do that this year. For one thing, I attended two of the afternoon sessions this year, something I … Continue reading →

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