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Writer, editor, etc. Arts and entertainment reporter for @duluthnews, co-founder of @thetangential. Views expressed are mine alone.

Thanks @crownpublishing for the free book. Now I k

Thanks @crownpublishing for the free book. Now I know why they put those fuzzy covers on news microphones. #bookstagram #graciegold @graciegold95 #figureskating #olympics #outofshapeworthlessloser

Journeyed to Grand Portage with @wyatt.c.buckner (

Journeyed to Grand Portage with @wyatt.c.buckner (not pictured) to report a @duluthnews feature on Ryden’s Border Store: a four-generation family business built on the longstanding ties between Canada and the U.S. At Ryden’s, our neighbors to the north are welcome. Nuisance bears? Not so much. 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸

Okay, Duluthians: do you know where this picture w

Okay, Duluthians: do you know where this picture was taken? I’m standing under THE LARGEST FISHING LURE ON LAKE SUPERIOR. Read all about it, complete with @wyatt.c.buckner video, at @duluthnews.

Superior, Wisconsin: a magical land where penguins

Superior, Wisconsin: a magical land where penguins bear cheese. 🐧 🧀 🧊

Thanks @crownpublishing for the free book. #bookst

Thanks @crownpublishing for the free book. #bookstagram #history #1980 #1980s

And yes, I’ve heard Cameron from Ferris Bueller

And yes, I’ve heard Cameron from Ferris Bueller too. #taylorswift #coldplay #jonimitchell #celebritydoppelganger

Thanks @prhaudio for the free audiobook — and th

Thanks @prhaudio for the free audiobook — and thanks @justina.ireland and @keylorleigh for a fun listen. #bookstagram #starwars #jurassicpark #thehighrepublic #atestofcourage

Thanks @randomhouse for the free book. I always ho

Thanks @randomhouse for the free book. I always hold these so awkwardly… #bookstagram #trumancapote #achristmasmemory #memoir

Here’s a Duluth view you don’t get every day:

Here’s a Duluth view you don’t get every day: atop the 270-foot @chs_inc grain elevator across the harbor in Superior. Since the 1960s, the Twin Ports’ highest Christmas tree (well, lights in the shape of a tree) has shone here, a holiday landmark originally designed for the benefit of people crossing the then-new Blatnik Bridge. Read all about it at @duluthnews! 🎄🚢🌾

1,349 New York minutes 🌃 for @oneill_center Nat

1,349 New York minutes 🌃 for @oneill_center National Critics Institute reunion

Cover reveal! My new book, coming spring 2025 from

Cover reveal! My new book, coming spring 2025 from @reedy_press. Watch this space for details about related events with @fitgersbooks, @fitgersbrewhouse, @zenithbookstore, @bentpaddlebeer, @breannemariemn, @zenithadventuremn, and more! Shout-out to @kbrochel for snapping the cover photo.

The bell did indeed ring 29 times. At @duluthnews,

The bell did indeed ring 29 times. At @duluthnews, read about my experience witnessing the @splitrocklighthouse memorial beacon lighting November 10. #edmundfitzgerald

Now that I’m a dad, I feel like I owe it to @bil

Now that I’m a dad, I feel like I owe it to @billyzane to bake every October 1. #NationalBakingDadDay

It’s right by @duluthplayhouse so @cityofduluthm

It’s right by @duluthplayhouse so @cityofduluthmn must have known they couldn’t skimp on performance quality #duluth #minnesota #trafficsignal #begbutton

Did you even visit an Air National Guard base if y

Did you even visit an Air National Guard base if you don’t pose for a group photo with an F-16? The @148_fw was the first stop on my yearlong journey with Leadership Duluth, the @duluthchamber’s leadership development program. Thanks @duluthnews for supporting my participation. Never forget, as Goose once said: there’s two Us in Duluth.

I have a new @duluthnews story that took the form

I have a new @duluthnews story that took the form of a feature but was originally meant to be a column — so Jed Carlson took a couple photos we didn’t end up using, showing me learning how to birdwatch. Read the feature at duluthnewstribune.com!

Thanks @randomhouse for the free book, a genuinely

Thanks @randomhouse for the free book, a genuinely creepy read that anticipates horror comedy. I’m just catching up with this speculative fiction classic that answers the question, “Why do people keep trying to make horror plants happen?” It’s because in 1951, John Wyndham showed it could be done. #bookstagram #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #johnwyndham #thedayofthetriffids

This year I attended my first St. Louis County Fai

This year I attended my first St. Louis County Fair, and I asked attendees: Do you go to the @mnstatefair? Some do, many don’t. I also received some hard data on ticket sales (we’re talking ZIP codes!), so it’s not just anecdotal evidence you can find in my latest @duluthnews feature.

Headline: Do Northlanders go to the Minnesota State Fair?

It may be my birthday, but when Duluth demands a B

It may be my birthday, but when Duluth demands a Barbie thinkpiece written by a gen-X man, I drop everything and deliver! Find it on the @duluthnews website.

On the @madelineislandferryline — for work! Alon

On the @madelineislandferryline — for work! Along with my @duluthnews colleagues @wyatt.c.buckner and Brielle Bredsten, I recently spent a day in La Pointe and Bayfield for a series of forthcoming stories. My first, a look at the @madelineislandmuseum, is on our website now. 🌊🗞️🇺🇸

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