Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Our family Kris Kringle exchange led to a magical moment for all of us and, especially, for two writers we love. Our daughter Molly, a current Iowa Writers Workshop student, presented her uncle Clay Lewis, a 1969 graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, with a bound copy of his MFA dissertation. The gift confirmed something [...]
My sister in-law Joan Biskupic sure knows how to time a book launch. On the day Wisconsin voters decided the winner of the most expensive state Supreme Court race in history, and Donald Trump became the first former president to be indicted on federal charges, Nine Black Robes -- Inside the Supreme Court's drive to [...]
An extraordinary dual literary achievement in the Biskupic/Kostelnik family sent us all scurrying, coast-to-coast, to the bookstore yesterday. Two of my children's aunts had books drop the same day, so we proudly marched ourselves to Barnes and Nobles and local bookstores to celebrate. Joan Biskupic, CNN Supreme Court analyst, author, journalist, lawyer, wife, mother, sister, [...]
I like to think I have a lot in common with my sister in-law Joan Biskupic. She's tall. I'm tall. She is an oldest daughter. I am an oldest daughter. She earned a degree in journalism from Marquette University. I earned a degree in journalism from Marquette University. She received the Dirksen Award for distinguished [...]