| | My trip to the IRA Conference was fun. The speech went well (I think), and I got to meet some great authors and teachers. I was on a panel with Laurie Halse Anderson, Alex Sanchez, John Green, and Sean Beaudoin (fyi, apparently his last name isn't pronounced Bo-Doo-Win). It was my first time visiting Minneapolis, and I was stunned at how big a city it actually is. I think my impression of Minneapolis has been distorted over the years from repeated viewings of Purple Rain (incidentally the hotel I stayed at was right next door to First Avenue, the club in the movie) and the random pics I receive now and then from my buddy Paul, who has been living in Minneapolis for the last few years. The pics Paul sends me of his life out there paints such a strange portrait of the city and I don't even know what I was expecting, just not the metropolis I ended up visiting. Here's an example--a photo he took with his iPhone at the cash register of a convenience store a few months ago...
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