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Christmas Play:
Many Wisconsin churches celebrate the Christmas season with plays and skits starring children dressed as angels, stars, or bearded Wise Men. Writer Dean Bakopoulos tells us about his daughter’s performance one Christmas Eve.
Dean Bakopoulos is a novelist and creative writing professor at Grinnell College. His most recent novel is called My American Unhappiness.

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It’s the first day of fall, and with that nip in the air comes the last outdoor activities before the snow flies. The sounds of tractors and chainsaws fill the autumn air. Writer Dean Bakopoulos tells us about his first experience felling trees.
Dean Bakopoulos is a novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and a creative writing professor at Iowa State University. His most recent novel is My American Unhappiness.
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