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Barbara Falconer Newhall

Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall riffs on life as she knows it.

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Write Another Book? I Dunno . . .

The Bay Area Book Festival was held June 4 & 5, 2016 in Berkeley, California. Rob Bell signed copies of his "How to Be Here." He talked about -- write another book? Photo by Barbara Newhall

Write another book? I don’t mind the writing. What’s giving me pause is the grueling, humiliating work of promoting the darned thing once I’ve written it. Author Rob Bell had some advice. Read more.

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DON’T MISS!

Auschwitz. Star of David patches were sewn on to the clothing of Jews during Nazi domination of Eastern Europe. On display at the Dohany Stree Synagogue, Budapest. Photo by Barbara Newhall

A Mother Who Prevailed at Auschwitz

Young man wearing a black shirt and red tie greets guests at Minneapolis' Bachelor Farmer restaurant.

The Mother-in-Law Diaries: A Groom’s Dinner at a Place Called the Bachelor Farmer

A Dad, a Mom and an 8-Year-Old With a Bashed Lip

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Grief — Love With No Place to Go

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