Mary Got Her Camping Permit
The Glacier Park permit offices issue a small number of walk-in camping permits per day. If you show up after they run out, you're out of...
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KORONGOBOOKS
Stories from the Heart of Vermont
Sara Tucker
Apr 29, 20212 min read
Becoming Mary Badass
Korongo is sponsoring extreme hiker Mary Anderson as she treks the second half of the Continental Divide. Here's how you can help.
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Sara Tucker
Dec 23, 20201 min read
Korongo #2: Homebound Still
Get cozy with a warm mug, your iPad, and our new zine Just before the long, dark winter of 2020–2021 settled over Vermont's White River...
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Sara Tucker
Nov 16, 20201 min read
Happy Anniversary, Mr. Texier
On our first wedding anniversary, twenty years ago, I gave you two papier-mâché birds, purchased at Robin's Nest in Arusha. I remember...
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Sara Tucker
Oct 31, 20201 min read
The Story Lady Needs You (and Here’s a Free Book)
In September Korongo published the premier issue of a journal about our wacko times. Now we're working on the next one. Our contributors...
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Sara Tucker
Oct 11, 20202 min read
The Year of the Rat
In September, I started leading a couple of writing workshops that focus on keeping a diary. Mine begins with a quilt.
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Sara Tucker
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Not Everyone Wants to Hear What You Have to Say
There are always repercussions when you publish your work. Some of them will surprise you. When Frank McCourt published Angela’s Ashes,...
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Sara Tucker
Sep 25, 20204 min read
Sara's Diary: Fingerprints and Glenda Jackson
Today I applied for an FBI background check and studied Glenda Jackson's fine fury.
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Sara Tucker
Sep 16, 20201 min read
A Pox on Both Your Houses
A few days ago, I invited readers of this blog to write a rant. Today, I invite you to write a curse. For inspiration, let's turn to...
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Sara Tucker
Sep 12, 20204 min read
Takeaway from Kimball Workshop No. 1
Do you get anxious before a presentation? I do. I'm afraid I'll bore people. Boredom, the killer disease. So I was quite relieved when...
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Sara Tucker
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Don’t Forget to Play
Every generation seems to produce a new crop of wise women who remind us to give thanks, every day for life's little pleasures.
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Sara Tucker
Sep 2, 20203 min read
Three New Books
The first three books in The Cooley Farm: A Family History are now available in digital and paperback editions. You can get a free...
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Sara Tucker
Sep 2, 20203 min read
Our New Magazine
For years, I’ve been imagining a magazine under the Korongo Books imprint about life in the White River Valley. Then, 2020 happened....
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Sara Tucker
Aug 22, 202011 min read
Shirly’s Diary: August 13–20
When I spoke with my friend Shirly Hook at the end of July, she was feeling down. Shirly is the author of My Bring Up, stories about her...
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Sara Tucker
Aug 9, 20202 min read
Why Time-Lapse Photography Is Like Writing
In 1999 the Dutch artist Frans Hofmeester started filming his newborn daughter for a few seconds every week, usually on a Saturday...
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Sara Tucker
Aug 9, 20201 min read
The Diaries of Dorothy Calhoun Fago
One of my former writing students was the artist Dorothy Fago, otherwise known as D’Ann. Oh, man, I just loved D'Ann. By the time we met,...
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Sara Tucker
Aug 8, 20201 min read
Shirly’s Diary: August 5, 2020
Korongo, Kimball Library, and the Randolph Herald are jointly sponsoring "The Homebound Diaries," a 2020 community journaling project...
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Sara Tucker
Aug 8, 20201 min read
Shirly’s Diary: August 4, 2020
Sara asked if I would keep a journal for a project she was doing. Why not? So here I am. A storm was blowing up the East Coast, creating...
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Sara Tucker
May 10, 20201 min read
Happy Mothers’ Day
This new collection of short pieces by Idora Tucker begins with an essay about Gertrude Cooley, a town girl who married a farmer....
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