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Former Crispus Attucks guard will be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Writer / Dan Wakefield Photographer / Brian Brosmer Here are two women who grew up in...
Read moreDan Wakefield moved back to Indianapolis four years ago. The Broad Ripple native is a celebrated author, journalist, screenwriter, teacher and friend. Follow him on Facebook and visit DanWakefield.com for his blog and additional information. His book, “Under the Apple Tree,” was just re-released.
Former Crispus Attucks guard will be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Writer / Dan Wakefield Photographer / Brian Brosmer Here are two women who grew up in...
Read moreWriter / Dan Wakefield One night last January while sitting comfortably at the Red Key Tavern (where I always feel comfortable), awaiting my burger and glass of red, Michael Therwechter, the...
Read moreWriter / Dan Wakefield When I first moved back to Indianapolis in November 2011, the Borders bookstore downtown was closed and empty. Walking by it was like walking by a...
Read moreKurt Vonnegut was a Humanist, but he always spoke of people he loved as being “up in heaven now.” He included in that territory his wife Jane as well as...
Read moreI published my first book when I was 29, and I was proud of “Island in the City: The World of Spanish Harlem,” my journalistic account of a New York...
Read moreWriter / Dan Wakefield When I was a kid growing up at 6129 Winthrop and going to School #80, a favorite pastime was to go out to the airport and...
Read moreWriter / Dan Wakefield I didn’t really get to know my own father until I was in my 40s. I was living in Venice, California, for a year starting my...
Read moreWriter / Dan Wakefield Photographer / Kara Reibel The first day of grade school was like the dawn of civilization. I walked the half block up Winthrop to School #80...
Read moreWriter / Dan Wakefield When I was a sophomore at Shortridge, I went to a High School Journalism Conference in French Lick, Indiana, and shared a room with my classmate...
Read moreWriter / Dan Wakefield Robert J. Manning, center, with author John Updike and biographer Justin Kaplan. Souce: New York Times I doubt there is a human being who does not...
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