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Meeting Guidebook Author and Travel TV Host Rick Steves
Today, my magazine writing students and I, along with members of the Stevenson University community, were treated to an afternoon session with guidebook author and travel television host, Rick Steves. Steves’ warm and friendly demeanor and sense of humor had the attendees listening intently as he shared his travel and work stories. If you’re not familiar with this expert traveler, you are missing out. Steves runs a company called Rick Steves’ Europe, which has grown from a one-man operation to a thriving company with over 100 employees. In this capacity, he produces more than 50 guidebooks on European travel and is able to host a weekly hour-long radio show on…
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Blessings & Curses
Last night, I had the tremendous pleasure of meeting Jeannette Walls. The second in a series of speakers hosted by Stevenson University in Baltimore, Walls’s humor, energy, and stellar storytelling capabilities were front and center as a packed house listened to her discuss details of her life as depicted in Walls’s bestselling memoir, “The Glass Castle.” Her first memoir topped the New York Times Best-Seller List for five years, has been translated into 24 languages, and has sold over 2.5 million copies. She’s been featured on “Oprah” and “Primetime.” The story of her peculiar, nomadic upbringing continues to captivate readers, as the raw quality with which she tells her stories…
