Hartford Conferees Converse on Hartford

Hilton Hartford postcard – balloon over the hotel

A number of those attending the 37th annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists have reached for our own “low-hanging fruit,” the June 27-30 weekend. Indeed, creating fodder for columns and blog posts is a main purpose of programming each year. (The others include learning the latest about making and selling columns, friendship and fellowship, and recharging our creativity.)

Without further ado, below are links to what we wrote about the Hartford convention. This post will be updated. Send suggested links to our Contact Form.

• Dave Astor, Huffington Post, “Orphans in Literature“
• Annie Barr, Behind the Barr, “Travelling 17,135 km to Attend a Conference“
• Amanda Beam, News and Tribune, Jeffersonville, Ind., “Welcome to the Freak Show“
• Barb Best, barbbest.com, “Dave Barry, Me and Moe“
• Dave Lieber, davelieber.org, “Dave Barry, Roger Ebert and Me“
• Anne Palumbo, The MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, Mass., “The 411 on My Time with Dave Barry“
• Ben Pollock, Brick, “Heartin’ Historic Hartford“
• Dan St. Yves, Such Is Life, “Friday Sessions,” “Farewell Hartford,” “Back Home Again,” “Columnists Got Talent” (slides)
• — Dan’s video blog Talkin’ With, “Tracy Beckerman,” “Michele Wojciechowski“
• Cynthia Stead, Cape Cod (Mass.) Times, “Independent Hints“
• Mary McFerren Stobie, Arvada (Colo.) Press, “How to Get Thrown Out of a Hotel Room with Dave Barry“
• Bill Tammeus, Faith Matters, “Trying to Explain Evil,” “A Seminary’s Interfaith Path,” “Secular-Faith Partnerships“
• Cathy Turney, A Little Bit Off, “Newbie’s Take on the NSNC Convention“
• The Associated Press, “Late Film Critic Ebert Honored for Columns“
• Rose A. Valenta, Robert Benchley Society blog, “NSNC ’13: Lifestyles and the Writing Life“
• Peter Wallace, The Cambridge (Wis.) News: A Few Thoughts, “A Collection of Writers,” “Helping with Food,” “I’m Not Making This Up“
• Susan Young, Hippies to Boomers, “‘Travel Is Fatal to Prejudice’ – Mark Twain“

Last, as a tribute to Hartford’s own, the late Larry Cohen, a longtime NSNC member, elected its president in May 2012:

• Laurence D. Cohen and Gina Barreca, Hartford Courant: Irreconcilable Differences, “Roles of Attraction,” Sept. 18, 2011