Lisa Ploch SwopeStarved Rock: A Fresh Look at My Hometown’s Familiar and Infamous Murder StoryWhen you’re born and raised in a place, you take things for granted. Even the unthinkable. For me, it was a gruesome triple homicide that…Aug 8, 2022Aug 8, 2022
Lisa Ploch SwopeIvy Pochoda: My Current Favorite AuthorIt’s bittersweet, the way some books pull a reader in and beg to be devoured in a day or two. Those books don’t come along every day.Oct 2, 2020Oct 2, 2020
Lisa Ploch SwopeinPandemic DiariesDon’t Ask Me About My Weekend During a PandemicSo. Do you have any big plans for the weekend? You doin’ anything exciting?Sep 13, 2020Sep 13, 2020
Lisa Ploch SwopeinPandemic DiariesReconsidering My Job in Homeless Services During the PandemicWorking with the local homeless population during a pandemic might have been nothing more than an anecdote. I could have quit in March or…Sep 4, 2020Sep 4, 2020
Lisa Ploch SwopeinPandemic DiariesTen Weeks without NBA, and CountingFor a long time, I did not care for sports. I attended high school in 1990s Illinois, and I never understood the pervasive obsession with…May 19, 2020May 19, 2020
Lisa Ploch SwopeinPandemic DiariesPorch Books of the PandemicI’m reading the fourth of six Porch Books I acquired on March 25.Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Lisa Ploch SwopeinPandemic DiariesMissing the Pajama PartyGoing to work has never felt so isolating. Judging by social media, everyone but me is at home.Apr 11, 2020Apr 11, 2020
Lisa Ploch SwopeCourse Review: EFA’s Book Mapping for Developmental EditorsI balanced on the edge of an office chair and waited impatiently for my manager to take a seat across the conference table from me. Without…Jun 1, 2017Jun 1, 2017
