Inside the Daily Planet, 7/29/07

Readers, Writers and Books The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Placemaking: Review by Mary Schoen, Special to the TC Daily Planet Jay Walljasper, former editor of the Utne Reader, focuses on ways to create community. Secret mothers by Michele St. Martin, Minnesota Women’s Press Pregnant and unwed pre-Roe v. Wade, many were forced to hide their pregnancies and surrender their babies. Author discusses adoption and abortion issues by Diane White, Minnesota Daily Emotions ran high as Ann Fessler’s work brought many back to the realities of their own lives. NEW IN BLOGS Women and Writing by Eleanor Arnason, Facts and Fictions / The things I carry with me by Louis Mendoza, A Journey Across Our America NEW IN VOICES For those living in spiritual poverty, job training is not enough by Mac Walton, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Honoring Floyd B. Olson, Minnesota’s 22nd governor by Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review