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Author: Con Chapman

I'm a Boston-area writer, author of The Year of the Gerbil, a history of the 1978 Red Sox-Yankees pennant race, and 50 books of humor including "Scooter & Skipper Blow Things Up!" by HumorOutcasts Press. My work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor and The Boston Globe among print outlets. "Rabbit's Blues," my biography of Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington's long-time alto sax player, will be published by Oxford University Press in September.

For Linebacker-Poets, Awards Ceremony is Jarring Hit

November 25, 2019 Con Chapman

BEAVER FALLS, Pa.  While the attention of the rest of the college football world begins to focus on post-season awards such as the Heisman Trophy, this quiet town was stuffed last night like a short-yardage […]

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Day in the Sun Shadows His Twilight Years

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Con Chapman

NEW YORK. Mel Sewanicki, Columbia class of ’51, still can’t buy a drink in this town even though it’s been sixty-eight years since he made “The Catch,” a diving grab of a fourth-quarter pass that […]

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For One Writer, Road Less Traveled is Better That Way

November 21, 2019 Con Chapman

CONCORD, New Hampshire.  For Tori Alcott, author of a monthly column on quirky, out-of-the-way places for New England magazine, her job is a labor of love.  “There’s nothing I like better than stumbling upon some […]

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Me ‘n Mick: The Keith Richards Children’s Book

November 20, 2019 Con Chapman

Keith Richards has co-written a children’s book. Rolling Stone Mick ‘n me was flirtin’ with some birds of the human kind when it started to rain. “Let’s go inside ‘n play!” Mick says and the […]

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As Thanksgiving Nears MFAs Fear Families’ Awkward Questions

November 19, 2019 Con Chapman
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MEDFORD, Mass.  Isabella Gostini is a semester away from receiving her Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Tufts University, but a look at her face for signs of relief after nineteen years […]

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After POTUS Health Scare, VP Pence to Hold Dirty “Louie Louie” Lyrics

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 Con Chapman
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WASHINGTON, D.C.  Responding to concerns about his health after a non-routine visit to Walter Reed Hospital Saturday, President Donald Trump agreed to turn over one of the nation’s most closely-guarded secrets, the “dirty” version of the […]

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Ask the Bus Etiquette Lady

November 15, 2019 Con Chapman

The bus is still your best transportation value, especially with airfares “sky high”–pun intended! Unfortunately, many Americans are woefully ignorant of the “unwritten rules” of the road when it comes to bus travel–but the Bus […]

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Your High Culture Etiquette Advisor

November 14, 2019 Con Chapman

Ever wonder if it’s okay to blow your nose during a Beethoven sonata?  Or take a “selfie” in front of a grieving Virgin Mary in Michelangelo’s Pieta?  Ask your High Culture Etiquette Advisor for artistic […]

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Climatologist: School Science Projects Cause Global Warming

November 13, 2019 Con Chapman

DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois. The eighth-grade science fair at Nellie Fox Junior High School is always a competitive event in this high-achieving suburb, notes Principal Wallace Forstmann proudly, since “Many of our brightest kids will go […]

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Dueling: It’s Not Just for Gentlemen Anymore

November 12, 2019 Con Chapman

CUMMING, Georgia.  At first, Tiffany Marie Shoemaker and Naomi Wingate were getting along fine at a Mary Kay Cosmetics party thrown by a mutual friend in this exclusive Atlanta suburb last Thursday night. Mary Kay Party fun! […]

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