Tom Swift Writer’s Notebook

"You get to decide what has meaning and what doesn't. You get to decide what to worship."

-David Foster Wallace

Panel Discussion — Seymour Medal winners panel, Society for American Baseball Research national convention, Atlanta, 9:30-11 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 8. Here for additional details.

Guest Reader — Third Wednesday Writers Series, The Rural America Writers' Center, Plainview, Minn., in conjunction with the Jon Hassler Theater, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 18.

I was interviewed by Minnesota Twins broadcaster Dick Bremer during the Fox Sports Net pre-game show. Watch — because I cannot.

Chief Bender's Burden won the 2009 Seymour Medal, which recognizes the year's best work of baseball history.

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