BETH FINKE About Books Events Memoir Classes Blog Media Kit Masterclass Contact Beth Finke on Facebook Beth Finke on Twitter NPR commentator Beth Finke is an award-winning author, teacher, journalist and a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant. She also happens to be blind. VIDEO: “What’s it like to go blind?” “To face extraordinary challenges with grace and courage is remarkable in itself. To write about it as eloquently as Beth Finke does is a gift.” — Jean Thompson, author of She Poured Out Her Heart Books UPCOMING EVENTS View all events BLOG Mondays with Mike: Oh My! Oh My! Oh screw omicron November 29 We had a great Thanksgiving, entertaining a neigborhood friend with several lamb chops, Greek smashed potatoes, and green beans. Speaking of Greek: omicron. It’s worrisome. Or it’s not worrisome. It’s tiresome, for sure. And covid’s not going anywhere. At least we don’t have a dickhead president calling it the African virus. Thank goodness for small […] Continue reading the Mondays with Mike: Oh My! Oh My! Oh screw omicronarticle Mondays with Mike: Gun radicalism November 22 Heidi Stevens, a Chicago Tribune Columnist (among other things) had this to say on Facebook about last week’s Rittenhouse verdict: “This country keeps finding new and endless ways to break your heart.” Ain’t it the sad truth. I have nothing to say about that matter that hasn’t been written. Like everything in today’s United States, […] Continue reading the Mondays with Mike: Gun radicalismarticle Senior Class: Karen’s Sex Education November 20 I am pleased to feature Karen Fontaine as our Senior Class guest blogger today. A Professor emeritus in the College of Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing at Purdue University Northwest, Karen has retired after a long successful career as a nurse, scholar, therapist, author, lecturer and educator. She maintains her private practice in counseling, and somehow […] Continue reading the Senior Class: Karen’s Sex Educationarticle CONTACT BETH FINKE Contact Form Name* Email* Your Message* Alternative Ways to Contact Us What’s on your mind? I’d love to hear from you. Send me a message through the form at the left. Want to find out how to book me for an appearance? Click here. Interested in signing up for a memoir class in Chicago? Click here. Want to sign up for my newsletter and receive a free chapter from my new book? Click here. BETHFINKE © 2021 • Printers Row, Chicago, IL