FIRST THINGS (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
When Jon Hassler, the Catholic novelist who was so unjustly tagged a regional writer, died in the spring, at the age of seventy-four, his passing did not trigger the barrage of appreciative pieces one might have expected in Catholic publications. Death, like life, can be unfair. Though he transcended the regional label, Hassler was a distinctly [...]
About Last Night (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
Jon Hassler died on March 20. I blogged about him the next day. The New York Times ran an obituary...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Mr. Hassler authored a series of novels that affectionately mocked the foibles of small-town teachers, gossips, troublemakers and assorted other eccentrics.
Memphis Reads (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
From www.nytimes.com : "MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Author Jon Hassler, who chronicled the foibles of small-town life in Staggerford, Grand Opening and other novels after starting his career late in life, has died. He was 74." "Hassler, who suffered from a longtime neurological disorder, died early Thursday at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, said family friend Nick Hayes. Hassler had been in home hospice...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Through his many novels, he gave the world a unique window on Minnesota and the kind of people who live here.
About Last Night (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
One of my favorite American novelists, Jon Hassler, died yesterday. I wrote about him last summer: Hassler is more a...
Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
The Minneapolis Star Tribune said Hassler, the author of more than 15 novels for adults and young adults,...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Author Jon Hassler, who chronicled the foibles of small-town life in Staggerford,Grand Opening and other novels after starting ...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Considered one of Minnesota's leading contemporary novelists, Hassler died early Thuesday from complications of a degenerative neuromuscular disease that had ravaged him for more than a decade....
kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Author Jon Hassler, who chronicled small-town life in "Staggerford," "The Love Hunter" and other novels, has died. He was 74. Family friend Nick
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Hassler admits to streaks of "Why me?" but says he's not depressed. "I've been spared that," he said. "My writing carries me through. I have something to get up for."
Charlotte was Both (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
There have been several notable deaths over the past few days - film director Anthony Minghella, actor Paul Scofield, Focolare founder Chiara Lubich - (here is the Pope’s message read at her funeral - and here is an account of Cardinal Bertone’s homily at her funeral). Today, it was reported that novelist Jon Hassler died this [...]
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Beloved Minnesota novelist Jon Hassler, who impressed his fans and readers with an inconquerable will to write, died of Parkinson's early today at age 74.
Flos Carmeli (Free subscription) | 10/10/2007
Okay. To start: Get it, read it, enjoy it! Now the reasons: Jon Hassler creates very real places. Take Jan Karon. Yank out a lot of the over-sentimental nonsense. Put in some hard-headed characters in need of some real redemption and work. Move it from the South to Minnesota. Make the main characters Catholic and show faith in real action and you have Jon Hassler's town of Staggerford. Enter Agatha--main...
