Marianne Goss retired in August 2015 from Northwestern University after 25 years as an editor in University Relations. She previously was a reporter for the Herald-News in Joliet, her hometown; program guide editor and publicist for the Wisconsin Public Radio network; and alumni publication editor at Rochester Institute of Technology. She has a BA in American civilization from the University of Illinois and an MA in journalism from the University of Wisconsin. Marianne lives in the South Loop and is a volunteer Chicago Greeter.
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Marianne Goss
A retired university publications editor and journalist, I live in the South Loop and volunteer as a Chicago Greeter. Getting the most out of retired life in the big city will be a recurrent theme of this blog, but I consider any topic fair game because the perspective will be that of a retiree.
Recent posts
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The overused exclamation point!!! »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted Monday at 10:32 am -
Fiction's newest genre: up lit »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted March 29, 2021 at 10:49 am -
Genealogy is an elective »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted March 22, 2021 at 1:14 pm -
Why a city dweller might prefer to vacation in nature »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted March 15, 2021 at 9:00 am -
Surprise: vaccines are on my mind »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted March 6, 2021 at 10:12 am
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Well done, I wrote emphatically! Ubiquity lessens the impact of everything -- look at how we treat "spare time" with… -
When exploring up lit, I read that crime stories used to be escapist reading, but now many are bleak and… -
I think some of the cozy "mysteries" I've been reading would qualify for up lit. They're not mysteries in the…
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