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Curled Up with a Good Book: The Dean's List  - http://www.curledup.com/deans.htm  Unsigned, undated book review.  Finding Balance Between the Ridiculous and Sublime  - http://www.bookpage.com/9707bp/firstperson.html  Alden Mudge interviews Jon Hassler on the publication of "The Dean's List."  The Wit, Wisdom and Wonder of Writer Jon Hassler  - http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Nov1998/feature2.asp  Feature article builds on interviews of Hassler and acquaintances. Includes some biographical information, and examples of Hassler's descriptions of characters.  The Loves of His Life  - http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/06/24/specials/russo-hassler.html  In-depth review of Jon Hassler's book "North of Hope." By Richard Russo, writing in the New York Times.  When We Don't Quite Fit  - http://www.sojo.net/magazine/index.cfm/mode/printer_friendly/action/sojourners/issue/soj9701/article/970132c.html  An introduction to Jon Hassler and review of several of his novels. By Patricia Horn and Mark Preece.  Graves of Academe  - http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/06/01/reviews/970601.01poseltt.html  "Forget Garrison Keillor and the Coen brothers. Jon Hassler is Minnesota's most engaging cultural export." Review of "The Dean's List," in the New York Times.  Tender Mercies  - http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9408/reviews/zaleski.html  A close look at "Dear James." Book review by Philip Zaleski.  Novelist Trusts Proven Themes in "Dean's List"  - http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/features/books/archives/97/june/hassler.html  Book review by Rich Quackenbush, in the Houston Chronicle.  Hassler visits class studying his books  - http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/042601/tem_0426010002.shtml  Jon Hassler returned to Central Lakes College as an honored guest. [Brainerd Dispatch]  Class on Hassler's works attracts author's loyal fans  - http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/041201/tem_0412010001.shtml  Feature article on a community college class devoted to Jon Hassler's fiction. [Brainerd Dispatch]  Hope on Ice: The Felicitous Fiction of Jon Hassler  - http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0099.html  Appreciative essay by Charlotte Hays on the Catholic novelist. Draws the inevitable comparison to J.F. Powers.  Jon Hassler's Writing Room  - http://home.comcast.net/~ktebo/index.htm  Authorized web site about this Minnesota author and his novels.