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Rob Hardy
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Former Poet Laureate of Northfield, Minnesota (2016-2023)
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December 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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My story "The Presbyterian Settee" has been selected for the short list in History Through Fiction's Short Story Contest.

The ten shortlisted stories "stood out for their strong narrative voice, historical resonance, and emotional depth."

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October 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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My story "The Presbyterian Settee" was selected for the long list in History Through Fiction's 2025 Short Story Contest. www.historythroughfiction.com/short-story-... #historicalfiction
September 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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My latest piece for Minnesota History is now available online. It's about the 1865-1866 diary of Thomas Cahill, the son of Irish immigrants from Shieldsville, Minnesota. storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-sup...

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The first page of an article titled "The Past Has Been a Blank: The dDiary of Thomas Cahill," by Rob Hardy. Two columns of text. at the top of the right column, a photograph of a gray stone grave marker topped with a cross. More headstones stand in the distance. The grass in green and the trees in the background are bare.
August 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM