Write a Line that is Our State: On Nicholas Gulig, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin
The afternoon light is failing as Nicholas Gulig and I march through knee-high snow on the sixteen acres of land my wife and I own south of Eau Claire. The same... Read more.
Doug Duren's Good Turn
One of the most influential conservationists working today in Wisconsin doesn’t keep an office at any of the state’s fine colleges or universities, nor is he... Read more.
Foxx Finds a Tree
From his kitchen window, Nathaniel Foxx counted six bulldozers in the neighboring cornfield. Or what was left of the cornfield. It began with a For Sale sign that... Read more.
December Poem, 2013
Drop my children off at another parent’s house To free up time to drive aimlessly, listening to FM radio, waiting for a song that I feel deeply Connected to, stopping... Read more.
Interview with Nickolas Butler
Nickolas Butler was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. His writings have appeared in Christian Science Monitor, Kenyon Review... Read more.