• Robert Russell is a recovering economist currently living in Madison. For over ten years he was co-producer of the “Radio Literature” program on WORT-FM, and was coordinator for the CheapAtAnyPrice poetry series. Russell led the Madison National Poetry Slam teams from 1992 to 1994, and has taught poetry in high schools and colleges here and abroad. His short fiction and poetry have been published in various literary magazines and anthologies, and his chapbook, Witness, is available on Amazon. His poem, "Greyhound," took first place in the Wisconsin People & Ideas 2019 Poetry Contest.

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Greyhound

In what seems another lifetime,I drove a bus for Greyhound.Riders weren’t allowed to talk to the driver,and I couldn’t talk to them—company rules—and I wasn’t... Read more.
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What Was Lost

Only one night we watchedthe full moon remember the tops of the trees,spilling radium over an unused roadand the pond at the edge of the fieldwas full of silver... Read more.