by Melissa McGraw | Nov 19, 2013 | Magazine Article
for Joyce 1. The color of unbleached linen. 2. And the creased skin of her forearms, as if shewas never enveloped by the sun. 3. The drapes ever drawn, copse against glare andspectacle. 4. Her eyes on dishes piled in the sink, another afternoon up to her...
by Hope McLeod | Nov 19, 2013 | Magazine Article
My best friend’s grandmothersurvived the holocaust.Lived in a tiny roomoff of the kitchenate like a birdyet wanted to be near food.Others in the houseslept in huge bedroomswith tall ceilings and sliding glass doors.She preferred small placesand a window just big...
by Elizabeth Harmatys Park | Nov 19, 2013 | Magazine Article
I like the grey and woody wayNovember leaves a filigree of treesstripped and spareuntidy tatters at their feet Let it go I like the grey and weary wayNovember hunkers downto stubble in exhausted fields Give it a rest Spring is so insistentSummer is...
by Paul Terranova | Nov 19, 2013 | Magazine Article
For his sixty-sixth birthdaythe nurse brought my father spice cakeI don’t know whether he couldeat it himself or she fed him aspart of her duties.He said, “That’s about asspecial as it gets in here”after hanging up on methree times trying toanswer the phonewith his...
by Peggy Trojan | Nov 19, 2013 | Magazine Article
Coming back always went fast.We fell asleep on the rear seatin happy tangle and were homebefore we wished it.My father carried usto our beds, my youngerbrothers limp and soft,easily moved.I was too oldfor such attention,and feigning sleepI’m sure he knew.He picked me...
by Erik Ness | Nov 18, 2013 | Magazine Article
As captain of the Bay Guardian, Tracy Valenta is out plying the waters of Green Bay at least twice a week. From her sturdy research vessel, Valenta studies Green Bay for NEW Water, the City of Green Bay’s municipal sewage district. It’s the most extensive water...
