Let It Shine

Let It Shine

Ask anyone who’s worked with award-winning television producer Everett Marshburn to describe him, and the consensus is clear. “Great storyteller.” “He’s committed to telling the untold stories of the Black community and the Black condition.” “Great listener and...
One Fateful Bite

One Fateful Bite

It’s been three decades since I took my first bite of wild game. It was the fall of 1992, and, fresh out of graduate school, I had just begun my first real job—production manager for scholarly journals at the University of Wisconsin Press. At lunch time one day, my...
Coming Home

Coming Home

Last year, after almost 30 years of living in Wisconsin, I realized it was time to come home. I now reside in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, with the Blue Ridge Mountains floating along the skyline like a backdrop to a movie. As interim editor of Wisconsin People...
Poetry in Bloom

Poetry in Bloom

Spring emerges and we can’t help but have a lighter step, feel encouraged as color brightens the landscape, and enjoy moments lingering outside. I am particularly grateful to be a part of the Academy this spring. In the midst of election intensity and divisive...
Test Magazine Page

Test Magazine Page

Imagine you’re nineteen years old again. It’s a crisp fall afternoon, and you’re looking out the window of a cramped college fleet van. You’re watching the mini malls of Wisconsin’s Fox Valley evaporate into farm fields. It’s the first field trip of the year in your...