by James W. Perry | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
What’s your favorite part of the Wisconsin Academy? For me the answer varies with the moment—and where I am. When I’m reading Wisconsin People & Ideas I’m very much in the moment, marveling at the talent of the writers and artists whose work is...
by J.K. Dane | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Someone has stolen my glasses again. I suspect Sylvia Shapiro because she can’t quit crowing about how darling she thinks they are. I think they’re gaudy. My daughter Dorothy bought them for me, but now they are gone. I also suspect Bobby. ...
by E. P. Schultz | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
He was from overalls, from Plug tobacca and ploughshares. He was from the hand-sawn, sixteen-penny house, Small and warm, and with unlocked doors. He was from the willow tree, honey-suckle and sandstone, The goose-berry, apple-blossom and honey bee. He was from Sunday...
by Christie Taylor | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Sometime between the hen and the singing harp, Jack’s mother changes hermind. Yes, the gold eggs glitter in the morning, yes, she eats off coins the size of saucers, yes, she knows tomorrow he will bring another wonder down thebeanstalk and the whole village...
by Casey Thayer | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
You are the long hour before the alarm and endless stream of infomercials, the hour I learned cross-stitching and finally finished Moby-Dick. You early-riser, late-to-bed, insomnia. You are a dead-air AM dial, open-mouthed moaning muffled in the next apartment. 5...
