by Tom Boswell | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
When my last lover went, she left her long brown braids in the dresser drawer so I hung them from the garden fence to scare the deer away.
by Bruce Dethlefsen | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
quick listen to the tick of ittonight not quitetomorrow yet my friendthe time will comewhen end is endedthe light on the blackand white linoleumno longer shineswhen I am diedand done will finallyrhyme with goneright now resign to fight or notwith all your mightthe...
by John Sierpinski | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
I roll awake in the half moon-shaped ditch. “Where the hell are my Kools, my Canadian Mist, the ice for Godsakes, yes, even my Blackberry?” The dying light lets me see that he is still there, too, with his filthy face, his blood stained shirt, the small,...
by Casey Thayer | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
If you stroll down Jefferson Street in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, you might pass by the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum without even noticing it. Aside from a small awning printed with the museum’s name, a few large wood blocks mounted to the outer wall,...
by Margaret Lewis | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Living in these turbulent times, many of us seek a space where civil discussion is the status quo, a place where substantive ideas—rather than personality or political spin—are the norm rather than exception. As a statewide organization, the Wisconsin Academy has been...
by Jason Smith | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
It might surprise some of the readers of this magazine to learn that I have spent the night in jail. No, this wasn’t a field trip to look for ghosts on Alcatraz Island. Nor was my overnight stay part of one of those reality shows where someone is placed in an...
