by Bruce Dethlefsen | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Bruce Dethlefsen, a retired educator and public library director living in Westfield, began his two-year term as Wisconsin Poet Laureate at the beginning of 2011. Author of two poetry chapbooks, Dethlefsen was twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize and served for years...
by Victoria Statz | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
At first glance they seem like grand, elaborately crafted birdhouses. On approach you realize this small structure is mounted far too low for birds. A closer look reveals an interior filled not with twigs and feathers, but a small collection of books. Why is this...
by John Lehman | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
The answer, my friend, may not be blowing in the wind this fall—but books and poetry sure are. The tenth—yes, tenth—Wisconsin Book Festival kicks off in Madison on October 19 and runs all week long with events from nationally renowned Wisconsin authors like Larry...
by Jason Smith | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
As I read Valerie Laken’s latest book of short stories, Separate Kingdoms, the opening lines of Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” popped into my head: Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,And spills the upper boulders in...
by Kelly Parks Snider | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Why are you a member of the Wisconsin Academy? The Wisconsin Academy’s formula works. I like the Academy’s process, combining mediums (fine art, science and the humanities) connecting people to issues and ideas that concern us all. The Academy gives us a moment, an...
by Shoshauna Shy | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Cold floor colder than my sweat, his voice a Tennessee hush at my ear, hand soft on my back as if to say he will not hurt me if he doesn’t have to so I know I got to do my part to help him, show I’m hardly breathing, not blinking, not looking at his shoe...
