by Ingrid Andersson | Mar 8, 2021 | Magazine Article
At the birth of a third daughter, on the eve of world war,my grandfather refused to look at heror come in from the barn.In that old country, deepwithin my newborn mother,in my invisible ovary home,I must have learnedthat hope is complicated.Did my someday-son learn it...
by Jennifer Morales | Mar 8, 2021 | Magazine Article
The woman stands in a yellow sundress and sandals, snow circling her blue ankles. It’s January in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and she’s out on the street half-naked. She’s not one of the beggars that Dan’s father, Buck, had told him to expect. She’s not asking for money....
by Heather Swan | Mar 4, 2021 | Magazine Article
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame …Crying What I do is me: for that I came. —Gerard Manley Hopkins, “As Kingfishers Catch Fire” The news came just as I was about to walk into a classroom full of students. An emergency room doctor explained in a calm...
by Joey Grihalva | Mar 4, 2021 | Magazine Article
Dasha Kelly Hamilton is on a mission. She is leading a poetry workshop in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius, a tropical island about 1,200 miles off the southeastern coast of Africa. Sunlight pours into a narrow room as a group of young people listen to Dasha...
by Hope McLeod | Mar 3, 2021 | Magazine Article
On a typical November morning during herring season, Brian Bainbridge hops on board his commercial fishing boat at 5:00 am, hits the lights, and fires up the engine. Crew members emerge from the darkness, one at a time, to take up their positions on the deck. They...
by Jason Smith | Mar 3, 2021 | Magazine Article
The Wisconsin Academy community was saddened by the news of Ruth Kohler’s death on November 14, 2020. Ruth was a long-time supporter of the Academy and its arts programming. She was named a Wisconsin Academy Fellow in 1989 for her monumental contributions to Wisconsin...
