by Gary Jones | Oct 1, 2020 | Magazine Article
Tourists celebrate Door County’s Washington Island for its majestic scenery and Scandinavian heritage. But Thomas Davis’ new novel, In the Unsettled Homeland of Dreams, reveals the island’s lesser known history as an 1850s refuge for runaway African American slaves....
by Karla Huston | Oct 1, 2020 | Magazine Article
Maids is Abby Frucht’s first collection of poetry, and, as she says on her website, probably her last. Too bad for us, because this nationally known author and essayist has put together an astonishing collection that has been named a finalist for a slew of prizes,...
by Dominic Holt | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
Tell me Grandfatherdid you ever try to scrub outyour dark Mediterranean skin your Camelsoriginal Napolitano tongue at homeat nightwhile your family slept did you spiral and spiral ...
by Kathryn Gahl | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
My sister doesn’t do sad.She tried it on a few times, different styles, different sizes— nothing quite fit. Either too loudor too dark, too tight or too baggy, she’d say. But I think it was the silence of sadness she couldn’t size up. See, she’s a musician and...
by Susan Martell Huebner | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
It was that summer19 years old I lived alonefevered with independenceefficiency apartment on Summit Avenuescratch cushions pull-out couchGoodwill dishes my boyfriend and Idrank liquor from jelly glasses poundedthe thin mattress even flatter ...
by Catie DeMets | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
Imagine a city canopied by green, a community bursting at the seams with plant life. In this place, residents and business owners swap their lawns for perennial plantings and an army of city workers manages the lush natural areas that reach across every...
