by Jeri McCormick | Oct 18, 2019 | Magazine Article
I am lazing around, sharing my attic roomwith Cincinnati’s swelter and three more booksfrom the library—Girl of the Limberlost, Jo’s Boys,Dr. Doolittle—when the church bells begin to ringand the kitchen radio raises its decibels, castingsome sort of...
by Mary Wehner | Oct 18, 2019 | Magazine Article
One would expect gracklesor crows, purple necks stretched outin the backstreet gloom, flutteringfrom dumpster to chain-link fence. But here come the wayward geesefanning out over asbestos shingleslanding flat-footed on the parking lotin an artful unraveling fuss....
by Robert Russell | Oct 18, 2019 | Magazine Article
In what seems another lifetime,I drove a bus for Greyhound.Riders weren’t allowed to talk to the driver,and I couldn’t talk to them—company rules—and I wasn’t allowed to look at a map,at least not when anyone was watching.I remember the long silences between stopslate...
by Elissa Koppel | Oct 15, 2019 | Magazine Article
When people think of Wisconsin, they think of farms. While farms both large and small dot our pastoral lanscapes, images of cows, barns, and cornfields are almost as ubiquitous. License plates, grocery store signs, and all types of non-farmed products incorporate...
by Adam Hinterthuer | Oct 15, 2019 | Magazine Article
On the shores of Lake Michigan, one of the largest sources of fresh water in the world, Rebecca Klaper is busy pouring the tiniest materials humans have ever made into tanks containing some of the smallest members of the Great Lakes food web. Klaper is a professor in...
by Jane Elder | Oct 15, 2019 | Magazine Article
On the anniversary of the catastrophic floods of 2018, the Academy hosted a leadership gathering in Baraboo. Our common goal was to explore better ways to anticipate and prevent damage caused by flooding as the Upper Midwest continues to experience more intense and...
