by Helen Klebesadel | Mar 18, 2015 | Magazine Article
Opening in spring 2015, a new online project called Wisconsin Women Making History will share the stories and accomplishments of Wisconsin women who, for various reasons, are less known or acknowledged than they should be. Through video, photography, and other media,...
by Elizabeth Wyckoff, Kimberly M. Blaeser | Mar 18, 2015 | Magazine Article
The news that Kimberly Blaeser would be Wisconsin’s new Poet Laureate could not have arrived at a more fitting occasion. On a cold November evening at Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee, Blaeser had just finished reading aloud to a crowded (and very warm) room...
by Joan Sanstadt | Mar 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
In his sixth novel, The Great Sand Fracas of Ames County, Jerry Apps explores the contentious issue of frac sand mining. Earlier novels have highlighted land conservation, land use, food safety, and livestock siting. Apps is careful not to take a stand on these...
by Elizabeth Wyckoff | Mar 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
How do we define the Midwest? Do we identify the region by lines on a map, environmental features, or the shared values of residents? John Hildebrand believes the heart of the Midwest can be found in even smaller details. “Time and place might be the coordinates, the...
by Shaun Melarvie | Mar 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
The seagull glides over me, surprisingly clear and large, onyx eyes looking down, black-tipped wings outstretched, its fractured shivering shape a reflection in the water—except that I’m looking at it from the other side. Before I went under, I had looked up towards...
by Robin Chapman | Mar 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
Where do poems come from? Where do dreams come from, and artists’ ideas, and mathematical proofs, and inventors’ projects? The creative process has multiple sources, and often a protracted timeline, including times when it seems as if you’re doing nothing at all....
