by Megan Link | Aug 18, 2025 | Events
Join us at the Wisconsin Book Festival to celebrate the winners of this year’s Wisconsin People & Ideas Fiction & Poetry Contest. Poetry and fiction selected by our guest judges Maggie Ginsberg and Dee Sweet will read as part of this special evening. Event is...
by Megan Link | Aug 18, 2025 | Events, Poetry & Pi(e)
Poetry and Pi(e) is an annual tradition that blends spoken word and the simple joy of pie to help bridge divides. In 2026, the event will become a statewide celebration with three simultaneous gatherings and live performances by poets broadcast in real time to all...
by C.E. Perry | Apr 17, 2025 | Magazine Article
Her decision to live on the porch happens accidentally but not unintentionally in June when the pink star magnolia in the front yard finally blooms. Every year she waits for the blossoms as big as her palm that smell like anise and oranges. On Monday, her oncologist,...
by Lisa Vihos | Nov 11, 2024 | Magazine Article
We sit on the veranda at assisted livinglooking across the fake pond at the trees.Their reflections shiver as a breeze ripplesthe murky surface of the water. You speakof rivers and creeks and how all thingsmake their way to the sea.I can’t forget that everything in...
by Han Raschka | Nov 11, 2024 | Magazine Article
There are tubes sticking out of his body,his body cannot process his wastinganymore and I ask his body if its sick of beinghis body,what would itbe if it were not hisbody? His body firesbile through tubes instead of his mouth,his mouth a cracked gun barrel that...
