by Kim Suhr, Chris Fink | Jan 11, 2021 | Magazine Article
“Who’s native and who’s been introduced?” asks a character in Chris Fink’s story, “The Bush Robin Sings.” The question in many ways fits tidily into the other stories within his new collection, Add This to the List of Things...
by Maryo Gard Ewell | Oct 1, 2020 | Magazine Article
On October 3, 1914, over 4,000 people gathered in rural Sauk City to attend the opening of a play. Written, organized, and directed by Ethel Rockwell, the University of Wisconsin Extension’s director of community drama, A Social Center Pageant promised attendees a...
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 ...
