Dancing to Hot Glass

Dancing to Hot Glass

The inviting orange glow emanating from the back of the Popelka Trenchard Glass studio belies the fury that lies within the 2,000-degree furnace: three hundred pounds of molten soda-lime glass. While the front of the studio is lined with luminous bowls and vases,...
Dining on the Rails

Dining on the Rails

Greg Vreeland loves trains. “They are big, colorful, and go places, and kids seem to be genetically programmed to love trains,” says the founder and co-owner of the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad, located in Trego, a few miles from Spooner in Washburn County.  ...
Scriptorium, by Melissa Range

Scriptorium, by Melissa Range

Melissa Range’s newest collection of poems, Scriptorium, brings together what seem to be disparate elements: medieval religious manuscripts, Old English literature, “hillbilly” stories from East Tennessee. They will come together—but you have to spend some time in...
The New American Nostalgia

The New American Nostalgia

The election happened and now you’re driving north.November freezes in the birch trees. The fieldshave nothing left. In Wisconsin where you pass themthe hills go rolling autumn through the cold.You’re home again. The edges of the cloudsturn gray. You change the...
Salvation Doesn't Come

Salvation Doesn't Come

Exhausted, this light.It was supposed to shinepiercingly brightset the roof ablazemelt the fire escapespark mica in the wallsinge a rat’s whiskersin its hole.But side-swiped by a taxi doorwindow-slammed off discount storeit launched from hood of truckin a streamonly...