by Janet Leahy | Aug 2, 2016 | Magazine Article
Edward Hopper, 1942—Art Institute, Chicago He sits at the counterof the café, keeps his hat on,a grey fedora, maybe thinkinghe won’t stay long. His back to ushe faces the couple whocome every night to sitat the bend of the counter. The woman in red … hair,...
by Karen Loeb | Aug 2, 2016 | Magazine Article
My mother wasn’t a bakerin the ordinary sense. Nothree-tiered cakes with strawberriesmarching the frosty perimeters.No éclairs sliding from the ovenfor treats on Sundays. Sure,once in a while she measuredout flour. Both of us in apronswith rickrack on the pockets,we...
by Karen Loeb | Aug 2, 2016 | Magazine Article
In a room near Triceratops, not far from the elephant skulland the wave machine we come upon a glass casewith shelves of women’s shoes. My daughter and I peer innot expecting this, a relic of pre-World War II displays.Shoes are freckled, with intricate embroidery and...
by Monette Bebow-Reinhard | Aug 2, 2016 | Magazine Article
Lily Stewart is an artist whose life is on the brink of collapse. Her credit cards are maxed out, her so-called boyfriend takes advantage of her, her old car has run out of oil, and, to top it all off, she’s being evicted from her New York City apartment. In dire...
by Karla Huston | Aug 2, 2016 | Magazine Article
Meet Violet, the eccentric child birthed by Madison poet Jeanie Tomasko and delivered into the world by new Wisconsin publisher Taraxia Press. Tomasko’s Violet Hours is collection of poetry crafted as a sweet gift, a small, hand-stitched book with a French wrap cover...
