by Karla Huston | Apr 29, 2016 | Magazine Article
“You said I should write more love poems / and I said, I’m sorry, but I’ve been thinking about / sloths.” This is the opening gambit for and no spiders were harmed, Madison poet Steve Tomasko’s debut chapbook. Some may think there are enough love poems; some may...
by Jason Smith, Elliott Puckette | Apr 29, 2016 | Magazine Article
While Door County positively bustles with activity during the summer months, this tiny community of just 28,000 people scattered across 2,370 square miles reverts back to its rural roots during the winter. Many resorts, restaurants, and other businesses close their...
by Lisa Vihos | Feb 15, 2016 | Magazine Article
Poetry is not revolution, but a way of learning why it must come.–Adrienne Rich In the summer of 2015, I traveled to Salerno, Italy, for the inaugural conference of 100 Thousand Poets for Change (100TPC). Eighty poet-organizers came from across the globe—Egypt,...
by Jacob Turner | Feb 15, 2016 | Magazine Article
Does your pet like music? The answer is: Yes. But not your music. Don’t worry. It’s not personal. Our companion animals, domesticated thousands of years ago, are descended from primarily nocturnal predators. Over millions of years they developed an acute sense of...
by Jason Smith, Kimberly M. Blaeser | Feb 15, 2016 | Magazine Article
If poet Kimberly Blaeser had to use two words to describe her first year as Wisconsin Poet Laureate, they would be exhilarating and exhausting. Blaeser, who was appointed to a two-year term on January 7 last year, says her schedule has been filled with appearances...
