by Elizabeth Wyckoff, Kimberly M. Blaeser | Mar 18, 2015 | Magazine Article
The news that Kimberly Blaeser would be Wisconsin’s new Poet Laureate could not have arrived at a more fitting occasion. On a cold November evening at Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee, Blaeser had just finished reading aloud to a crowded (and very warm) room...
by Elizabeth Wyckoff | Mar 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
How do we define the Midwest? Do we identify the region by lines on a map, environmental features, or the shared values of residents? John Hildebrand believes the heart of the Midwest can be found in even smaller details. “Time and place might be the coordinates, the...
by Linda Ware | Mar 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
Years ago, a student asked me at orientation what qualities he would need to be successful in my Freshman English class. The question was odd but perhaps useful. I came up with three qualities. First was curiosity: a readiness to learn about things that haven’t...
by Kimberly M. Blaeser | Jan 6, 2015 | Magazine Article
Muskrat—Wazhashk, small whiskered swimmer, you, a fluid arrow crossing waterways with the simple determination of one who has dived purple deep into mythic quest. Belittled or despised as water rat on land; hero of our Anishinaabeg people in animal tales, creation...
by Kimberly M. Blaeser | Jan 6, 2015 | Magazine Article
Ricing moon when poling arms groan like autumn winds through white pine. Old rhythms find the hands bend and pound the rice, rice kernels falling falling onto wooden ribs canoe bottoms filling with memories— new mocassins dance the rice huffs of spirit wind lift and...
