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 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...
by William Stobb | Aug 1, 2016 | Magazine Article
What’s your favorite poem? Can you recite it by heart? To celebrate poetry and “heart,” Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kim Blaeser invites the memorization and recitation of poems for an online Poetry Recitation Challenge. Those who participate will have their video...
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...
