by Karla Huston | Oct 1, 2020 | Magazine Article
Maids is Abby Frucht’s first collection of poetry, and, as she says on her website, probably her last. Too bad for us, because this nationally known author and essayist has put together an astonishing collection that has been named a finalist for a slew of prizes,...
by Cathryn Cofell | Oct 1, 2020 | Videos
Cathryn Cofell reads her award-winning poems from the Wisconsin People & Ideas Poetry Contest. Cathryn Cofell is a tireless advocate for the arts and poet with six chapbooks and two full-length collections, including Stick Figure with Skirt, which won the 2019...
by Dominic Holt | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
Tell me Grandfatherdid you ever try to scrub outyour dark Mediterranean skin your Camelsoriginal Napolitano tongue at homeat nightwhile your family slept did you spiral and spiral ...
by Kathryn Gahl | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
My sister doesn’t do sad.She tried it on a few times, different styles, different sizes— nothing quite fit. Either too loudor too dark, too tight or too baggy, she’d say. But I think it was the silence of sadness she couldn’t size up. See, she’s a musician and...
by Susan Martell Huebner | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
It was that summer19 years old I lived alonefevered with independenceefficiency apartment on Summit Avenuescratch cushions pull-out couchGoodwill dishes my boyfriend and Idrank liquor from jelly glasses poundedthe thin mattress even flatter ...
