Essay
Beneath the heel pad of Wisconsin’s open palm (kitty-corner its frostbitten thumb) the bluffs of Dubuque clasp the cuff of Illinois with a rail bridge that pivots like a toggle.
When I was a kid, my family cherished our trips Up North to the family cabin. We went as often as we could.
The idea of home has never been a stable, physical place for me. When I was born, a war decided by leaders on the other side of the globe shaped every aspect of my family's life.
“Adam. It’s Fred Reed. When you come up for air, give me a call.” Over the course of a decade, I received that voicemail more than 100 times.
Rural housing in Wisconsin is as diverse as the landscapes of the state and the people who live in it.
Dorm A at Green Bay Correctional Institution was one hundred and twelve beds arranged in rows, separated from a dayroom with four phones, a bank of showers, and a few televisions mounted too high on the wall.
"The poems that floated within my father’s voice defined the home I needed when I was young in much the same way that Niedecker’s poems and legacy do for me today."
What was once a temple for astronomy, designed to reveal the secrets of the heavens, has been transformed to stir the human spirit and reveal different truths in a new way.
In the air-conditioned and humidity-controlled environment of the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, a team of faculty, staff, students, and community volunteers has spent the hot and muggy days of summer thinking abo
Sometimes non-poets wonder what poetry is for—and there are as many answers to that question as there are poets.
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