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Wisconsin People & Ideas – Winter 2019

In this issue: Dr. Evermor gets a TV show, the Bubolz Nature Center gets a microgrid, and Cornerstone Press gets busy with three new series. We look at the grain-to-glass philosophy that infuses the spirts at 45th Parallel Distillery in New Richmond and take a ride-along with newly minted Wisconsin Poet Laureate Margaret Rozga. After a deep dive into the flooding of the Driftless Area we emerge on the shores of Lake Pepin to meet print- and book-maker Gaylord Schanilec. Contest-winning fiction, poetry, and reviews of new titles by Wisconsin authors round out another exciting issue chock-full of Wisconsin ideas.

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From the Director

Good Ancestors

By:

Jane Elder

Talking to others about climate change, and listening to what scientists are saying, will help us understand how to be good ancestors.

Happenings

Publishing the Midwest at Cornerstone Press

By:

Jason Smith

One of four undergraduate, student-run presses in the United States, Cornerstone offers students direct experience in every aspect of publishing.

Wisconsin Table

A Craft Movement at the 45th Parallel

By:

Brenda Bredahl

A grain-to-glass philosophy infuses the spirits created at 45th Parallel Distillery in New Richmond, Wisconsin.

Rushing flood waters carried off large pieces of asphalt and a gate near Glen Marshall Farm on Hwy P in Spring Coulee. Photo by Jon Lee.

Photo Essay

Anatomy of a Flood

By:

Jon Lee, Keefe Keeley

For Driftless farmers, the question is not if they will see another flood but when.

Wisconsin Poet Laureate Margaret Rozga, 2018. Photo by TJ Lambert/Stages Photography.

Profile

Margaret Rozga: Wisconsin Poet Laureate

By:

Wendy Vardaman

While her writing is grounded in the life of her Bay View community, it often reaches out and touches our collective memory.

Print and book maker Gaylord Schanilec in his Stockholm, Wisconsin studio.

@ the Watrous Gallery

Gaylord Schanilec: A Natural History

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Chuck Stebelton, Cathy Cunningham

Leap. It’s a word that artist and amateur naturalist Gaylord Schanilec uses frequently. In fact, Schanilec lives by the leap, often choosing artistic projects that require him to leap, both technically and conceptually.

Fiction

A Sweet Thing

By:

AnnaKay Kruger

Kyle and I arrived at his parents’ house in the early evening. He had barely removed the key from the ignition when his mother, Caroline, appeared at my window.