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John Koethe has been writing poems for more than a half-century. He’s earned awards and national renown, including the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and…
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For hunters in Wisconsin, deer season began at the crack of dawn on Saturday, Nov. 17. It's a date on the calendar that moved Milwaukee poet Ed Makowski…
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As a child I was the one on the muck-brown lakeshore,calling for my big sister to come in, please,making sure I’d see her sleek hair and wide eyespop…
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Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, is generally considered the holiest day of the year in Judiasm. Years ago, it was a day that might have gone by…
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Bay View was one of the first places we visited for a Lake Effect On-Site. It’s home to poet and contributor Jenny Benjamin, who wrote a poem in honor of…
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If you’re a parent, you’ll probably never forget how you felt the first time you found out you were expecting. Becoming a parent changes everything, and…
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Milwaukee writer Jenny Benjamin transported readers between 21st Century Milwaukee and 18th Century Italy in her 2013 novel, This Most Amazing. But…
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Ed Block spent 35 years as a professor of English at Marquette University. But during those years he wasn't just writing academic papers and analyzing…
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Vida Cross teaches English literature and creative writing at Milwaukee Area Technical College. But the Chicago native practices what she teaches at MATC…
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Vida Cross teaches English literature and creative writing at Milwaukee Area Technical College. But the Chicago native practices what she teaches at MATC…