Songs of the Humpback Whale
by Mary Quade
When I was a kid in Wisconsin in the 1970s, we didn’t have global warming. We had litter, and we had pollution. Well, and nuclear annihilation... Read More...
Review:
Quickening Fields: Poems
Anne Haven McDonnell reviews Quickening Fields, poems by Pattiann Rogers
Penguin Poets (Penguin Random House) | 2017 | ... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Poems as Rakes
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
So there’s this joke I heard once—I forget where—that goes something like this:
A Dean of Humanities ... Read More...
Two Poems
by Amy A. Whitcomb
We counted waves by sevens
not knowing which was "one"
Otters by tails, kelp
by fistfuls. We counted
steps toward the lighthouse.
... Read More...
Lost Stories:
An Interview with Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Interview by Kim Steutermann Rogers
Introduction
Laurie Gwen Shapiro.
Photo by Franco Vogt.
I met Laurie Gwen Shapiro in Northern Cal... Read More...
The Shining, Reflective Shield:
An Interview with Kathleen Dean Moore
Interview by Miranda Perrone
Introduction
I can pinpoint the moment Kathleen Dean Moore came into my life. I remember stumbling out of ... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Modern Legacies
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
for Ryan Zinke
I teach a Modern Legacies course at Utah Valley University. I call it “Futuristic Fiction... Read More...
Our Ecology of Experience:
An Interview with Andrew Yang
Interview by Miranda Trimmier
Introduction
Artist, writer, and educator Andrew S. Yang.
Photo courtesy Andrew Yang.
It would be easy... Read More...
Letter to America
by Juan Morales
Click button above to hear Juan Morales read this poem, or click here to download poem in .mp3 format.
Dear America
I’m ... Read More...
Letter to America
by Ann Fisher-Wirth
Guest Editorial
Dear America,
At my yoga studio’s holiday party last weekend, these words, in swirling letters, were my present,... Read More...
Last Run in the Batmobile
by Catherine Staples
Click button above to listen to the author read this essay against a backdrop of night sounds, or click here to download the essay in .mp3 form... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories: Music History I
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series The first time I heard The Grateful Dead was on KOMO AM 1000, and I was hooked at age nine. It’s an improbable origin sto... Read More...
