Poetry

The Mushroom Hunters

They emerge from the fog like monks cowled in floppy hats, eyes downcast, walking slowly as though in meditation.   Each carries in the crook of…

Fiction

Spelling Day

She’d been thinking about it since Friday night, but now it was Monday, a school day, and she had to keep it out of her…

First Friday Series

Book Review: Smoking the Bible by Chris Abani

When choosing fiction or poetry to review here, my first requirement is that the writing be from or about the Great Lakes region. In choosing…

Photography

Eerie

As I was driving to New York City in late October, 2021, I took an exit for Lake Erie outside Erie, Pennsylvania. I drove along…

First Friday Series

Book Review: Smoking the Bible by Chris Abani

When choosing fiction or poetry to review here, my first requirement is that the writing be from or about the Great Lakes region. In choosing…

Narrative Map Project / Nonfiction

Summer Harbor

Even from 35,000 feet, I can spot it, the sandy sweep of Lake Michigan’s eastern shore, then a little dimple carved into the giant expanse…