The Narrative Map Project

Poetry
Poetry

Heron

by Ben Corvo

1. You will read this, I hope, years or decades from now when you have made it to the other side of whatever dull waters…

Fiction
Fiction

Lavender

by Eric Cyr

The cabin’s not in great shape—windows jammed, ceiling cracked, wood floor a patchwork of scars—but it’s clean enough and secluded, tucked deep in the woods.…

Non-Fiction
Book Reviews / Nonfiction

Defining Forces: Geology and Human Geography in the Great Lakes

by Brian O'Neill

The Arc of the Escarpment by Robert Root Cornerstone Press, 2024   The Effects of Urban Renewal on Midcentury America and other stories by Jeff…

Photography
Photography

Saginaw Bay

by Ervin Brown

  These photographs were taken in the summer of 2013 on a camping trip in Bay County, Michigan. The shoreside wildlife was abundant, from the…

First Friday Series

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First Friday Series

Book Review: American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper by Daniel Stashower

by Heather Sutherin

What do you do when a new type of killer is on the loose? If you’re in 1936 Cleveland, Ohio, you call the Untouchable Eliot…

Narrative Map

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Narrative Map Project / Nonfiction

Going to the Lake

by Emily Brisse

I’ve learned that Shetek means pelican in Ojibwe, just as I’ve learned that “going to the lake” for many Minnesotans involves a drive north, a…