Ears to Hear
byA Review of Acadiana (Black Lawrence Press) by Nancy Reddy Writing informed by geography tends to stake two kinds of claims: the claims we…
What We’re Reading
Handful of Fire
byA Review of Revisions (Sibling Rivalry Press) by Eric Tran ‘empty me out,’ Eric Tran writes at the end of his gorgeous poem, “How…
Country Music
byA Review of Tunsiya Amrikiya (Bull City Press, 2018) by Leila Chatti National identity, when not summoned for fatuous patriotism, can spur great poetry….
Kentucky, Naturally
byWhen Kentucky gets any national media attention it’s usually for the wrong reasons. Stereotypes are reinforced on a pretty regular basis. We probably have…
Saturday Morning Kerouac
bySome Saturday morning Kerouac to start your day off right: Then suddenly everything was just like jazz: it happened in one insane second or…
What We’re Reading
byRevenge of the Lawn by Richard Brautigan A collection of short stories from one of the great writers of the beat generation. Brautigan captures…
The Gentle Art
byI keep a big folder full of favorite writings that have been assigned to me in various courses. It’s sort of the “greatest hits”…
Some Bill McKibben for your afternoon
byThe Bill McKibben Reader is fast becoming one of the best collections of essays concerning stewardship that I have encountered. McKibben’s essays are poignant, engaging,…
Eugene Peterson Tells It Like It Is
byI’ve been picking away at The Pastor by Eugene Peterson for some time. The book is wonderful (especially for those thinking of the ministry),…
What We’re Reading: Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
byI was fortunate enough to hear Bill McKibben speak last week where he was a co-panelist in an event sponsored by The North Country…