Another Reminder of Why It Is Impossible To Imagine a World Without Art
You'll have to imagine the fragrance and damp wind of autumn, the rush of the Grand River (flowing toward Lake Michigan), and the roar and stink of [...]
From Aldo Leopold’s Desk Drawer
Yet the trees grow. - Aldo Leopold "Yet the Trees Grow" is the title of an unpublished essay by Aldo Leopold. "Empires spread over the continents, destroying [...]
What Makes Me Stop Everything to Read and Reread a Poem
I was prepared to write about teaching Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac today, but the Poem of the Day (by e. e. cummings) on poetryfoundation.org seized [...]
Molly Peacock’s Inventive New Book On Some Very Old Art
You can overcome yourself. Examine this world. ~ Molly Peacock. I suppose it might be a bit of a spoiler to offer up this keeper which surfaces near [...]
Where to Find Dog Heart
Dog Heart's second edition (Alice Greene & Co., $10.95) is available at Singapore Bank Bookstore in downtown Saugatuck, Michigan; Reader's World in downtown Holland; Schuler Books & Music [...]
Dog Heart: My First Chapbook of Poems
"The poems are so brave and luminous and rich and care about what we need to care about and draw us back to such." - Jack Ridl, [...]