Diane Seuss’s Poem, “This is now”
There's nostalgia, which serious writers regularly lampoon, for good reasons, I suppose--'though I'm [...]
Foreign and Familiar: Meridith Ridl’s Alaska Series
Anthologies, like art galleries and wooded trails, invite exploration. I rarely read them [...]
Nigel Peake Walks and Draws the World’s Cities
I am fascinated by the wild world. I'm referring to the more-than-human parts [...]
Thirteen Things You Might Not Know About the Saugatuck Dunes in Winter
(After you've read my list, please add your own items as comments.) Freshly [...]
One Place, Two Stories, at the Edge of the Saugatuck Dunes
The top of the sledding hill, a year and half later. [...]
“In Things,” a Poem in Response to David Adix’s Native Figure #70
Here's a draft of the poem I'm writing in response to David Adix's [...]
Ekphrasis in Downtown Douglas, Michigan
Native Figure #70, David Adix Last Monday I carried my notebook [...]
Mary Ruefle on the Contrast Between Thinking and Creating
It's been a while since I've offered anything up. I've encountered plenty of [...]
Red (Red-eyed Vireo), Yellow (Hairy Puccoon), and Blue (Harebell)
Harebell It's harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) season in the Saugatuck Dunes, which [...]
My New Chapbook, Before the Snow Moon
(If you'd like to buy a copy of Before the Snow Moon, [...]