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Podcast on Cold Case that Rocked Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ Community
It’s not overstating things to say that Jamie was a connector in Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ community and the entire community felt her loss.
Consider the Pawpaw
Not everyone knows what a pawpaw is. Until more recently, it has been discarded and forgotten, falling in and out of favor over the years. For some, it is a luscious dessert, a delightful treasure hiding in the woods. For others, it is, to say the least, an acquired taste (and texture). It is an enigma.
The Paper Companies
I surveyed all of these plausible arguments and wondered how I might prevent the paper companies from turning them into a sea of obfuscation stretching out in every direction as far as anyone could see.
Wild June Poems in Winter
Two poems by Judy Mathews.
Chicago Dream Houses
How a Mid-Century Architecture Competition Reimagined the American Home
Fairy Tale
A poem by Clare Welsh.
Bird in Kansas City
Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, globally considered one of music history’s geniuses, is under acknowledged in Kansas City, say fans. A renewed remembrance of Bird is pondered in a city overtaken by Mahomes magic.
Bethesda Pool
A poem by Kevin T. Cantwell.
Crossroads of Desire
On Black and White Indiana During the Great Migration
Three Chicago Sonnets
Three poems by D.A. Hosek
A Poet in the Rust Belt – An Interview with Mary Quade
"As a writer in the rust belt, I’m quite aware that being a writer is a strange and privileged way to spend time."

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