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Today I Laid a Crayfish at Your Grave
"I kneeled at the stump where we laid the Ford agate,/Made up spells and secrets..."
Tapping into Tradition
In the Ohio Valley, more farmers are harvesting maple syrup, a practice that dates to before the arrival of Europeans.
Summers at White Birch Lodge
Reflections on three generations of family and community in Michigan.
The Last Days of Rezkoville’s Purgatory
In Chicago, a long-empty swath of land south of the Loop is the latest site of a planned mega-development.
The Undemocratic Making of Indianapolis
How Unigov, a 1970s-era legislative project, helped create modern-day Indy and its suburbs.
About Leaving (Milwaukee)
An original poem from "The Milwaukee Anthology."
Is Michigan’s UP Winter Culture Melting?
In the Upper Peninsula, climate change is threatening the UP200, an Iditarod qualifier race.
The Marrow of Tradition: An Introduction
From the introduction to a new edition of Charles W. Chesnutt's "The Marrow of Tradition," published by Belt Publishing.
Detroit’s Eastern Market
Scenes from the city’s historic food and culture hub.
Sentencing the Old Iowa State Penitentiary
Once the oldest operating prison west of the Mississippi, the facility is now empty, falling apart, and waiting for its next chapter.
Motor Nation
"Sometimes when I am driving down the freeway...I think of the reasons I love Detroit."
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