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COMMENTARY
A Bungalow of My Own
Every time I moved felt like facing my entire life all over again.
A Bungalow of My Own
Every time I moved felt like facing my entire life all over again.
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The Plant Musician
Tom Wall is a West Michigan rock star who uses plants as bandmates. He uses a device to harness the electricity in plants, which then turns those impulses into musical notes. Tom insists the plants are talking to us through the music. But can they really do that?
Mon River Suite
Poetry by Grace Smith.
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
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