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Putting Down Roots

A poem by Elaine Elizabeth Belz.

Elaine Elizabeth Belz2023-08-16T08:47:34-04:00August 12, 2023|
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I Need to Find My Folks in Mapleton

A poem by Gary Moore.

Gary Moore2022-10-12T08:34:21-04:00October 8, 2022|
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  • Harvey - Pandemic Diaries

Pandemic Diaries, Year Three

Dispatch from Flint, Michigan: when COVID-19 hits home.

Jan Worth-Nelson2022-06-16T11:55:28-04:00June 16, 2022|
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  • Radic - Garden

My Garden Folly

Backyard gardens are for you. Front yard gardens are for others.

Sheila Squillante2021-10-13T17:16:26-04:00October 14, 2021|
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  • Keck - Mall

The Girl in the Mall

Growing up in my rural Ohio town, the mall was our refuge. It could also be dangerous.

Stacy Jane Grover2022-04-15T16:47:42-04:00September 24, 2021|
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  • Sableman - Valmeyer

“A City Upon a Hill”

In 1993, the Mississippi River destroyed the town of Valmeyer, Illinois. So residents moved it a mile uphill.

Rachel Hellman2021-05-27T10:30:44-04:00May 14, 2021|
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Lancaster is Burning

"The landscape of Fairfield County, Ohio sprouted the seeds of my imagination, helped them take root." [Excerpt]

Stacy Jane Grover2021-01-27T14:59:14-05:00January 12, 2021|
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  • Columbus postcard

From Croatia to Cleveland to Columbus

On generational migration and identity in the Midwest.

Julie Mujic2020-07-09T12:11:19-04:00June 25, 2020|
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  • Chang - Detroit Refinery

My Life in Oil

Detroit, the tar sands, and burying my father in toxic ground.

Rachel Havrelock2020-08-27T13:51:41-04:00June 1, 2020|
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  • Aaron Wood - Roostertail Music Festival

Madison, Indiana Wants to Be the Next ‘Music City’

The small river town might have the best per capita music scene in the country.

Robyn Ryle2020-03-09T17:47:00-04:00February 21, 2020|
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  • Marsh - Illinois Farmhouse

Between Old House and New

Coming to terms with a complicated family legacy on an Illinois farm.

Bill Marsh2019-09-20T12:10:30-04:00September 6, 2019|
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  • Reiring - Milwaukee

About Leaving (Milwaukee)

An original poem from "The Milwaukee Anthology."

Dasha Kelly2019-04-12T12:10:34-04:00March 25, 2019|
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