Events

Reading through this collection of poems one senses the evolution and the essence of this prolific, independent press. There is its unique focus on the Midwestern experience as told from the inside. And within this there is the truth-telling of the ache and the joy of hard work in a distinct landscape. These revelations of personal dreams and histories simmer together to become a larger story, the collective voice that echoes through the 25 years of this press's existence and production. One begins to taste, to smell, to hear and touch this specific region, and its soul is evoked into recognition. Our own experience of our world deepens, carried by the current of words and rhythms each poet contributes to this chorus of lives fully lived.