from the On Wisconsin project; Mark Brautigam , as seen on fly over art
Please find below an excerpt from “That Story,” by Jack Driscoll, a work that was awarded a Pushcart Prize this year after appearing in print in The Georgia Review . [continue reading]
Discovering Christ in a Michigan Laundromat
Sep
10
2012
Jack Driscoll: Place Forms Character
Sep
6
2012
Editor’s Note: Today we are pleased to welcome Polly Atwell as a contributor. Polly is a writer, critic, and author of Wild Girls , a novel forthcoming from Scribner this fall. For more information on her work, please see our contributors page . [continue reading]
Wendell Berry’s Jefferson Lecture: "It All Turns On Affection"
Apr
24
2012
On Monday night Wendell Berry delivered “It All Turns on Affection,” the 2012 Jefferson Lecture at the Kennedy Center. Each year the National Endowment for the Humanities offers this lectureship, “the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual and public achievement in the humanities.” Mr. Berry’s [continue reading]
The Snakes and Southern Vernacular of Harry Crews
Apr
2
2012
Crews at home in his Florida; Oscar Sosa , New York Times She felt the snake between her breasts, felt him there, and loved him there, coiled, the deep tumescent S held rigid, ready to strike. She loved the way the snake looked sewn onto her V-neck letter sweater, his hard [continue reading]