by Neil Shepard | Apr 10, 2015
For over thirty years, the University of Michigan Press’ “Under Discussion” series has published exemplary books on contemporary American poets. Now there is one on Hayden Carruth, and it is long overdue. From Sorrow’s Well: The Poetry of Hayden Carruth presents...
by Emily Bernard | Mar 31, 2015
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. – Psalms 127: 3-5 Selfish I assumed I would conceive naturally when my husband and I decided to start a family. I didn’t. We turned to fertility drugs with ambivalence. Reports...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 15, 2015
Winner of the 2014 Neil Shepard Prize in Non-Fiction “Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay I know the word: colic. I know the last waves of exhaustion held aloft, in a voice—not a story but the margins of what comes...
by Michael Milburn | Dec 5, 2014
Twenty years ago, when I accepted a part-time job teaching ninth grade English at the Foote School, an independent school in New Haven, CT, my plan was to remain for a year while applying for positions at local colleges. My education and background (I had majored in...
by Andrew Johnson | Nov 14, 2014
Texting While DrivingI’m waiting in the drive-thru for the sandwich I’ll need to split with the hungry, screaming toddler in the back seat when I get this text from my mom: “DAD IN ACCIDENT. TAKING LIFE FLIGHT TO OP REGIONAL. POSSIBLE INTERNAL BLEEDING. ON WAY...
by Nancy Ludmerer | Oct 5, 2014
Twenty-seven years ago, I wanted a name beginning with the letter “J” for my son, to honor the memory of my maternal grandmother Jennie Strochak. An abundance of boys’ names begin with J, many of them Biblical in origin: Jacob, Joseph, Jonathan, Joshua, Jeremy (after...
