David Rhodes’ farmhouse lies deep in the woods of southwestern Wisconsin. So deep that I thought I might never find it when I went there to visit the Rhodes family a few weeks ago. That’s how David prefers it. He finds … Continue reading →

The centerpiece of Patricia Kirkpatrick’s Odessa is “Time of the Flowers,” which also happens to be a crown sonnet. In the rarely used form, the last line of each of seven sonnets becomes the first line of the next, and … Continue reading →

“Rachel Carson is the founder of the environmental movement.” Those definitive words began William Souder’s recent reading in Minneapolis. “At least I think that’s a good shorthand way to think about what she did.”