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July Market Report [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
My husband’s recent diagnosis of celiac disease came as a complete shock to both of us. He had been experiencing many months of debilitating symptoms that had been attributed variously to chemotherapy, post-surgery recovery, and…
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Day 5: In Praise of Philip Dacey [by Lisa Vihos]
I knew before I started blogging for BAP this week that I wanted to end my gig with some words for the man who got me back on the path to poetry, Philip Dacey.…
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Day 4: The Question of Maps [by Lisa Vihos]
I've been thinking a lot about maps lately. Have you noticed that you can't find them in gas stations anymore? Now that we are fully in the era of GPS and Siri telling us…
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Day 3: How It Came to Be that the Poet Proposed to Build a Reading Garden on the Other Side of the World [by Lisa Vihos]
Once upon a time, a group of graduate students from Malawi, Africa, came to study early grade reading instruction at Lakeland University, a small liberal arts institution nestled in the corn fields of Wisconsin.…
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Day 2: It’s Never Too Late to Meet the Goddess [by Lisa Vihos]
My room at Brigit Rest was once someone's office and it was full of books. There were books of poetry, theology, and folklore from many places around the world. I found one book with stories…
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Day 1: To Heaven and Back Again [by Lisa Vihos]
I'm in need of grounding myself this morning. This past weekend, I participated in a writers' retreat at Black Earth Institute in Black Earth, Wisconsin. Founded in 2004 by Michael McDermott and his late…
