by Mary Vuk I never entertained the idea of just becoming a writer and writing a few poems and publishing a few books. To be a poet meant being a cultural worker or cultural ambassador. One embraced politics while advocating the importance of love and brotherhood. It was what took one into school classrooms, community […]
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LOAF AND INVITE YOUR SOUL BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING AT WOODLAND PATTERN
Compiled by Mary Vuk I loaf and invite my soul, I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. Walt Whitman, Song of Myself Ah, to loaf and invite your soul, and loaf while observing a spear of summer grass. Long ago, before we got really, really busy (remember that?), summer […]
Bertha Zamudio
by Jackie Reid-Dettloff, photograph by Melody R. Carranza The Mexican on Pierce Street. Bertha Zamudio smiles at the title her friends gave her when she first moved to Riverwest. From grade school in Mexico City to high school in Chicago to college in Racine to community organizing on Milwaukees south side, Bertha moved steadily northward […]
Letter from Zagora
(Ed. Note: This file was emailed with a date of April 1, 2050. At first it seemed to be an elaborate April Fools joke, complete with somehow messing with my gmail dateline, but it was so interesting I thought we would share it ) April 1, 2050 Greetings from the future. Some of my young friends […]
Letter from Zagora
by Janice Christensen Oh, my life is changing every day in every possible way. ~ The Cranberries So, no nothing stays the same forever. And its time to make some changes here at the Currents Inc. Probably the biggest change is going to be my role with the Riverwest Currents. With this issue, I plan […]

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