by Ben Elmadari Liam Callanan, a popular creative writing professor at UWM, is author of two nationally acclaimed novels. His latest, All Saints, has been praised for capturing the voice of a 50-yearold woman who struggles with her temptations and their consequences. Callanan responded to the Currents from a coffee shop in Alexandria, VA, where […]
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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 […]
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Donnell McDougal
by Ellen C. Warren, photograph by Vince Bushell I just meet interesting people, says Donnell McDougal. Ive been meeting interesting people since I was five years old. About a year back Donnell sat down on a bench in front of the Riverwest Cooperative. A young man joined him there and they spent a time in […]
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A Breath of Fresh Air: Literary Activist E. Ethelbert Miller Visits Milwaukee April 12-13
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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Comings and Goings
by Tim Lambrecht Brady Street shoppers and revelers will soon have a new place to go to grab a bite. The new Unique Pizza restaurant will be opening soon. The site, formerly Au Bon Appetit at 1016 E. Brady St., has been renovated and should be open sometime in March. The restaurant, a Pennsylvania franchise, […]
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