Goat Crossfit

Here is a fun and thoroughly novel approach to fitness--goat crossfit!

New Memoir about Menominee Cuisine

Follow this link to read a review of Good Seeds: A Menominee Indian Food Memoir by Thomas Pecore Weso.

In NY Times, Galchen and Holmes consider appropriation

This week, the New York Times featured reflections by Rivka Galchen and Anna Holmes considering the boundaries and challenges of cultural appropriation. One thing that both writers clearly understand and respect is that artistic creation carries responsibilities for the artist. It reminds me that there is no true freedom without responsibility--they are flip sides to each other,

Kathleen Ossip on Why Poetry Matters

Kathleen Ossip offers a perceptive comment in Electric Literature on the importance of poetry. I love her observation that "After all, the New York Times never asks 'Does football matter?' or 'Do restaurants matter?' or 'Does television matter?'”