A Far-Flung Life

I chose M. L. Stedman’s newest novel, A Far-Flung Life, based on the cover and the title. Something about the isolation of that windmill, silhouetted against the stars drew me in, as did the term “far-flung.” What kind of life could be described like that, I wondered. I knew nothing…

The Correspondent

Now and then I will read a book that pulls me into its world so deeply that I am there, and the characters are no longer fictional, but are people that I know. Such a novel is The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. As a writer myself, I have a pretty…

Boon: Fifty Poems by Karl Elder, a review

Disclaimer: Midwestern poet Karl Elder was my adviser and mentor when I was an undergrad at Lakeland College in the late 1980s, and then beyond when I worked with him in a supportive role for the Great Lakes Writers Festival. Elder, more than any other person, taught me poetry and…