Memoirous

I’ve posted here before about Kyle White, a hybrid poet fromWisconsin . I know this is already such a lame intro to someone who’s work I really appreciate. Sometimes too many words can ruin a moment meant to be sublime. That’s Kyle, he underwrites and leaves white space for the reader. His latest book: Bear. With Me. {A Field Journal} "bear. with me." is nine mysterious bear illustrations interwoven with a story of wonder, told through forty haiku: "Follow rabbit trail. You meet Bear in a fur coat. You find Bear is you." "bear. with me." is to be read slowly and in one sitting, out-of-doors. I shared with him my chapbook: Bright Invisible about a week spent at Great Spruce Head Island in Maine. Through essays, journal entries, persona letters where I attempt to channel James Schuyler and experience the island through his eyes.   Bright Invisible: Words Sketches of Great Spruce Head Island These are the kinds projects no one has a ...

The Violence Against Women Act became law in 1994 to protect women from domestic abuse.  Both parties agreed and signed on.  No more.  When the VAWA came up for reauthorization on Feb. 2 it had to wiggle in under the doorjam with a 10-8 vote split right down party lines. Republican committee members didn't support the bill.  Seriously. (Wisconsin officials are now trying to enact legislation equating single-parenting to child abuse.)  Part of the language for that is below: “In promoting those campaigns and materials, the [Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board] shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.”--snip-- --snip-- Republican State Rep . Don “white” Pridemore, speaking in support of the bill he co-sponsored with State Sen . Glenn Grothman that says single parenting is a contributing factor to child abuse (emphasis added): The bill’s co-sponsor, Representative Don Pridemore , told TODAY’S TM...