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Author Archives: Karen Kovacik

Channeling the Duende: George Kalamaras’s “A History of Green”

March 2, 2014

George Kalamaras’s poem draws inspiration from Charles Wright’s “Yellow,” a sonnet-length catalogue replete with images of that color. But Kalamaras’s …

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“Song for Saint Nicholas Day” by Terry Kirts

December 6, 2013

The truth about St. Nicholas is complicated. Instead of a jolly old guy bringing presents to children, the real saint, …

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“Ardors So Fierce”: Reading Jean Garrigue

November 30, 2013

“Evansville-born poetess Jean Garrigue dies at 59,” trumpets the headline from the Indiana town where the poet spent the first …

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Shari Wagner’s Histories

November 27, 2013

Shari Wagner’s The Harmonist at Nightfall is a collection of poems inspired by her travels around Indiana. But this book …

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A Different Shade of Pink: Bonnie Maurer’s “Hymn to a Lost Breast”

October 31, 2013

Recently, the Huffington Post has been rife with polemics for and mostly against the notion of “Pinktober,” the month dedicated …

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A Wordless Harmony: Laurel Smith’s “Improvised Sabbath”

October 14, 2013

The southern Indiana town of New Harmony, once home to two utopian communities, lies along the Wabash River, not far …

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Song for the End of Summer: Mary Leader’s “Schoolteacher’s Ditty”

August 30, 2013

Assembling syllabi, organizing books and supplies, and racing around campus put me in mind of Mary Leader’s “Schoolteacher’s Ditty.” Now …

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Of Corn Dogs and Moon Pies: Terry Kirts’s “State Fair Suite”

August 10, 2013

Nostalgia and consumerism rub elbows at the Indiana State Fair: a man crafting a spindle-backed rocking chair and a woman …

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Carpe Diem for Cicadas: “Brood X” by Anne Haines

July 29, 2013

            This is not like 1987 or 2004 when the 17-year cicadas’ incessant buzz drowned out ambulance sirens, and their …

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Anticipating the Arbor: Nancy Pulley’s “Grape Jelly”

July 20, 2013

Remember kettles sweating in kitchens of unholy steam? And listening for the lids to pop on all those Ball jars …

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