Thank you to writers Evelyn Nelson and McKenna Scherer along with photographers Andrea Paulseth and Luong Huynh for so carefully documenting “sleeper” elements of the recent Eaux Claires festival. And…View post

While on the Perfect Sundays film set last year I met producers Rupa Mehta and her husband Sam Goldberg. The three of us come from divergent backgrounds but as so often…View post

Note from Mike: I vacillated about posting this. Tooting one’s own horn, etc. But the man who wrote it is a good man, and in sharing what he wrote, I…View post

From a reader: I just wanted to thank you for writing Forty Acres Deep. I have not experienced all of Harold’s struggles, but I do know how it feels to…View post

For years I’ve performed in boots. Not because I need steel-toes in case I drop my poem or my guitar, but because in the moment it takes to lace up…View post