Maud Lavin’s latest novel, Mermaids and Lazy Activists, A Lake Michigan Tale  is equal parts ode to Lake Michigan, to the indie writing...

you are entitled to one carry-on My heart swells in a way I can’t pin down–and Don’t care to–when I watch ferries pass in the Sound,...

At 39,000 he turns to say the moon always falls to Earth and  instead of words I web my fingers to the darkness  and fill so wide with...

If only you could pretend you don’t care about the superficially courteous relationship with your in-laws who also pretend to have risen...