How To Run a Marathon

By Bonnie Arant Ertelt Jeff Martindale proves that running is a great metaphor for life. A dedicated runner for 26 years, the mileage he gained while cultivating his love for long-distance running parallels that of growing his family and his career at FedEx, from which he recently retired. Jeff Martindale completes his sixth of the […]
How To Read a Poem

By Maria Browning Major Jackson believes in the sacred practice of bringing together poets, poems and people. His most recent book, Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002–2020, was praised by Publishers Weekly for the poems’ “insight and warmth” and Jackson’s “capacious poetic world.” The New York Times described Razzle Dazzle as a “nutritionally dense […]