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August 1963

 “So, what did Will do?” Len Sprague, crowing already, asked the men gathered in a crescent before him in Helen’s living room. Each man held a plate filled with roast beef or tuna salad sandwiches, potato salad, and a thick wedge of carrot cake below his chin. Big and burly, one of Will’s longtime acquaintances and an electrician by trade, Len wa...


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My bewilderment

has endured for years since childhood’s footfalls quieted forever along with
the soothing hum of the separator dividing cream from milk
drawn from the dugs of Guernsey cows all of which are ghosts
like the marigolds I loved above all other flowers for making

a golden border around the garden which falsely implie...


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In the Bewilderment is a contemplative collection of poems inspired by the tallgrass prairie and the restorative power of the natural world. Blending intimate reflections with vivid observations of wildlife, weather, seasons, and solitude, Ryan Kegley explores grief, wonder, belonging, spirituality, and the search for peace in an unsettled age. These poems move ...


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“Missing” was shortlisted for the 2025 Best in Rural Writing Contest by judge Jamie Guiney. Learn more about the contest here.

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My mother had lived in the same house for over fifty years before we took her from it on the last day of...


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Laura Redford encloses her farm stories like wrought iron filigree fences, strong and artful. Her remarkable sensitivity to animal life along with her determination is established in this collection from 25 years of solo farming in rural Missouri.

Courage, stamina, and wisdom are her tools, shaping the reader’s view of farming dimensions deeper and wider than most...


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