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Lincoln and New Salem

My blog has been quiet for the few months as I’ve been working on my thesis for my graduate program at Pacific University. My thesis is a portion of a novel set in a fictional town not far from New Salem, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln spent six years before moving to Springfield to become a lawyer. TheContinue reading “Lincoln and New Salem”

Marking the Tempo: Carl Sandburg’s Harvest Poems

Carl Sandburg’s poems pulse with the soul of the prairie, conjuring up the feeling of Illinois and its neighbors, evoking the essence of the region. Indeed, the poetry in Harvest Poems (1910-1960) sweeps across a Midwestern experience embedding in place. It’s the sound of his words that reverberate with that sense of place—like the prairie,Continue reading “Marking the Tempo: Carl Sandburg’s Harvest Poems”