And when this house goes down to wrack and ruin, as it must and will, not just because the brick and sheetrock are tacked to a rickety frame of quick...
Caite McNeil illustrates how some of the best joys in...
The Rural Literature Book Club is meeting online for the fifth...
You never told anyone the whole story about your dad....
It was the farthest north they had ever been. L’il...
We set out on the seven-mile journey from No. 56 to Knockdrin at 7.30 in the morning. The...
Old Man lived at the peak of Ghosten Mountain, not two miles from my boyhood home. Covered in...
It was the farthest north they had ever been. L’il Markie and Frank traveled with their mom to...
From the car’s passenger seat, I watch grain fields pass like a movie reel. I’m fascinated by the...
You never told anyone the whole story about your dad. You let most people think he was little...
Homing In I wandered down the highway a few times to a neighbor girl’s house that was further...
The Parable of the Sower Two trees with bad roots Planted by Lamont, dead six years now He’d...
A Meditation on the Land —remembering a farm foreclosure. For Darrell Ringer, 1953-93 “Thank you,” he said, while...
And when this house goes down to wrack and ruin, as it must and will, not just because...
Must watch videos
Talking about Books
Book Lists
Ryan Dennis is the author of The Beasts They Turned Away,...
Ryan Dennis is the author of The Beasts They Turned Away,...
Serial Memoir
Longer reflections
The Milk House Column
Syndicated column across four countries and two languages
This was written a year ago, at the beginning of...
It is no secret that farming is a difficult enterprise....
ONLINE WRITING CLASSES
Improve as a writer
Writing isn't a talent, but a craft that takes work.
Ryan Dennis, editor of The Milk House and author of The Beasts they Turned Away, has taught over 25 creative writing courses.
MORE INFO
Rural Literature Book Club
Join us to talk about books!
The Rural Literature Book Club is meeting online for the fifth time on Sunday, September 29th,...
The results are in. The Judge’s Choice and the Readers’ Choice for Best Poem 2023...