Articles by Ed Makowski

Political strategists focus a great deal of effort on branding the candidate they represent. Each detail is labored over: answers regarding the candidate’s past, perceived indiscretions and potential for exposure in any given area. Down to their daily outfit, haircut and choice in spectacles, no detail goes unlabored. For politicians, every answer must be preciously […]

Since 1979, Woodland Pattern has been a Midwestern outpost of literature. Nicholas A. Brown and Sarah E. Kanouse visited Woodland Pattern to present their book Re-Collecting Blackhawk: Landscape, Memory, and Power in the American Midwest. Ed Makowski was on-hand to learn about the legacy of Blackhawk’s likeness.