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Driftless by David Rhodes

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Monday, December 27 through Thursday, January 27, 2022. Read by Karl Schmidt.

A story from the “driftless” area of Wisconsin, about a town apparently left out of time. It’s an unforgettable slice of life in rural America.

Driftless by David Rhodes (Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2008). Copyright © 2008 by David Rhodes. Rebroadcast with permission from Milkweed Editions. www.milkweed.org

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(Milkweed; ISDN-10: 1571310592 / ISBN-13: 978-57131-059-0)

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