Writings by David A. Ek
Yes, Virginia, verse also lies in nonfiction, for is there in truth no beauty?
Fissures
Within the real-world reality of limited resources, some issues do not unite us as a community but instead elicit division. While social fissures rarely spring forth harmonious connections, they do imbibe us with our strongest passion and drama.
Luminaries ranging from Mark Twain to Theodore Roosevelt once regaled Cairo, Illinois as the shining example of American hope and prosperity. The river town did indeed bask in brilliant luminescence, so much that lauded dignitaries claimed Cairo would grow larger...
Drama flows through Montana’s Powder River fly-over country. Agriculture and the search for Bakken Shale oil and gas have impacted the pallid sturgeon, an ancient species analogous to living dinosaurs. Using a literary approach, the author highlights the plight of...