2026

“Prins Willem V,” “On an Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes” Edited by Michael Welch

Press

The Chicago Reader: The Edge of the World

“Ben Madeska dives into Lake Michigan to explore a shipwrecked freighter. Lina Tran visits Milwaukee’s last public drinking well, watching people fill gallon jugs with the iron-rich water. Santiago Barraza Lopez recalls a Chicago summer fling limited to the lake’s confines.”

Sixty Inches from Center: Finding Solace and Awe Along The Great Lakes: A Review of On an Inland Sea

“The ghostly confluence of the manmade and natural worlds haunts “Prins Willem V,” Benjamin Madeska’s account of diving to explore one of Lake Michigan’s numerous shipwrecks.

Newcity Lit: The Great Lakes Feel Intimate and Expansive in New “On an Inland Sea” Collection

Chicago Review of Books: Going Full Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Conversation with Michael Welch