Category: Articles and Columns by George Vukelich
December 1991 – Pages from a North Country Notebook
Three North Country Notebook columns together in one place. All three of these columns appear in the ‘Through the Ice’ chapter of North Country Notebook, vol. I.
Summer 1984 – Walking Up the Mountain
Prime Times was a magazine aimed at an older audience. This is a reflective essay about getting older and has some interesting paragraphs about his father, who he called The Old Man. George used to say that he tried to put into words what he thinks his father would have…
Wisconsin Tales and Trails Summer 1971: Mel Ellis of Little Lakes
George and his son Vince visited Mel Ellis at Little Lakes in 1971. He talked about this interview in his column in the Wisconsin Outdoor Journal from August, 1988 which you can read here.
Isthmus 9-10-93: Writing Under the Inspiration (The Hungry Poet #7)
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Isthmus 11-27-92: The Meter’s Running (The Hungry Poet #6)
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Isthmus 12-27-91: Ghosts of Christmas Past (The Hungry Poet #5)
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Isthmus 10-18-91: Hungry Poet Strikes Again (The Hungry Poet #4)
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Isthmus 8-30-91: Soup to Nuts (The Hungry Poet #2)
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Isthmus 8-16-91: Poetry for an Empty Stomach (The Hungry Poet #1)
This is the first time the Hungry Poet appears in North Country Notebook. Ed Teela had closed the legendary baitshop and opened Steady Eddy’s Cafe on Williamson Street in Madison. The premise is a poet coming into the Cafe and offering to exchange poems for jambalaya and gazpacho. The food…
Wisconsin Outdoor Journal August, 1988: Greetings
George’s first column with the Wisconsin Outdoor Journal. He wrote regular North Country Notebook columns for WOJ and Isthmus until his death in 1995. This column is a pretty good introduction to his writing, and his influences on his writing. The attached photo shows the stringer of trout George and…
Wisconsin Outdoor Journal April, 1988: Only the Crane Remains
Includes the poem The Leopold Pines.