In "Under the Heaven Tree," journalist and poet William Bridges paints a rich picture of growing up in two Indiana towns, Franklin and Vincennes, from the 1930s through the 1950s. It is the story of an unusual family of artists, of a secret marriage,...
In PLACES & STORIES, Bill Bridges turns his poet's/journalist's eye on scenes ranging from Venice to Machu Picchu to the Time Out Bar in Van Buren, Indiana. He also ranges in time, describing his search for echoes of the Yukon gold rush and for "lost...
In "Breath & Other Ventures," Bill Bridges has created a companion piece to his earlier "Places & Stories." But this time there's a more personal note, as he recounts how he dealt with an inherited respiratory ailment while at the same time exploring...