"Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in every thing."
- William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Matt Colglazier works as an academic adviser in six departments at Indiana University. He was the 2008 Democratic nominee for state senate in Indiana's 44th district. He is also the founder of americancraftspirits.com, a website devoted to interviews and reviews focusing on the craft spirits movement in the United States.
Colglazier reads "The Fair," "The Flood," "Beck's Mill," "Seymour," and "French Lick" on this extended web edition of The Poets Weave.