December Slalom: Iowa Snow, 2019

In “December Slalom,” Tádé Ìpàdéọlá captures a cold Midwest winter. The wind wanders down Dubuque Street, and Arctic breath creeps into side alleys. On the river, panfish navigate a slow, icy dance. Fields wear white flamboyance over dormant crops and rusted machinery. Hidden pigs huddle like native bison. All around, whispers of a spreading plague slip through news cracks and borders. As the year ends in pensiveness, the farmer’s almanac falters. It cannot foresee a virus from afar or the empty Hawkeye Stadiums yet to come. Nature and humankind brace for what the next season holds.

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