Breesa wrote a guidebook to the U.P. with help from a farmer in Chatham, a wildlife researcher on Isle Royale, a sunrise enthusiast in Marquette, a field recordist in the Keweenaw, an educator in Iron County, and many others. You can pre-order the book (and check out the sweet Kickstarter rewards) before October 23, 2025 at updreamdays.com.
Episode 8: The Fortunes of the Community
A story about faith, providence, and the hazards of running a bakery in bear country.
The Holy Transfiguration Skete website
Episode 7: Someplace Special
A story about the finest roadside attraction in the Upper Peninsula. And sisu.
Essay: “We have nothing worse than death to fear” by Erin Wisti
Lakenenland online
Episode 6: Corpse Pose
A story about noticing and documenting the tiny deaths that surround us.
Tracy’s website
Episode 5: In Search of the Mouth of the Sleeping River
Episode 4: Women's Work
A story about vision, ambition, and the intertwined lives of two women who never met, one following a string of clues left by the other.
A few months after our interview Melissa left the DeVos Art Museum after 11 years as the director. She told Breesa the series of interviews for The State of Superior “felt like my exit interview.”
The DeVos Art Museum’s online Cecilia Kettunen collection
Hilma af Klint at the Guggenheim
The Guerrilla Girls: Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get into the Met. Museum?
Episode 3: Shooting the Loop
Episode 2: The Artists in the Woods
A story about a young couple who move to Ontonagon looking to get away from people and live off the land.
Boe Harbison’s music