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Issue No. 20, Community Sustained, now live!

  
Summer/Fall 2007 Issue Now Online

Issue No. 20 — Community Sustained — features a rich mix of contributions:

Columns

• Guest Editorial: “Grassroots Good, Communities of Change” by Erik Hoffner, Orion Grassroots Network
• Simmons B. Buntin wants a taco stand in every neighborhood
• David Rothenberg says "Avutad!" and translates poems
• Catherine Cunningham explores the Western expansion of Frisco, Colorado
• New columnist Deborah Fries is excited about restoring the allure of Bedford Springs

Interview

• Terrain.org interviews ecologist, author, and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber

Poetry

• Poetry by Lynn Strongin, Danica Colic, Matthew Thorburn, Elizabeth Aamot, Lyn Lifshin, Justin Evans, Tim Bellows, Anca
  Vlasopolos, J.D. Smith, and Eric Magrane (with images)

Essays

• “Listening without Distraction: Sustainability in Little Tibet” by Pamela Uschuk, with photos by William Pitt Root
• “Accidental Summer Soundtrack” by Nishta Jaya Mehra
• “Sitting on the Front Porch” by Cynthia Staples
• “A Lake of Pure Sunshine” by Scott Calhoun
• “Bollywood: An Obsession” with Narrative Slideshow, by Kaizer Rangwala
  

UnSprawl Case Study

• Southside in Greensboro, North Carolina — a 10-acre revitalization project featuring restored historic homes, live-work units, corner retail, a central transit stop, and a metamorphosis of the once-blighted neighborhood into a vibrant, mixed-income community

Fiction

• "The Great Citrus War" by Terry Sanville
• "The Split" by Kim Whitehead
• "Renting" by John Michael Cummings
• "Thrashing" by Teague Bohlen

Articles

• “Siena and Sustainability: City and Country in Tuscany” with "Spannocchia: A Tuscan Sustainable Estate" and extra Siena photos, by Thomas Harvey
• “Community Development in Denver's Curtis Park: A New Model for Urban Infill” by Joe Colistra
• “The Arts and Austin's Second Street District” by Janet Seibert
• “Aging in Community: How the Coming Baby Boom Generation will Transform Traditional Models of Independent Living” by Jan Moran and Paul Rollins
• "Kiva: Reducing Poverty and Building Sustainable Communities
  through Micro-Lending" by J.D. Stein

ARTerrain Gallery

• Five oil paintings from the "Suburban Series" by Pakistani-born Canadian artist Fatima Jamil Faiz

Reviews

• Stephanie Eve Boone reviews Follies of Science: 20th Century
  Visions of Our Fantastic Ftuure by Eric Dregni and Jonathan Dregni
• Bonnie Richardson reviews Drosscape: Wasting Urban Land in America
  by Alan Berger
• Simmons B. Buntin reviews On the Altar of Greece, poems by
  Donna J. Gelagotis Lee
• Terrain.org reviews Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song
  by Les Beletsky

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Terrain.org Blog Brings Real-Time Information and News

The new Terrain.org Blog is your place to get the latest journal information and news, including environmental and land-use stories, book annotations, and more.

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Terrain.org 10th Anniversary Reading

Mark your calendars now for Terrain.org's 10th Anniversary Reading:

Thursday, January 31, 2008
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Cornelia Street Café
New York City, N.Y.

Readers include Scott Edward Anderson, Simmons B. Buntin, Scott Calhoun, Philip Fried, Deborah Fries, Suzanne Frischkorn, Dennis Must, Shann Palmer, and David Rothenberg.

Please plan on joining us!