Currents Archives • Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built + Natural Environments

Old Roads, New Stories:
Down Here on the Cold, Cold Ground
by Rob Carney

February 13, 2019

A Literary Series With the New Year not so long ago, and in the spirit of resolutions, I plan to spend a minute each mor... Read More...

Letter to America
by Elizabeth Dodd

February 12, 2019

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Guest Editorial: Witness the Present Mexican War Dear America, Henry David Thoreau has lived in my head all my adult life, a... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Poems as Rakes
by Rob Carney

January 19, 2019

Currents, Old Roads, New Stories

A Literary Series So there’s this joke I heard once—I forget where—that goes something like this: A Dean of Humanities ... Read More...

Letter to America
by Jeffrey Thomson

December 23, 2018

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Guest Editorial Dear America, More than 150 years ago a woman in Amherst, Massachusetts, wrote this poem: ... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Extra Credit If You Read This at Work
by Rob Carney

December 9, 2018

Currents, Old Roads, New Stories

A Literary Series My wife Jen is telling a story about work. She teaches at Meadowlark Elementary (Go Larks!), and there... Read More...

Letter to America
by Scott Minar
with a Poem by Riad Saleh Hussein
translated by Saleh Razzouk

November 22, 2018

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Mortar Shells, Lunch, and Poetry Dear America, My friend Saleh Razzouk sits having lunch in his apartment in Aleppo. He may be worki... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Día de los Muertos
by Rob Carney

October 31, 2018

Currents, Old Roads, New Stories

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A Literary Series Say you’re adrift like I am. Say it’s 81 miles from this spot to Next Services, plus or minus the sun ... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
I’d Rather be a Hawk
by Rob Carney

October 1, 2018

Currents, Old Roads, New Stories

A Literary Series Like me, my friend Jason hates sestinas. Here’s what he wrote in a poem of his recently: I was at a p... Read More...

Transforming Art into Action
at the University of the Parks
by Danielle Beazer Dubrasky

September 22, 2018

Currents, Guest Editorial

Guest Editorial Southern Utah University, located in Cedar City, was recently designated the “University of the Parks” for its close ... Read More...

Letter to America
by Christopher Merrill

September 17, 2018

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

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Guest Editorial Dear America, On Memorial Day weekend I attend a forum in Nanjing that drew sinologists from around the world for di... Read More...

A Life of Science:
The Human Story of Transformation
in Coastal Bangladesh
by Saleh Ahmed

August 22, 2018

A Life of Science, Currents, To Know a Place

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A Series by New Scientists Most people in Bangladesh have experiences with natural hazards. I am not an exception. Since childhood, ... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
In the Beginning was the Word
by Rob Carney

August 17, 2018

Currents, Old Roads, New Stories

A Literary Series Despite the political time we’re living in now, we can’t let Habit and Lack of Imagination win. Habit ... Read More...