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

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

October 1, 2018

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

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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...

Letter to America
by Danielle Beazer Dubrasky

August 13, 2018

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Guest Editorial Dear America, Summer 1975—the end of my fifth grade year and the start of my family’s ritual of nightly barbecues o... Read More...

Letter to America
by Tina Kelley

July 31, 2018

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Guest Editorial Dear America, The world provides, so maybe my hike in the woods is a narrative, a lesson, a Language-of-Flowers bou... Read More...

Letter to America
by Lisa M. O’Neill

July 4, 2018

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Guest Editorial Dear America, Four years ago, I developed tinnitus. The name for the condition comes from the Latin, tinnire: ... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Where the Rockies Were Born
by Rob Carney

June 30, 2018

Currents, Old Roads, New Stories

A Literary Series Take I-90 to St. Regis. Then the road to St. Ignatius. Then north from there, past the church, old and... Read More...

Letter to America
by Lawrence Lenhart

June 17, 2018

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Guest Editorial Dear Milo, It is possible to be too much in love with something. For example: the other day, I tossed you in the air... Read More...

Letter to America
by Rebecca Altman

June 8, 2018

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Click button above to hear Rebecca Altman read this letter, or click here to download the letter in .mp3 format. Everything is goin... Read More...

The Great Spirit of Inventiveness:
On the Writers & Artists as Activists Week
by Kelle Groom

June 4, 2018

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Guest Editorial After the presidential election, I was stunned and kept asking: What can we do? Alison Hawthorne Deming ... Read More...