Guest Editorial Archives • Terrain.org

Behaving Normally to Fight
the Climate Crisis
by Raymond Welch

November 25, 2019

We got into the climate mess through normal economic behavior. Can we get ourselves out the same way? For a couple of weeks each of ... Read More...

Beauty to Seduce, Beauty to Preserve:
Creating the Columbia Gorge
National Scenic Area
by Kevin Gorman

October 28, 2019

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The Columbia River Gorge is the only place in the world where a mighty river crashes through the entirety of a mountain range. We go... Read More...

Letter to America: After School Special, by Rachel Sturges

Letter to America
by Rachel Sturges

October 24, 2019

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After School Special Dear America, When I arrive at the school to pick up my four-year-old son, I’m pushing a stroller with o... Read More...

Letter to America
by Rachel Richardson

September 12, 2019

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Guest Editorial: Our Road Dear America, I never feel you so much as when I’m on your asphalt, your long stretches connecting ... Read More...

Always Knew I Was Adopted;
Just Found Out I’m Gay
by Sandra Steingraber

July 5, 2019

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A Coming Out Essay in Ten Parts 1. I’m gay. Five letters. Two syllables. Is there another declaration in the English language both smaller ... Read More...

Letter to America
by Sarah Inskeep

June 4, 2019

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Guest Editorial: The Youth Climate Suit Dear America, In 2015, a lawsuit was filed by 21 plaintiffs against our government. A... Read More...

Letter to America
Audio by Eric LeMay

May 20, 2019

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Fox Lake Click button above to hear Eric LeMay's Letter to America, or click here to download the audio essay in .mp3 format. ... Read More...

Letter to America
by Elizabeth Dodd

February 12, 2019

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

Letter to America
by Jeffrey Thomson

December 23, 2018

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

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

November 22, 2018

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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...

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

September 22, 2018

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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...