Letter to America
by Andrew C. Gottlieb
The Question We'll Ask
Dear America:
We’re going to wonder about you for a long time.
I came to you as an immigrant when I wa... Read More...
Letter to America
by Laura Jackson Roberts
Click button above to hear Laura Jackson Roberts read this Letter to America, or click here to download the letter in .mp3 format.
Dear Wes... Read More...
Behaving Normally to Fight
the Climate Crisis
by Raymond Welch
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
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
by Rachel Sturges
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
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
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
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
Fox Lake
Click button above to hear Eric LeMay's Letter to America, or click here to download the audio essay in .mp3 format.
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Letter to America
by Elizabeth Dodd
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
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
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...
