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

Temptation to Trespass: A Photo Essay
by Kathleen Galvin

June 21, 2018

On the Patient Wait to Document a Majestic, Decaying Georgia Home Click button above to hear Kathleen Galvin read this essay, or cl... Read More...

The Password
by Elizabeth Rush

June 7, 2018

Nonfiction

I have lived in Rhode Island for one week when I set out to explore the nearest tidal marsh, the landscape I know will be the first to show si... Read More...

North Beach Posse
by Dickson Lam

May 30, 2018

Nonfiction

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The name of our housing project, North Beach, was misleading. North Beach was up the hill. We were closer to Fisherman’s Wharf. Our backyard w... Read More...

Margins
by Ryan Schnurr

May 4, 2018

Nonfiction

State Road 47 runs for 64 miles through central and west central Indiana, winding a loose, stretched-out S-curve across the state. The l... Read More...

Blue Mountain: A Painted Essay
by Lena Moses-Schmitt

April 8, 2018

Nonfiction

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When I was twenty-three, I quit my job and ... Read More...

The Carcass Toss
by Nick Neely

March 19, 2018

Nonfiction

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When the doors opened, it was the smell that hit you: almost sweet, but with the faint sour of turned flesh. The outsized fish—366 steelhead, ... Read More...

On the Shortest Day:
The Northern Prairie + Siberia
by W. Scott Olsen + Valeriy Klamm

February 23, 2018

Available Light, Image in Place, Nonfiction

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From the Northern Prairie, by W. Scott Olsen Here is a truth about facts and reputation. The dramatic facts stick. Leave them al... Read More...

Building Sawbill
by Jennifer Case

February 16, 2018

Nonfiction

Early into my infatuation with Sawbill, while I am still living in Nebraska, I come across a simple metaphor that Lawrence Buell, an environme... Read More...