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Unsprawl: Community of Civano in Tucson, Arizona

Unsprawl:
The Community of Civano
Tucson, Arizona

April 14, 2019

The Community of Civano located in Tucson, Arizona is a New Urbanist, 270-acre neighborhood designed and built using principles of sustainability, including reduced energy and potable water usage.

Auricle Canyon
by Will Cordeiro

February 7, 2019

Nonfiction

Eight-thousand feet up in the Abajo Mountains of southeast Utah, the late September air gave a wicked chill. I bundled on my blue wool-lined j... Read More...

To Hold a Beautiful, Burning Snake
by Caleb Roberts

November 14, 2018

Nonfiction, To Know a Place

I. They said the Thompson Ridge wildfire was a good fire. It began on May 31, 2013, at the southern foot of Redondo Peak in the Jemez M... Read More...

The Train that Night
by David Carlin

December 5, 2017

Nonfiction

Between the train tracks by the La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona, a yellow line on the platform marks where you should stand behind. Less t... Read More...

Old Road, New Stories: Modern Legacies, by Rob Carney

Old Roads, New Stories:
Modern Legacies
by Rob Carney

November 8, 2017

Currents, Old Roads, New Stories

A Literary Series for Ryan Zinke I teach a Modern Legacies course at Utah Valley University. I call it “Futuristic Fiction... Read More...

A Life of Science:
Harvesting Sunlight
by Liliana Ruiz Diaz

October 29, 2017

A Life of Science, Currents

A Series by New Scientists The phone alarm startles me awake at 6:30. Heavy curtains prevent the dawn light from passing through th... Read More...

A Life of Science:
Travel Bug
by Genevieve Comeau

September 5, 2017

A Life of Science, Currents

A Series by New Scientists 1947. Entebbe, Uganda. Wind-tossed branches throw light across a monkey lying on the floor of a metal c... Read More...

The House We Live In: New Plans
by Amy Knight

June 19, 2017

Currents, The House We Live In

A Series on Building the Sustainable Home in Tucson, Arizona When you look into the distance in a landscape of rolling hills, somet... Read More...

Remembering Origins, fiction by Susan Feathers

Remembering Origins
by Susan Feathers

June 11, 2017

Fiction

Click button above to hear Susan Feathers read this novel excerpt, or click here to download poem in .mp3 format. It was Dolores ... Read More...

The House We Live In: Disappointment
by Amy Knight

June 5, 2017

Currents, The House We Live In

A Series on Building the Sustainable Home in Tucson, Arizona Reader, it did not go well. I had met with the final bidder right whe... Read More...

The House We Live In: What Ifs
by Amy Knight

May 22, 2017

Currents, The House We Live In

A Series on Building the Sustainable Home in Tucson, Arizona One of the ways I’ve learned, over the years, to cope with anxiety is ... Read More...

The House We Live In: Sad Party
by Amy Knight

May 15, 2017

Currents, The House We Live In

A Series on Building the Sustainable Home in Tucson, Arizona A few years ago, I had gone on a handful of dates with a guy who ... Read More...

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