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

February 23, 2018

Available Light, Image in Place, Nonfiction

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...

Many Edges to Explore:
An Interview with Pattiann Rogers

October 13, 2017

Interviews

Interview by Tina Kelley Introduction Pattiann Rogers. Photo by John R. Rogers. Pattiann Rogers is a crucial voice in the wilderness... Read More...

Observations on Urban Form:
Inviting Light in Amsterdam
by Anne Tate

March 30, 2017

Currents, Image in Place, Observations on Urban Form

A Series on Architecture, Planning, and Urban Design I have always loved Amsterdam. A recent visit reawakened this affection each t... Read More...

Observations on Urban Form:
Life in Haarlem
by Anne Tate

February 22, 2017

Currents, Image in Place, Observations on Urban Form

A Series on Architecture, Planning, and Urban Design During a week in Haarlem, a Dutch city of 160,000 founded in the 13th cen... Read More...

Observations on Urban Form:
Architecture + Iconography
by Anne Tate

February 8, 2017

Currents, Image in Place, Observations on Urban Form

A Series on Architecture, Planning, and Urban Design While walking in Stockholm I discovered an astonishing pair of doorways. The b... Read More...

Observations on Urban Form:
A City Captures the Sun
by Anne Tate

November 22, 2016

Currents, Image in Place, Observations on Urban Form

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A Series on Architecture, Planning, and Urban Design It’s a gray day in Stockholm, allowing time to reflect on the power of the sun... Read More...

Memory Towers: A Video
by Michael Hess

July 15, 2016

Currents, On the Trail, Video

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On the Trail: A Video Series"Memory Towers" is the sixth of 12 videos in this series. Memory Towers -H.264 for iPod video and iPhone 640x48... Read More...

Two Poems
by Robert Michael Pyle

May 3, 2016

Poetry

February Third: Spring Has Many HungersFoamy banks of snowdrops bloomed,under siege by honeybees. In the lawnthe purple splay of crocus, on the ... Read More...

Flameout
by J. T. Townley

May 1, 2016

Fiction

We don’t have much to go on: EMOTE threat near the Capitol. We call it that out of habit, though the building went up right along with the polit... Read More...

Two Poems
by David D. Horowitz

April 19, 2016

Poetry

Click button above to play audio for these poems, or click here to download the poems in .mp3 format. First Stars, Last Light He knew the night... Read More...

Three Poems
by Al Maginnes

October 20, 2015

Poetry

Sentinel Moon The lake is one page in the book of moonlight.But only one. The moon, like water, requiresdistance to do its intended work. Tonigh... Read More...

In Shifting Light: Urban Landscapes
by Lynn Saville

October 18, 2015

ARTerrain, Image in Place

Skip to Gallery Introduction by Lynn SavilleI photograph the urban landscape during twilight and dawn, those relatively brief periods when the light ... Read More...

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