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A Life of Science:
The Human Story of Transformation
in Coastal Bangladesh
by Saleh Ahmed

August 22, 2018

A Life of Science, Currents, To Know a Place

A Series by New Scientists Most people in Bangladesh have experiences with natural hazards. I am not an exception. Since childhood, ... Read More...

A Life of Science:
Identity and Environmental
Politics in Rainfed India
by Carly Nichols

December 19, 2017

A Life of Science, Currents

A Series by New Scientists As a researcher visiting India to study agriculture and food security, I never thought I’d find myself r... Read More...

Letter to America
by Douglas Haynes

November 23, 2017

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Guest Editorial Dear United States of America, We’re cutting off the hands that fill our bellies. Hands like Pablo’s*, alre... Read More...

Eight Roosters
by Gina Warren

November 21, 2017

Nonfiction

1

“Do you live with other people?” the girl asks, clutching the gimpy rooster to her chest. She’s about six years old and is missing one of her ... Read More...

Two Poems
by Edward Harkness

October 26, 2017

Poetry

2

Click button above to hear Edward Harkness read this poem, or click here to download poem in .mp3 format. Spoon Th... Read More...

Three Poems
by Neil Shepard

October 3, 2017

Poetry

Leaving Vermont, Late Fall Nervous breakdown. Left the hoe-down. Left the hay bales, kale and Brussel &n... Read More...

Letter to America
by Dave Rintoul

September 13, 2017

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Guest Editorial Dear America, I’ve seen a lot of you lately, although not the parts that are commonly viewed. I took a solo driv... Read More...

Letter to a Young Farmer
by Verlyn Klinkenborg

May 31, 2017

Nonfiction

1

Most of the farmers I’ve ever known—and all of the farmers I’ve ever known well—were family members: grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins. In ... Read More...

One Poem
by Richard Wakefield

June 23, 2016

Poetry

Spring Flood In early spring the melting snowpack floodsthe lowland farms, leaving higher spotswhere stolid cattle crowd and chew their cudsimp... Read More...

Last Run in the Batmobile
by Catherine Staples

June 21, 2016

Nonfiction

2

Click button above to listen to the author read this essay against a backdrop of night sounds, or click here to download the essay in .mp3 form... Read More...

Two Poems
by Jim Bodeen

June 7, 2016

Poetry

4

Click button above to play audio for this poem, or click here to download the poem in .mp3 format.With Mom in the Jeep, Our Last Morningin Bowbe... Read More...

A Habit of Landscape: The Draws
by Shelley Armitage

May 4, 2016

Nonfiction, To Know a Place

I began to learn that the land was lyric. If there was no poet of the plains, there was a poetry of the plains. One of my favorite childhoo... Read More...

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