In the Village
by Suzannah Lessard
Landscape is what arises from the hand of work as we make our living on the planet and our relation to one another as we do so.
The ... Read More...
Making Landfall
by Paul Lindholdt
On the idea of “making landfall”—while riding out one hell of a storm on the Mayan Apocalypse in Belize’s Turneffe Atoll.
There we w... Read More...
Tombstones by the Sea
by Rick Van Noy
Tangier Island, Virginia is losing itself to sea-level rise. President Trump tells residents there’s nothing to worry about.
Marsh gr... Read More...
Arctic Wayfinders:
Inuit Mental and Physical Maps
by Michael Engelhard
wayfinder
1) A sign, landmark, or other indicator used to assist people in navigating to a particular location.
2) A person navigating to a ... Read More...
The Last Time
Prose and Illustrations by Martha Park
Finalist : Terrain.org 9th Annual Contest in Nonfiction
When we pulled up to the creek-side cabin we’d share for the next wee... Read More...
Terrestrial
by Jordan Escobar
Finalist : Terrain.org 9th Annual Contest in Nonfiction
Click button above to hear Jordan Escobar read this essay, or click here to... Read More...
Thomas Jefferson’s Monster
by B.J. Hollars
In April of 1796—nearly three years after resigning his post as Secretary of State—Thomas Jefferson received an unexpected package from Colone... Read More...
Letter to America
by John Janovy, Jr.
Guest Editorial
Dear America,
We as a nation are being drowned by a narrative of fear and anger that now drives policy ... Read More...
Landscape // Bisected:
American Railroads // A Photo Essay
by John Sanderson
The railroad today is not what it was imagined to be at the height of its reach across the American landscape. In 1915, over 250,000 track mil... Read More...
Departures
by Lena Moses-Schmitt
If we are quiet, we are reminded that it is not us but the world that makes its own electricity.
Before the flight takes off, the young... Read More...
Hostile Soil
by Spring Ulmer
Finalist : Terrain.org 6th Annual Contest in Nonfiction On The BarrensI am on hostile soil. That’s what the sign posted at the tree line sk... Read More...
Mouthy
by Rick Bailey
One September day in 1975 I was sitting in a classroom in North Carolina when a woman behind me tapped me on the shoulder. I was new to the scho... Read More...
