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Arctic Wayfinders:
Inuit Mental and Physical Maps
by Michael Engelhard

March 14, 2019

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

January 27, 2019

Contest, Nonfiction

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

January 23, 2019

Contest, Nonfiction

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

January 6, 2019

Nonfiction

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.

May 11, 2018

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

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

June 13, 2017

Image in Place, Nonfiction

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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

September 8, 2016

Nonfiction

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

November 16, 2015

Contest, Nonfiction

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

March 9, 2014

Currents, Guest Editorial

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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...

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