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Unsprawl: Community of Civano in Tucson, Arizona

Unsprawl:
The Community of Civano
Tucson, Arizona

April 14, 2019

By Simmons B. Buntin About the Community of Civano 270-acre New Urbanist neighborhood with adjacent 55-acre “town center” Neigh... Read More...

The Pyramid
by Abby Dockter

April 3, 2019

Nonfiction, To Know a Place

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Click button above to hear Abby Dockter read this essay, or click here to download the essay in .mp3 format. Near the center of Tir... Read More...

Arctic Wayfinders:
Inuit Mental and Physical Maps
by Michael Engelhard

March 14, 2019

Nonfiction

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...

One Poem
by Ellie A. Rogers

February 24, 2019

Poetry

Click button above to hear Ellie A. Rogers introduce and read this poem, or click here to download the poem in .mp3 format. Brigget Bishop’... Read More...

Letter to America
by Elizabeth Dodd

February 12, 2019

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Guest Editorial: Witness the Present Mexican War Dear America, Henry David Thoreau has lived in my head all my adult life, a... Read More...

Letter to America
by Roy Bentley

February 5, 2019

Letter to America, Poetry

Click button above to hear Roy Bentley read this poem, or download the poem in .mp3 format. The Last Drive-In in Newark, Ohio Closes ... 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 Jeffrey Thomson

December 23, 2018

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

Guest Editorial Dear America, More than 150 years ago a woman in Amherst, Massachusetts, wrote this poem: ... Read More...

Review:
No Brother, This Storm: Poems

December 15, 2018

Reviews + Reads

Philip C. Kolin reviews No Brother, This Storm, poems by Jack Bedell Mercer University Press | 2018 | ISBN: 9780... Read More...

Unsprawl: Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve, Maryland, by Claudia Kousoulas

Unsprawl:
The Agricultural Reserve
Montgomery County, Maryland

December 13, 2018

To Know a Place, Unsprawl

By Claudia Kousoulas Maryland’s Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve comprises 93,000 contiguous acres in the Washington, D.C. metr... Read More...

Detroitism, by John G. Rodwan, Jr., with Photos by J. Gordon Rodwan

Detroitism
by John G. Rodwan, Jr.
Photos by J. Gordon Rodwan

November 29, 2018

Nonfiction, To Know a Place

Both Detroiters and Detroitists populate Detroit. Perhaps every city has residents as well as people who not only live there but are also its ... Read More...

The Bridge
by Abby Dockter

October 14, 2018

Nonfiction, To Know a Place

Click button above to hear Abby Dockter read this essay, or click here to download the essay in .mp3 format. The most beautiful pie... Read More...

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