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Creek and boulders in soft afternoon light

·April 23, 2021

After the Creek

By Siamak Vossoughi

Apple tree with graveyard in distance

·January 4, 2021

Wild Apple

Prose by Alexandria Peary + Photos by Deborah Schillbach

Letter to America Poetry

·December 24, 2020

Letter to America by Carol Alexander

One Poem

U.S. Capitol in autumn

Currents Soundscapes

·December 15, 2020

The Elasticity of Democracy

Soundscapes Episode 4 Curated by Miranda Perrone

Reviews + Recommended Reads

·December 1, 2020

The After-Normal: Brief, Alphabetical Essays on a Changing Planet by David Carlin and Nicole Walker

Reviewed by Anne Marie Macari

Hawai'i

·November 11, 2020

Inscriptions of Power Upon the Land: Craig Santos Perez and Eric Magrane in Conversation

Statue of Liberty at sunset

Currents Letter to America

·November 10, 2020

Letter to America, 2020

By Alison Hawthorne Deming

Pinon-juniper forest, Southern Utah

·November 2, 2020

In Defense of Piñon Nut Nation

Prose + Photos by Stephen Trimble

Los Angeles, California

Currents Letter to America

·October 19, 2020

Letter to America: The Suburban Fiasco + 25

By James Howard Kunstler

Currents Letter to America

·October 12, 2020

Letter to America: It’s No Surprise

By Whit Jester

Hurricane lamp at twilight next to river

Currents Letter to America

·September 28, 2020

Letter to America: Jeffrey Foucault Sings “Hurricane Lamp”

Currents Letter to America

·September 14, 2020

Letter to America: Cycling Through It

By Jolie Kaytes