Volume VIII, Issue 1

Spring 2022


This issue was published directly into our static platform in the Fall of 2022. Note that its content is also available for download as a single .pdf using the link provided above.

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  • publisher's note
Publisher’s Note: The Stories We Tell 

by Jon Andelson

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  • editor's note
Exploring the Prairie’s Palette from Spring to Fall 

by Hannah Agpoon

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  • photo essay
Winter into Spring 

by Oliver Muñoz

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  • essay
Dark Skies or Light in My Eyes: A Look at Light Pollution 

by Zainab Thompson

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  • interview
Finding Home on the Prairie 

by Ian MacMoran

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  • feature
  • multimedia
Woodpeckers of the Prairie 

by Fernando Villatoro-Rodriguez

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  • memoir
A Woman and the Land 

by Denise O’Brien

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  • review
Grow Finish Unit Takes on “Ruthless and Insatiable” Industrial Ag 

by Jeremy Chen

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  • essay
Food Deserts in the Midst of Plenty 

by Mikayla Trissell

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  • essay
  • multimedia
Growing Kin: Voices from Mustard Seed Community Farm 

by Mustard Seed Farm workers

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  • photo essay
The Streets of Dallas: A Look Into The Minds of Three Photographers 

by Avery Hootstein

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  • photo essay
Getting Lost in Ohio 

by Sam Horan

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  • memoir
Havensville 

by Kay Henry

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  • poetry
In My Kansas Pasture 

by Pasha Buck

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  • short fiction
Born to Fly 
for AUR*

by Mike Lewis-Beck

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  • memoir
Fly Fishing in the Driftless Region 

by Michael Burt

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  • essay
  • multimedia
Making Art with an "Eloquent Invasive" 

by Hannah Taylor

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  • interview
  • review
  • video
Blossom Aloe Extends Roots Across Texas 

by Xonzy Gaddis

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  • essay
Looking for Community: Queer Scientists’ Search for Connection in the Midwest 

by Kendra Bradley

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  • essay
Warped Cherubs and Tasmanian Devils: A Tattoo Artist in Fairfield 

by Robby Burchit