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      Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change
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      By Craig Santos Perez
      The Lonely Ruralist
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      The Lonely Ruralist
      By Janisse Ray
      Influenza 1918
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      Influenza 1918
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      Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...
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      By Hiromi Itō
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      [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...
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      [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...
      By Jacob Baynham
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- - - Beverly’s Athens: Beverly Buchanan in Athens, GA, 1987–2010 (with an introduction...
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      By Beverly Buchanan
      At Home in the World
      At Home in the World
      By José Parlá
      Devotions in Light and Shadow
      Devotions in Light and Shadow
      By Nadezda Nikolova
      Soft Machines, Tough Love
      Soft Machines, Tough Love
      By Victoria Dugger
      Portraits from Another New South
      Portraits from Another New South
      By Tommy Kha
      Fission or, Eclipse (with an introduction by Katie Geha)
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      on Acts by Spencer Reece
      on Acts by Spencer Reece
      By Okwudili Nebeolisa
      on Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan
      on Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan
      By Erick Verran
      on The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş
      on The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş
      By Jonathan Russell Clark
      The Thrill of Rupture with Two Irish Poets (on Trevor Joyce’s Conspiracy and Randolph...
      The Thrill of Rupture with Two Irish Poets (on Trevor Joyce’s Conspiracy and Randolph...
      By Marthine Satris
      on On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni
      on On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni
      By Tope Folarin
      on S Is For by William Archila
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- - - Current Issue
      Winter 2025
      Explore Issue
      Features Art Reviews BACK ISSUES
Features
- - - On Craftsmanship (essay) & 1991 State of Human Rights Address
      Speech
      On Craftsmanship (essay) & 1991 State of Human Rights Address
      By Jimmy Carter
      The Visitation of God; The Leaf Blower among the Swimming Pool Lights; E...
      Poetry
      The Visitation of God; The Leaf Blower among the Swimming Pool Lights; E...
      By David Woo
      First Aid
      Fiction
      First Aid
      By T Cooper
      Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change
      Essays
      Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change
      By Craig Santos Perez
      The Lonely Ruralist
      Essays
      The Lonely Ruralist
      By Janisse Ray
      Influenza 1918
      Essays
      Influenza 1918
      By Jane Brox
      Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...
      Special Feature
      Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...
      By Hiromi Itō
      Jerry’s Dirt
      
      [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...
      Special Feature
      Jerry’s Dirt
      
      [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...
      By Jacob Baynham
      View All Features
Art
- - - Beverly’s Athens: Beverly Buchanan in Athens, GA, 1987–2010 (with an introduction...
      Beverly’s Athens: Beverly Buchanan in Athens, GA, 1987–2010 (with an introduction...
      By Beverly Buchanan
      At Home in the World
      At Home in the World
      By José Parlá
      Devotions in Light and Shadow
      Devotions in Light and Shadow
      By Nadezda Nikolova
      Soft Machines, Tough Love
      Soft Machines, Tough Love
      By Victoria Dugger
      Portraits from Another New South
      Portraits from Another New South
      By Tommy Kha
      Fission or, Eclipse (with an introduction by Katie Geha)
      Fission or, Eclipse (with an introduction by Katie Geha)
      By Rose Salane
      View All Art
Reviews
- - - on The Kármán Line by Daisy Atterbury
      on The Kármán Line by Daisy Atterbury
      By Emma Kahn
      on Acts by Spencer Reece
      on Acts by Spencer Reece
      By Okwudili Nebeolisa
      on Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan
      on Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan
      By Erick Verran
      on The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş
      on The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş
      By Jonathan Russell Clark
      The Thrill of Rupture with Two Irish Poets (on Trevor Joyce’s Conspiracy and Randolph...
      The Thrill of Rupture with Two Irish Poets (on Trevor Joyce’s Conspiracy and Randolph...
      By Marthine Satris
      on On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni
      on On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni
      By Tope Folarin
      on S Is For by William Archila
      on S Is For by William Archila
      By Brent Ameneyro
      on A Night in the Country by Laura Newbern
      on A Night in the Country by Laura Newbern
      By Jonathan Blunk
      View All Reviews
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Winter 2025

On Craftsmanship (essay) & 1991 State of Human Rights Address

The Visitation of God; The Leaf Blower among the Swimming Pool Lights; E...

First Aid

Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change

The Lonely Ruralist

Influenza 1918

Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...

Jerry’s Dirt [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...

Beverly’s Athens: Beverly Buchanan in Athens, GA, 1987–2010 (with an introduction...

At Home in the World

Devotions in Light and Shadow

Soft Machines, Tough Love

Portraits from Another New South

Fission or, Eclipse (with an introduction by Katie Geha)

on The Kármán Line by Daisy Atterbury

on Acts by Spencer Reece

on Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan

on The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş

The Thrill of Rupture with Two Irish Poets (on Trevor Joyce’s Conspiracy and Randolph...

on On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni

on S Is For by William Archila

on A Night in the Country by Laura Newbern

Winter 2025

On Craftsmanship (essay) & 1991 State of Human Rights Address

The Visitation of God; The Leaf Blower among the Swimming Pool Lights; E...

First Aid

Teaching Ecopoetry in a Time of Climate Change

The Lonely Ruralist

Influenza 1918

Itō Grows Ill, A Bird Transforms into a Blossom, and The Giant Trees St...

Jerry’s Dirt [Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...

Beverly’s Athens: Beverly Buchanan in Athens, GA, 1987–2010 (with an introduction...

At Home in the World

Devotions in Light and Shadow

Soft Machines, Tough Love

Portraits from Another New South

Fission or, Eclipse (with an introduction by Katie Geha)

on The Kármán Line by Daisy Atterbury

on Acts by Spencer Reece

on Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan

on The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş

The Thrill of Rupture with Two Irish Poets (on Trevor Joyce’s Conspiracy and Randolph...

on On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni

on S Is For by William Archila

on A Night in the Country by Laura Newbern

Winter 2025

Ray A. Young Bear

In the First Place of My Life

Jerry’s Dirt

[Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...

Jerry’s Dirt

[Winner of National Magazine Award in Profile Writi...