Volume VI, Issue 1

Spring 2020
This issue transitioned to our static platform in the Summer 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 Pandemic on the Prairie 

by Jon Andelson

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  • editor's note
Editor’s Note: Racism in the Heartland 

by Mark Baechtel

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  • memoir
My Integrated Life, Part III 

by Dartanyan Brown

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  • photo essay
The Indoor Prairie 

by Sandy Moffett

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  • interview
Rescuing A ‘Threatened Landform’ 
An Interview with Harvey Payne

Harvey Payne
Interviewed by Caleb Forbes

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  • closeup
Nature and Natural: A Potter on the Northern Plains 

by Aru Fatehpuria, Tama Smith

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  • essay
Silo: Producing A Film in the Heartland 

by Samuel Goldberg

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  • infographic
Health on the Prairie 

by Hye Sun Kim

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  • memoir
My Boyhood Days on a Farm (1943-1961) 

by John B. Teigland

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  • photo essay
A Glimpse into ‘Little Mogadishu’ 

by Rexann Brew

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  • interview
Farm to Fork Tales 
An Interview with Mary Swander

by Mary Swander, Aru Fatehpuria

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  • interview
Changing with the Changing Times: Running a Modern Dairy on a 150-year-old Farm 
An Interview with Jordan Hansen

by Jordan Hansen, Oswaldo Cortes

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  • 2d art
Painting: Carrion at Rock Creek Lake 

by Anna Segner

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  • essay
Prairie Transformation 

by Thomas Dean

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  • closeup
Prairie Science Meets Prairie Art 
the Botanical Prints of Linda Snouffer

by Linda Snouffer

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  • essay
Cultivating Musical Excellence in the Driftless Region 

by Emma Schaefer, Wyatt and Monika Sutherland

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  • photo essay
With a Camera in Nature 

by Carl Kurtz

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  • essay
Prairie Potholes and Their Importance to Waterfowl 

by Steve Adair

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  • interview
Charlie Potter Talks about Wings Over Water 
Interview by Associate Editor Sumin Goh

by Charlie Potter

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  • essay
MICA and the Unique Challenge of Rural Poverty 

by Sarah Beisner

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  • video
  • essay
Video Essay 

by Sam Perez

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  • short fiction
One of the Stories 

by Pasha Buck

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  • review
Richard Luftig’s A Grammar for Snow 

by Mike Lewis-Beck

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  • review
Cindy Crosby and Thomas Dean’s Tallgrass Conversations 
In Search of the Prairie Spirit

by Pauline Drobney