#featured

On the prairie, personal history and the history of the land are often so intertwined as to be indistinguishable. Suzanne Kelsey’s memoir of her husband’s family’s acreage illustrates the point.

Driving through the serene fields of Grundy County, Iowa, you might come across an unexpected sight: a Bitcoin mining operation. This digital gold mine stands in stark contrast to its rural surroundings, raising questions about its impact.

With novels like O Pioneers! and My Ántonia, Willa Cather gave a voice to the prairie region and took her extremely public place in the pantheon of American letters. In her encounter with Cather’s work—illustrated with words and original line drawings—Associate Editor Sophia Mason examined a much less public aspect of the author’s work: its subtly radical expression of the author’s queerness.