Volume I, Issue 1

The inaugural issue, Spring 2015

This inaugural issue was the last to transition to our static platform during the Fall 2022 term. Its full content is also available for download as a single PDF using the link provided above.

Editorial Staff

by Rootstalk

NOTE

Publisher’s Note

by Jon Andelson

Prairie Home

by Thomas Dean

INTERVIEW

An Interview: David Ottenstein

David Ottenstein interviewed by Linda Omaña

CLOSE-UP

Close-up: Tony Crowley

by Rootstalk

Where is Industrial Agriculture Taking Rural Iowa?

by John Ikerd

Belltower Triptych Part I: Ding Dong

by Mary Swander

Traditional Lakota Governance

by Craig Howe and Abe Katz

ESSAY

How Should Iowa’s Agricultural Landscape Look?

by Drake Larsen, Dr. Lisa Schulte and Dr. John Tyndall

Belltower Triptych Part II: Which Way the Wind Blows

by Mary Swander

Iowa’s Bison: Wild Animals in a Domesticated Landscape

by Kayla Koether

VIDEO

Iowa Ivaluktaktok: A Video

by Jon Andelson

REFLECTION

“train” from Ella Williams’ album Early Winter Songs from Middle America

by Chloe Williams

ESSAY

The Garbage Man

by Jason Darrah

Dear Diary, May 30, 2027

by Pete Ferrell

Taking STEM Seriously in Iowa

by Kamyar Enshayan

Belltower Triptych Part III: Birthday Presents

by Mary Swander

CLOSE-UP

Close-up: Larry Stone

by Rootstalk

The Tie That Binds

by Howard McDonough