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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PERSONAL ESSAY
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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FEATURE
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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PAINTING
Painting: Carrion at Rock Creek Lake 

by Anna Segner

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ESSAY
Prairie Transformation 

by Thomas Dean

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ARTIST 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 STORY
One of the Stories 

by Pasha Buck

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BOOK REVIEW
Richard Luftig’s A Grammar for Snow 

by Mike Lewis-Beck

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BOOK REVIEW
Cindy Crosby and Thomas Dean’s Tallgrass Conversations In Search of the Prairie Spirit

by Pauline Drobney