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Our newest Letter to America (with audio), by Linda Cooper, is simply "Dear America," a poem for the modern-day superhero. terrain.org/2026/poetry/lett… #poem #poet #poetry #dearamerica #lettertoamerica #politicalpoetry #women #wonderwoman

"Fire Season" is a strange and gorgeous poem of people and place (with audio) by Natalie Padilla Young. terrain.org/2026/poetry/nata… #fire #wildfire #women #poetry #poet #poem #place

"Northland Shangri-la" is an excerpt of wilderness guide and author Michael Engelhard's No Place Like Nome: The Bering Strait Seen Through Its Most Storied City. terrain.org/2026/nonfiction/… #nonfiction #excerpt #alaska #beringstrait #hotsprings #beringlandbridge

William Wenthe's lovely poem "Kinglet" speaks to and beyond the news of the day as the small bird "crazes / about a scrawny pecan tree in the back alley." terrain.org/2026/poetry/will… #birds #kinglet #poetry #poem #poet #birdpoetry #ecopoetry #politicalpoetry

Charlie Kalogeros-Chattan reviews tic tic tic by Heidi Seaborn, a book of poems and photographs, memoir and protest. terrain.org/2026/reviews-rea… #review #poetry #poems #poet #book #books #bookreview

"The Patriotic Shortener" is a flash fiction Letter to America and parable by Payton Dodd. terrain.org/2026/fiction/the… #fiction #flashfiction #parable #lettertoamerica #story #america

In this episode of the Terrain.org podcast, acclaimed authors Kerri Schlottman and Caroline Tracey talk about salt lakes, ecological collapse, empathy, environmental justice, and storytelling. terrain.org/2026/currents/sa… #podcast #greatsaltlake #saltonsea

Two beautiful new poems of family and place by Suzanne Matson, with audio: "The One in Philipsburg, Montana" and "The One in Garibaldi, Oregon." terrain.org/2026/poetry/suza… #poetry #poet #poems #montana #oregon #mountains #grasslands #children #sons #family #rural #work

"In Praise of Humility" is an excerpt from Julian Hoffman's beautiful new memoir, Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece. terrain.org/2026/nonfiction/… #nonfiction #essay #excerpt #book #greece #prespa #bears #wildness #home #humility

"Whitewater," a new poem of danger, beauty, life, and love on the river, by Montana poet Scott Davidson. terrain.org/2026/poetry/scot… #poem #poetry #poet #river #rivers #rafting #whitewater #danger #beauty #risk #adventure #love

"To Archibald Thorburn Kneeling in the Snow near Inverness" by Matthew Thorburn is a lovely poem of birds, art, and heritage--with audio. terrain.org/2026/poetry/matt… #poem #poetry #poet #birds #ptarmigan #family #heritage #artist #art #history

Rob Carney presents 13 kick-ass song (plus his own psalm), finding music is a natural environment, and we’re lucky that we get to live in it. terrain.org/2026/currents/mu… #poetry #music #livemusic #concerts #instruments #rocknroll #altrock #modestmouse

GKS Waller reviews Nightshining: A Memoir in Four Floods by Jennifer Kabat, who invites readers "to live outside ourselves..." terrain.org/2026/reviews-rea… #naturewriting #review #book

"Letters in the Attic" is an excerpt (first full chapter) of the Sowell Emerging Writers Prize-winning novel Cupido Cupido, by Emily Grandy. terrain.org/2026/fiction/let… #fiction #novel #excerpt #kentucky #family #relationships #youth #chatper1 #farm #rural

In this fascinating interview, Congress for New Urbanism Fellow Galina Tachieva chats with Benjamin Schneider, author of The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution. terrain.org/2026/interviews/… #interview #urban #urbandesign #urbanpolicy #infrastructure

Two strange and gorgeous new poems by Jennifer K. Sweeney, with audio: "Fairy Ring" and "Formation." terrain.org/2026/poetry/jenn… #poetry #poems #poet #fairyring #fairyrings #paths #trees #woods #magic #growth #forest #forests #trails

In her lovely lyric essay "Tendrils," Nancy Bell weaves science and memory, wonder and strangeness, dreams and possibilities. terrain.org/2026/nonfiction/… #essay #nonfiction #creativenonfiction #plants #wonder #motherhood #strangeness #theatre #theater #memory #children #stars

Congratulations to Annie Wenstrup, Chris Watkins, and Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey for winning the 2026 Terrain.org Editor’s Prizes in Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction! terrain.org/2026/news/2026-e… #prize #award #poetry #nonfiction #fiction #editorsprize