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Earth Day at 50: Its Early Role in Sowing Social Justice

On April 22, 2020 by WT Web Content

by Gary Paul NabhanGuest Contributor I. When plans for the first Earth Day caught my attention in the fall of 1969, I was a curly-haired, sleepy-headed Lebanese-American seventeen year-old who had met only one other Arab-American who called himself an environmentalist: Ralph…

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The After-Normal | Excerpt by David Carlin

On June 17, 2019 by WT Web Content

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from The After-Normal: Brief, Alphabetical Essays on a Changing Planet by David Carlin & Nicole Walker (Rose Metal Press, 2019), released last week. The co-authors wondered how they, as normal people and writers, might face…

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The After-Normal | Excerpt by Nicole Walker

On June 10, 2019 by WT Web Content

What I think I need is what I can see in front of me. Grass and lilacs, ponderosa pine trees, and seltzer on ice. I am enamored by elephants and cougars and snow leopards and tree frogs, but those are really elements of

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Guest Post: “The White Mountains in Early June”

On June 3, 2019 by WT Web Content

The White Mountains in Early June by Terri Kirby Erickson Sky-blue in the forefront, fading to cream in the distance, the White Mountains of New Hampshire rise from jade-green fields and dark evergreen forests, to merge, on this overcast day, with low-hanging…

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Guest Post: From the Farmer to the Bee

On May 14, 2019 by WT Web Content

by J.D. TarletonGuest Contributor Walking to the crepe restaurant the other day I noticed, in the middle of the sidewalk, a swarm of black ants: hundreds of them busy getting their share of something sweet spilt on the concrete. But there was…

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Guest Post: Poetry by Robin Boyd

On May 2, 2019 by WT Web Content

Editor’s Note: Robin Boyd’s poetry has appeared in Whole Terrain volumes 18: Boundaries, and 21: Metamorphosis. Read more about her in this author profile we conducted in 2015. The following poems will appear in her forthcoming book with Dog Iron Press, Without…

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Book review: How to Cuss in Western by Michael P. Branch

On August 13, 2018 by WT Web Content

by Tammy Cloutier Former Whole Terrain staff Michael P. Branch’s latest release, How to Cuss in Western (and Other Missives from the High Desert) (Roost Books, 2018), offers readers a variety of short essays about the perils and entertaining moments of life…

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Guest Post: Woodbridge Tide Mill, Suffolk, England — A Real Gravity Machine

On August 6, 2018 by WT Web Content

by John Greeves Guest Contributor Past generations may not have coined the term “sustainable energy,” but the idea that it is a modern phenomenon can be misleading. Human societies have long relied on water, wind, and tidal energy to service their…

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Path of the Panda: Q&A with Kyle Obermann, conservationist photographer

On June 25, 2018 by WT Web Content

As an adventure photographer, conservationist, and all-round wildlife enthusiast, it was the honor of a lifetime for Kyle Obermann to be invited to photograph the Anzihe Nature Reserve in China, home to 30% of the world’s population of giant pandas. One of…

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Guest post: “First Light” and “Bay of Egrets”

On June 18, 2018 by WT Web Content

Poem “First Light” by Belinda Rimmer Photograph “Bay of Egrets” by Roberto González García Guest contributors First Light (inspired by the National History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Urban Wildlife Finalist, Roberto González García’s photograph, “Bay of Egrets,” 2017) Dusk, amid the clunk and clang of an…

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Whole Terrain

Announcing the Publication of Breaking Bread

Author: WT Web Content

Earth Day at 50: Its Early Role in Sowing Social Justice

The After-Normal | Excerpt by David Carlin

The After-Normal | Excerpt by Nicole Walker

Guest Post: “The White Mountains in Early June”

Guest Post: From the Farmer to the Bee

Guest Post: Poetry by Robin Boyd

Book review: How to Cuss in Western by Michael P. Branch

Guest Post: Woodbridge Tide Mill, Suffolk, England — A Real Gravity Machine

Path of the Panda: Q&A with Kyle Obermann, conservationist photographer

Guest post: “First Light” and “Bay of Egrets”