Terrain.org is the world's first online literary journal of place. An award-winning environmental magazine, we publish poetry, nonfiction, fiction, artwork, editorials, interviews, reviews, community case studies, and more, all free to access + ad-free.https://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mlvc4zpenf24Deborah Bacharach reviews Elline Lipkin's book of poems, Girl in a Forest, featuring Gretel from the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale. https://www.terrain.org/2026/reviews-reads/girl-in-a-forest/ #review #poems #hanselandgretel #fairytales #poetry #book15 May 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvc4zpenf24https://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mlo53ocrnl2bKatherine Shehadeh's powerful Letter to America poem, with audio, is "Lessons from Holocausts (after the Florida Attorney General Tried to Cancel Our Conference)." #poetry #poem #poet #politicalpoetry #lettertoamerica #muslim #florida #racism https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/letter-to-america-by-katherine-shehadeh/12 May 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo53ocrnl2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mlb6vncuyj2gMehrnoosh Torbatnejad's beautiful love poem "Ode to Orbit" spins and rolls and wheels and twirls, like the poet herself. Don't miss this beauty. https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/mehrnoosh-torbatnejad/ #poet #poetry #poem #farsi #love #lovepoem #orbit #attraction #space #stars07 May 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb6vncuyj2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3ml6o7mifro2bGeneva Toland reviews Singing Under Snow, finding it "a must-read collection of Anne Haven McDonnell’s most stirring, urgent, and deeply moving work." https://www.terrain.org/2026/reviews-reads/singing-under-snow/ #review #book #newbook #poetry06 May 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6o7mifro2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3ml45zndrqz2g"Deathday / Snowday" is a beautiful poem of loss and love, with audio, by Laura Sackton. https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/laura-sackton/ #poem #poet #poetry #love #loss #death #brother #birds #doves #seasons05 May 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml45zndrqz2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mkznmiiaib2qIn this fascinating episode of the Terrain.org podcast, Tamara Dean speaks with Tara Lohan, author of Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life. https://www.terrain.org/2026/currents/undammed-setting-rivers-free/ #rivers #dams #damremoval #water #podcast04 May 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkznmiiaib2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mks3o4xrqy2cFrom his disappearing home on the Liberian coast, Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr. pens a letter of legacy and warning to the American architects of the Gulf. #lettertoamerica #risingseas #climatechange #gulfcoast #liberia #westafrica #buchanan #history https://www.terrain.org/2026/currents/letter-to-america-atlantic-street/01 May 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks3o4xrqy2chttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mkpln7ss5h2q"American Digress" by Wesley Kocurek: What happens when a foreign journalist and his daughter move to West Texas: an unexpected friendship, a tragedy in the making. #story #shortstory #fiction #tragedy #texas #westtexas #rural #friendship #outsiders https://www.terrain.org/2026/fiction/american-digress/30 Apr 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpln7ss5h2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mkkknmpgkw2h"Reigniting Urban Industry" is an excerpt of Benjamin Scheider's book The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution. #nonfiction #city #cities #industry #development #redevelopment #toxins #cleanenergy #citybuilding https://www.terrain.org/2026/nonfiction/past-present-future-urban-industry/28 Apr 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkknmpgkw2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mkiitbbhcl2y"Slime Mold Worlds" is a beautiful poem written and performed by disability culture activist, writer, and performance artist Petra Kuppers. https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/petra-kuppers/ #poem #poet #poetry #mold #slimemold #body #lookclosely #infrastructure #microbial #life #nature27 Apr 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiitbbhcl2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mkg6oicl4j2yGrace Schwenk has won the 2026 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize for her memoir The Greenhorn, which will be published in 2027. #sowellemergingwritersprize #sowellcollection #nonfiction #contest #prize #book #newbook https://www.terrain.org/2026/news/grace-schwenk-sowell-emerging-writers-prize-winner-2026/26 Apr 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg6oicl4j2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mk3rhtpka62eTerrain.org, in collaboration with the Washington State Poet Laureate, ArtsWA, Humanities Washington, and Olympia Poetry Network, is pleased to announce Words, Woods, and Wellness: Poetry by Washington State Youth—a new call for submissions. https://www.terrain.org/2026/news/words-woods-wellness-submissions-open/22 Apr 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3rhtpka62ehttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mk3hal3l4q2gKathleen Hellen's brief, subtly searing Letter to America poem, with audio, is titled "A bright cold day in April." Don't miss this one. https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/letter-to-america-hellen/ #poetry #poet #poem #immigration #april #detention #risk #danger #activism22 Apr 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3hal3l4q2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mjywyrn36w2h"Inocencia" is a new, powerful poem of indigenous heritage with an introduction (and audio) by Karen Vargas, winner of Terrain.org's 2024 Editor's Prize for Poetry. https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/karen-vargas-2/ #poet #poetry #poem #weaving #indigenous #heritage #newmexico #girl #escape21 Apr 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjywyrn36w2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mjwgwgidao22Tucker Coombe reviews Did You Kiss a Cat Today??? by Geri Lipschultz, Diane Stevenson, and James Berger, a delightful book of poetry and art for children. #poetry #book #review #childrenspoetry #childrensbook #children #delight #cats https://www.terrain.org/2026/reviews-reads/did-you-kiss-a-cat-today/20 Apr 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwgwgidao22https://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mjouvoaf3w2lKrissy Kludt's lovely poem "Last" is from her debut collection, I Could Walk Forever and Know So Little. Read and listen to it now. https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/krissy-kludt/ #poem #poetry #poet #place #ecopoetry #naturepoetry #nature #hills17 Apr 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjouvoaf3w2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mjmf2fpr4626In this excerpt of Andrew Furman's new novel, The World That We Are, Furman imagines a conversation between Emerson and Thoreau. https://www.terrain.org/2026/fiction/an-amble-with-emerson-and-thoreau/ #excerpt #novel #book #fiction #thoreau #emerson #conversation #imagination16 Apr 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmf2fpr4626https://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mjjtw4ns6w2c"There is No Way to Democracy, Democracy is the Way" is a brief excerpt of Jeremy David Engels's new book, On Mindful Democracy, essential for our time. https://www.terrain.org/2026/currents/there-is-no-way-to-democracy/ #democracy #peace #war #spiritual #book #lettertoamerica #excerpt15 Apr 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjtw4ns6w2chttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mjhdz3jzrk2gCan a poem be both delightful and sobering? These four powerful poems by Bob Hicok provide a definitive yes. Don't miss these beauties. https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/bob-hicok/ #poems #poetry #poet #society #shootings #animals #healthcare #marriage14 Apr 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhdz3jzrk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mjet3snhg42dSage Hemeson interviews Indian ocean conservationist and communicator Ajay Sawant, whose work moves between policy, education, and activism. https://www.terrain.org/2026/interviews/ajay-sawant/ #interview #conservation #india #youth #policy #science #activism #highseastreaty #ocean13 Apr 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjet3snhg42dhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mj5c5clkwz2bGregory Nobles reviews Canyon and Cosmos: Searching for Human Identity in the Grand Canyon by Don Lago. https://www.terrain.org/2026/reviews-reads/canyon-and-cosmos/ #review #reviews #nonfiction #grandcanyon10 Apr 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5c5clkwz2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3miyayczfls2bTwo powerful poems by return contributor Carson Colenbaugh: "Proctor Creek" and "Monk's Mound Meditation," with audio. https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/carson-colenbaugh-2/ #poems #poetry #poet #animals #creeks #development #sprawl #lowcountry #chemicals #toxins #pesticide08 Apr 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyayczfls2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3milownrizw2cEva Hooker's lovely Letter to America poem, with audio, is titled "Letter to America." Don't miss this subtle, spiritual beauty. https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/letter-to-america-hooker/ #poem #poetry #poet #lettertoamerica #birds #children #nature #beach #spiritual #spirituality03 Apr 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3milownrizw2chttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mij6n4xiex2tGinger Strand with a delicious essay on what it took to report on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia, Africa's largest dam.' #essay #nonfiction #dams #africa #ethiopia #politics #nile #nileriver #government #construction #engineering https://www.terrain.org/2026/nonfiction/on-dams-and-failure/02 Apr 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mij6n4xiex2thttps://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mignfctdae26Erika Howsare reviews Kathryn Wilder's memoir The Last Cows: On Ranching, Wonder, and a Woman's Heart, "a potent mix of family and place." https://www.terrain.org/2026/reviews-reads/the-last-cows/ #review #book #memoir #nonfiction #cows #ranch #ranching #rural #cattle #west01 Apr 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mignfctdae26https://bsky.app/profile/terrainorg.bsky.social/post/3mic4d5xnms2eKristin Emanuel's "After the Hereafter" is a beautiful poem that imagines the de-extinction of species in service to humankind. www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/... #poet #poetry #poem #extinction #animals #death #science https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/..30 Mar 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:xtwgehlaskpeidyeq3wt3nt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mic4d5xnms2e