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How a California Archive Reconnected a New Mexico Family with Its Chinese Roots

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 4, 2022October 19, 2022

Amid a surge of anti-Asian hate in America, Aimee Towi Mae Tang, a fourth-generation Chinese New Mexican, wanted to know more about of her own identity and how her family settled in Albuquerque. Born in China and new to Albuquerque himself, journalist Wufei Yu decided to help the Tangs learn more about their history, and […]

Posted inBooks, Fiction, History, Profiles & Interviews, Story

‘Nobody in This Book Is Going to Catch a Break’: Téa Obreht on “Inland”

by Ryan Chapman August 28, 2019October 19, 2022

‘The history of the West is a deeply turbulent one… that kept the living population in a constant state of unrest. I thought this constant state of unrest must be true for the dead as well.’

Posted inBooks, Current Events, Food, History, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story

A Once and Future Beef

by Will Meyer July 18, 2019October 19, 2022

Beef is a major culprit of the climate crisis, but if you want to consider beef’s future, then look to its past. The industry’s tactics have not changed as much as you might think.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Ways of a Wandering Spirit

by Aaron Gilbreath May 20, 2019October 19, 2022

For many of us, road trips are also trips through the self.

Posted inCrime, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

‘I Saw My Countrymen Marched Out of Tacoma’

by Joy Lanzendorfer February 18, 2019October 19, 2022

It started in Eureka, then it spread. Up and down the Pacific Coast, white mobs turned on Chinese-Americans.

Posted inBooks, History, Science & Nature, Story

Taming the Great American Desert

by Longreads July 2, 2018October 19, 2022

By advocating for agriculture in the arid West, Major John Wesley Powell challenged the way America viewed its right to develop the continent.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

Does Outdoor Recreation Correlate With Environmental Values?

by Aaron Gilbreath May 18, 2018October 19, 2022

Being an outdoorsy person doesn’t make you a conservationist, sadly.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story

The Dying Days of the New West

by Tori Telfer May 8, 2018October 19, 2022

Recent books about the American West turn the old frontier myth into a mirage.

Posted inProfiles & Interviews

Publishing the Best of the Desert: An Interview With Ken Layne

by Aaron Gilbreath April 25, 2018October 19, 2022

“If you’re doing something small, something that’s mostly your labor and vision, then stick to what makes you satisfied.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

A Thousand Miles of Bad Roads with No Maps and No Men

by Aaron Gilbreath August 30, 2017October 19, 2022

A group of determined adventurers spent seven days driving the desert in the first all-female road rally.

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