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(Un)usual Mortality Event - Terrain.org Meghan Keaney Anderson’s ”(Un)usual Mortality Event” is a finalist in Terrain.org’s 16th Annual Contest in Nonfiction.

Meghan Keaney Anderson's "(Un)usual Mortality Event," a finalist in Terrain.org's 16th Annual Contest in Nonfiction, explores climate change through a mother's lens and a beached whale.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/nonfiction/unusual-mortality-event/

What do we tell the water now? Jacob got shot in the thigh by a rubber bullet outside the immigration detention center,                 I say to the water. Because someone trustworthy said, go to the shoreline to tell what needs…

“Jacob got shot in the thigh by a rubber bullet outside the immigration detention center, / I say to the water.”

Read Lisbeth White’s “What do we tell the water now?” in @terrainorg.bsky.social today! #BlackHistoryMonth www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...

Three Poems by Daniel Lassell - Terrain.org Three beautiful, haunting poems by Daniel Lassell, with audio: “Frame,” “Ritter Park Cabin,” and “Downward Rooms.”

Three beautiful, haunting poems by Daniel Lassell, with audio: "Frame," "Ritter Park Cabin," and "Downward Rooms."

https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/daniel-lassell-2/

#poem #poetry #poet

Into the A Horizon - Terrain.org Ana C.H. Silva’s beautiful story of place, relationship, and distance, “Into the A Horizon,” is a finalist in the Terrain.org 16th Annual Contest in Fiction.

Ana C.H. Silva's beautiful story of place, relationship, and distance, "Into the A Horizon," is a finalist in the Terrain.org 16th Annual Contest in Fiction.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/fiction/into-the-a-horizon/

#story #fiction #farming #spouse

Four Poems by Anne Haven McDonnell - Terrain.org Four gorgeous poems by Anne Haven McDonnell, with audio, from her new book, Singing Under Snow, winner of the Wheelbarrow Prize.

Four gorgeous poems by Anne Haven McDonnell, with audio, from her new book, Singing Under Snow, winner of the Wheelbarrow Prize. And if you'll be at #AWP26 don't miss Annie's reading and signing.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/anne-haven-mcdonnell-3/

#poems

Sleep or Something Like It - Terrain.org In “Sleep or Something Like It,” M. H. Perry braids a prescribed burn on their farm with the challenges of her childhood.

In "Sleep or Something Like It," M. H. Perry braids a prescribed burn on their farm with her the challenges of her childhood. It's our first Terrain.org Nonfiction Contest finalist this year.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/nonfiction/sleep-or-something-like-it/

Cowboys - Terrain.org Harrison F. Dietzman’s wildland firefighter story “Cowboys” is our first finalist in the Terrain.org 16th Annual Contest in Fiction.

Harrison F. Dietzman's wildland firefighter story "Cowboys" is our first finalist in the Terrain.org 16th Annual Contest in Fiction.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/fiction/cowboys/

#story #fiction #fire #firefighters #danger #driving

Letter to America by Phyllis Klein - Terrain.org Phyllis Klein’s beautiful, powerful Letter to America poem is “Mistee St. Clair wants to give you, one of her favorite poets, a hug,” with audio.

Phyllis Klein's beautiful, powerful Letter to America poem is "Mistee St. Clair wants to give you, one of her favorite poets, a hug," with audio.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/letter-to-america-klein/

#poetry #poem #poet #lettertoamerica

Very nice!

Interview re: 2021 Oregon Literary Fellowship.

"Receiving the fellowship was like a rope that appeared out of nowhere and towed me back to shore."

literary-arts.org/2021/08/meet...

Two Poems by Mistee St. Clair - Terrain.org Two beautiful poems by Mistee St. Clair, with audio, finalists in the Terrain.org 16th Annual Contest in Poetry: “Last Dream of Earth” and “Self-Repair”.

Two beautiful poems by Mistee St. Clair, with audio, finalists in the Terrain.org 16th Annual Contest in Poetry: "Last Dream of Earth" and "Self-Repair".

https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/mistee-st-clair/

#poems #poetry #poet

Built on Dry Ground: The Water Reckoning in the West - Terrain.org The Freshwater Trust president Joe Whitworth pens an urgent but hopeful guest editorial: “Built on Dry Ground: The Water Reckoning in the West.”

The Freshwater Trust president Joe Whitworth pens an urgent but hopeful guest editorial: "Built on Dry Ground: The Water Reckoning in the West."

https://www.terrain.org/2026/currents/built-on-dry-ground/

#editorial #water #west #americanwest #rivers #drought

Three Poems by Amy Miller - Terrain.org Three gorgeous poems by Amy Miller, with audio, kick off the Terrain.org 16th Annual Contest in Poetry finalists.

Three gorgeous poems by Amy Miller, with audio, kick off the Terrain.org 16th Annual Contest in Poetry finalists.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/amy-miller-2/

#poems #poetry #poet #trees #insects #birds #night #sky #spiders

A Piece of Work - Terrain.org Alan Sincic’s delightful story “A Piece of Work” is a semifinalist in the Terrain.org 16th Annual Contest in Fiction, and not to be missed.

Alan Sincic's delightful story "A Piece of Work" is a semifinalist in the Terrain.org 16th Annual Contest in Fiction, and not to be missed.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/fiction/a-piece-of-work/

#story #fiction #shortstory #dogs

Why We Tell Stories - Terrain.org In “Why We Tell Stories,” Rob Carney weaves prose and poetry in a beautiful new addition to his “Old Roads, New Stories” column.

In "Why We Tell Stories," Rob Carney weaves prose and poetry in a beautiful new addition to his "Old Roads, New Stories" column.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/old-roads-new-stories/why-we-tell-stories/

#editorial #storytelling #stories #witches #neighbors #prose #poetry

Letter to America by Susan Cohen - Terrain.org In Susan Cohen’s Letter to America prose poem “Messenger from the Sea-God’s Palace,” a “Doomsday” fish washes up on a California beach.

In Susan Cohen's Letter to America prose poem "Messenger from the Sea-God's Palace," a Doomsday fish washes up on a California beach. What message does it bring?

https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/letter-to-america-cohen/

#poem #lettertoamerica

Lionesses - Terrain.org Singaporean writer Sabrina Lim Fang’s “Lionesses” is a beautiful story of family and food, childhood and being cherished, love and loss.

Singaporean writer Sabrina Lim Fang's "Lionesses" is a beautiful story of family and food, childhood and being cherished, love and loss. Don't miss this one.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/fiction/lionesses/

#story #fiction #family #lions #memory #loss

Open Up the Silence: An Interview with Sarah Boon - Terrain.org Melissa S. Sevigny interviews Sarah Boon, author of Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist (University of Alberta Press, 2025).

Read my interview with @melissasevigny.bsky.social in @terrainorg.bsky.social - Melissa is such a great interviewer, she brought out things I hadn't even thought about. www.terrain.org/2026/intervi...

I really enjoyed interviewing Sarah Boon, author of MELTDOWN, about glaciers, #womeninstem, #mentalhealth. As she says, it's time to "open up the silence" about mental health in academia. Give it a read. @terrainorg.bsky.social @snowhydro.bsky.social

An underwater photo of deep, blue water.

"In the sinkhole
remains

a turtle. How democracy
dies. She crawls"

Contributor Stella Wong's poem "Letter to America" is published in @terrainorg.bsky.social. We know you'll love it 💗 buff.ly/Dq9DDUQ

Letter to America by Vernita Hall Just Like Us a diss poem, after Kendrick Lamar   It’s a fantasy land the J6ers are shilling It’s a magical place           Elvis is back in the building The wizard behind the curtain running the show…

“It’s a fantasy land the J6ers are shilling
It’s a magical place
Elvis is back in the building…”

Vernita Hall’s poem “Just Like Us” is published in @terrainorg.bsky.social & featured in our #BlackHistoryMonth reading list! Read it here: www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...

Reconciling Wonder and Work: A Reflection on The Place of Tides - Terrain.org Reconciling wonder and work: Jessica Gigot reviews James Rebanks’s nonfiction book, The Place of Tides.

Reconciling wonder and work: Jessica Gigot reviews James Rebanks's nonfiction book, The Place of Tides.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/reviews-reads/the-place-of-tides/

#review #nonfiction #work #wonder #norway #ducks #islands #vegaarchipelago

Looking Out from the Inscape of the Self: An Interview with Elizabeth Bradfield - Terrain.org Looking Out from the Inscape of the Self: An interview with poet and naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield, by Elizabeth Jacobson.

New today in @terrainorg.bsky.social, an interview with the amazing ecopoet Elizabeth Bradfield. "If we truly open ourselves, a walk around the block at home can become a mystery." 🌎💙📚 www.terrain.org/2025/intervi...

Lovely essay by @irisdunkle.bsky.social 💛💜💛💜

"A breeze enters the field and thousands of grass tips scribble up and down as if they are signing their names on the wind. Their wild movement is a testament to how they are rooted. This triumph of allowance teaches me something I cannot fully grasp."

“Their wild movement is a testament to how they are rooted.” Love this.

Letter to America by Dorothy Wall - Terrain.org “Angels I’ve Known” is a lush Letter to America poem (with audio) by Dorothy Wall about Paradise Lost, book bans in Florida, and more.

"Angels I've Known" is a lush Letter to America poem (with audio) by Dorothy Wall about Paradise Lost, book bans in Florida, and more.

https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/letter-to-america-wall/

#poem #poetry #poet #politicalpoetry #bookbans #gardens #paradise

Honored to be nominated for a Pushcart by @terrainorg.bsky.social for my story “Sea Minks” www.terrain.org/2025/fiction...

Four Poems by Wendy Videlock - Terrain.org Four wonderful, short new poems by Colorado's Western Slope Poet Laureate Wendy Videlock, with audio.

"Watching the moon her mood turned

from black to blue
to wholly new"

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Cherita by Wendy Videlock (2023 @terrainorg.bsky.social) www.terrain.org/2023/poetry/...

Lisbeth White has an incredible poem “What do we tell the water now?” up at @terrainorg.bsky.social in their “Letter to America” series. Here’s an excerpt, and you can read the whole at: www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/.... 🌊 @earthmaven.bsky.social

This is a gorgeous essay.