by tina.casagrand | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Making the Magazine
I write this on a Wednesday morning. I know this because I have to keep checking my calendar. I’ve missed two New Territory meetings since the WHO declared a global pandemic because I didn’t know what day it was. We all have. So I check the calendar....
by tina.casagrand | Mar 12, 2020 | Blog, Call for Submissions, Here, Literature, Midwest
Is there a Midwestern author or book that you love? Have you visited their home or made a pilgrimage to their birthplace? Do you share a hometown? On your commute, do you pass by a site from within their writing? Do you live near a site that has been lost or...
by tina.casagrand | Jan 29, 2020 | Blog, Features, Longform, Midwest
A court ruling in 2018 shifted the future of America’s longest river away from ecological restoration. But was the science behind its decision accurate? BY ROBERT LANGELLIER | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 10 (in print November 2020) Scott Olson...
by Julia Shiota | May 16, 2019 | Blog, Eavesdropping
Some of the most entertaining stories stem from the things we overhear while out in the world, whether it be a humorously perfect snippet of conversation we hear in passing or a quirky sign we suddenly notice while walking a familiar path. The same possibility for...
by Julia Shiota | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog, Features, Longform, Making the Magazine
In our features department, our writers use storytelling to explore the people and places of the Lower Midwest. But as Jane Alison wrote recently in the Paris Review, not all stories have the same shape. It all depends. A linear narrative, chronological and tidy, can...
by Julia Shiota | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, Making the Magazine
Spoiler alert: The New Territory’s Endurance issue is rad, and it’s almost finished. The stories in Issue 08 are full of heart, the words are weighty, and the photography is—dare I be cliché?—breathtaking. One of my favorite spreads from 08 is the introductory page to...