Issue 09: Rebuilding

$15.00

“If anyone asked, we were surviving.” — Elinam Agbo, “Sorry for Your Loss.”

Tishomingo, Oklahoma: Embracing the complexities of home. Chautauqua Hills, Kansas: Private land, public good. Wakefield, Nebraska: Flood and family. These, plus a magical mystery tour of the musical Midwest, a reflection on race and class in the U.S. through the lens of a Missouri community washed away, fiction from Elinam Agbo, poetry from Matt Mason, Megan Blakenship and Evan Williams.

Remember, when you buy a copy of The New Territory, you not only get more intimate with the Lower Midwest. You directly support the people who archive and interpret our region’s collective memory.

Details:

  • 128 pages
  • Perfect bound
  • Full color
  • Printed in Missouri
  • Free shipping for subscriptions

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“If anyone asked, we were surviving.” — Elinam Agbo, “Sorry for Your Loss.”

Features

+ Tishomingo: Home changes, we change and so, too, can our relationship to it. Tiara Blue. Oklahoma.

+ A Musical Map of the Midwest: Journeying through the soundscape of the region, one town – and artist – at a time.  Aarik Danielsen. Kansas, Nebraska & Oklahoma.

+ Keeping the Chautauqua Hills Bountiful Through Hunting: Crafting alternative land management solutions in Kansas, creating economic and ecological development in the process. Julianne Couch. Kansas.

+ When Advocacy Fails: the Contrasting Faces of Faith and Conviction: The history of Pinhook, Missouri, reflects broader patterns of racialized disinvestment in the U.S. and is rooted in individual stories of strength, loss and family. Elaine J. Lawless & David Todd Lawrence. Missouri.

+ Trophies and Traditions: Exploring the apparent contradictions between hunting traditions and wildlife conservation in Nebraska. Sarah Hoffman. Nebraska.

Plus fiction from Elinam Agbo, poetry from Matt Mason, Megan Blakenship and Evan Williams.

Remember, when you buy a copy of The New Territory, you not only get more intimate with the Lower Midwest. You directly support the people who archive and interpret our region’s collective memory.

 

Details

  • 128 pages
  • Perfect bound
  • Full color
  • Printed in Missouri in Summer 2020
  • Free shipping for subscriptions

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