Issue No. 01

12 posts

The Persimmon Tree at Stand Five

The Persimmon Tree at Stand Five

My Japanese-American grandma spent her final years on a hunting preserve in Alabama. She taught me how to be comfortable as an anomaly in the South.

West Virginia's Salt Springs

West Virginia's Salt Springs

A lost ocean, gone for hundreds of millions of years, still shapes the culture—and flavor—of the Kanawha Valley.

Against the Grain

Against the Grain

In Jon Rugh’s backyard workshop, an Appalachian tradition lives on: the wooden whitewater paddle.

One Hundred Years of Exhumations

One Hundred Years of Exhumations

A century after his death, Floyd Collins—whose tragic celebrity helped inspire the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park—still endures a restless and unsettling afterlife.

Gator Tales

Gator Tales

What it takes to harvest a recovered predator in Louisiana's coastal wilderness

When the Bears Come Back

When the Bears Come Back

A brutal bear attack in rural Virginia raises a difficult question: what does it mean to welcome wildness back?

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