Distant Early Warning
We think of the Arctic as pristine and untouched—but nowhere on the planet is as harshly impacted by climate change.

By Lisa Bird-Wilson

Arctic Breach
Inspired by Romantic literature, Bogdan Luca photographs the Arctic world using a piece of cracked welding glass as a filter.

By Michał Kozłowski, Bogdan Luca

Erase letters, words and punctuation to create a new stand-alone poem. The only rule is do not change the order of words or letters.

Contest deadline is September 1, 2019.

Check out contest submission guidelines and Erasure Contest FAQs to get more information and submit.

Lay of the Land
Small cement porches, duct tape in medicine cabinets and white dogs with no names—“no one chooses North.”

By Claudia Dey

Theory of North
“Once The North becomes your home, it is in your body, like an accumulation of very small particulates.”

By Jeremy Stewart

One Book
Michael Hayward on The New Jerusalem by Patti Smith.
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Murder by Milkshake
Debby Reis on Murder by Milkshake by Eve Lazarus.
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Suffer the Children
Mary Schendlinger on Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli. More »

Middle muddle

Dear Geist,

Which is grammatically correct: middle-size dog, or middle-sized dog?

—Tim Scribbler, Cyberspace

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