Our friends down at Iowa State at Flyway: Journal of Writing and the Environment remind us that submissions for their Notes From the Field Nonfiction writing closes on December 1. Notes from the Field is a non-fiction contest celebrating writing about vivid experience–whether abroad, at home, in your line of work,
This year history professor Caroline Campbell has been in Paris doing archival research, and she has written this essay in response to last weeks terrorist attacks. The horrific killings that happened in Paris last Friday night have devastated a city that many people love. The first time I went to Paris
In the aftermath of the horrendous terrorist attacks in Paris is has been difficult to read or think about much else. Fortunately, there are folks willing to help us think through the events in Paris. Philosopher Jack Weinstein has published a piece titled “Yes, the attacks in Paris were about
It’s University Press Week, this week, and North Dakota Quarterly reaches out in congratulations and camaraderie to all those university presses that fill our shelves with new ideas, exciting thoughts, and demanding calls-to-arms. To get into the spirit of the week, be sure to check out the American Association of University
It is our pleasure to release the first volume in the North Dakota Quarterly Reprint Series. The University of North Dakota and the Great War honors veterans at UND and everywhere by pulling together nine unique views on World War I from the perspective of the University of North Dakota
As volume 80.4 is almost off to the printer, we thought this cover embraced the spirit of the typesetting process. Digital tools have changed how we typeset, but they haven’t eliminated the tedium of making sure every page looks good, the anxiety that we’ll introduce some unnoticed error, or the
In seeming anticipation of our upcoming issue dedicated to Art and Science, NASA has released a brilliant new rendering of the sun compiled from images collected on 10 different wavelengths by their Solar Dynamics Observatory. The universe is a pretty dramatic place.
Last week’s event at the North Dakota Museum of Art was fantastic with close to 100 people showing up to hear the a selection of poets from the recently published anthology: North Dakota is Everywhere. The poets were hosted by North Dakota Quarterly’s poetry editor, Heidi Czerwiec. Students and the
Fall is here in the Northern Plains. The harvest is over, and many eyes turn to the blue-grey skies looking for the first flurries. If you have time, check out editor Robert Wilkins’ humorous reflections on North Dakota weather in the Autumn 1978 volume’s editor’s notes.
It seems like a perfect day to showcase North Dakota Quarterly’s long tradition of American Poetry. Tomorrow at 7 pm at the North Dakota Museum of Art NDQ will host a group of poets who contributed to an anthology of North Dakota poets titled North Dakota is Everywhere. For more
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