James Knisely is the author of “Riding the Storm,” an essay featured in North Dakota Quarterly Volume 80.1. The essay talks about the author’s experience as a fire lookout and compares them to those of another author/fire lookout, Jack Kerouac. Knisely was kind enough to answer a few questions about the essay
John Picard is the author of “At the Creation Museum,” an essay featured in North Dakota Quarterly Volume 80.1. In it, he talks about his experiences as a “heathen” in a family of fundamentalist Christians. Picard was kind enough to answer a few questions for NDQ’s series of author interviews. In “At the Creation
In light of the increasing attention to brain injuries in football, we offer this look at one man’s love of the sport. “Seasons of Violence, Seasons of Grace”* By Stephen K. Bauer Some loves can’t easily be explained. My childhood passions for fishing and tennis have faded or withered away.
My name is Isabelle DeGayner and I am a junior at the University of North Dakota. I am an English major with a focus on editing and publishing. Ever since I can remember, I’ve always loved to read and write, so there was never a question in my mind as
Dolores (Dee) Redfearn is the author of “Paper Cut,” the first essay featured in the current issue (Vol. 80.1) of the North Dakota Quarterly. Her essay is about her struggle with necrotizing fasciitis, which she defines in the essay as “an insidiously advancing soft-tissue infection of the flesh-eating kind,” that
My name is Ashley Rogahn, and I am a senior at the University of North Dakota. I am an English major with an emphasis on writing, editing, and publishing, and I am also minoring in Geogr…aphy. Once I graduate, I want to work in publishing and editing while writing in
Patrick Hunt is the author of “A Half Kilo of Dragons,” an essay featured in the current issue (Vol. 80.1) of North Dakota Quarterly. His essay is about being lost in translation in a strange, cold place. While teaching in Mongolia, Hunt reached a breaking point during a misunderstanding between
