One of the odd situations in which Mediterranean archaeologists find themselves is being surrounded, from time to time, by people on vacation. It’s a reminder that for many people the summer months offer chances to go on vacation, make memories, and spend time with family. While my many years of
There is something about summer sunsets whether flavored by Saharan dust or smoke from wild fires. Andrew Wittstadt’s poem “Sunsets Like a God Damn Painting” is a brilliant reflection on those moments and how they have a kind of fleeting absurdity. If you feel like you want to explore NDQ
This month we’ve been introducing the appearance of NDQ on Project Muse. As many readers undoubtedly know, this gives us a stable platform for circulating NDQ in digital format and a way to make NDQ available at more libraries around the world. To celebrate this happy new situation, our publishing
This month we’ve been introducing the appearance of NDQ on Project Muse. As many readers undoubtedly know, this gives us a stable platform for circulating NDQ in digital format and a way to make NDQ available at more libraries around the world. To celebrate this happy new situation, our publishing
Last week, we introduced the appearance of NDQ on Project Muse. This gives us a stable platform for circulating NDQ in digital format and a way to make NDQ available at more libraries around the world. To celebrate this happy new situation, our publishing partner at University of Nebraska Press
Over the last couple of years, North Dakota Quarterly has been working to raise the profile of the journal and to find more ways to show off the remarkable writing that we have the privilege to publish. For example, we partnered with some great students in the English Department’s Writing,
There’s something springlike in Lea Page’s essay in the current issue of North Dakota Quarterly: “Previous History.” It offers a view of the agrarian landscape that is as full of life as it is contradictions, frustrations, false-starts, and flickers of hope. I hope you see in it the same smell
To celebrate the official news that NDQ 90.1/2 has gone to the printer, I’m excited to share with you the cover of the issue. It features a photograph by editorial board member and longtime NDQ contributor Richard Rothaus. It’s a good reminder as we head into spring!
As we dig out of what we hope to be the last blizzard of year, I thought I’d share a photo by Grant McMillan which seemed appropriate. Readers of NDQ might recognize Grant’s photography from the cover of NDQ 89.3/4. Here’s a link to his essay from that issue. Check
Sometimes there are coincidences that draw you to a poem or evoke a work in your mind. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been planning my summer field work seasons in Greece and Cyprus (in my day job, I’m a field archaeologist). As I’ve been working to stomach the exceptionally
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