Today is one of those almost spring-like days. It’s as close as we get to Halcyon Days here on the Northern Plains. The still, slightly warmer weather, has complemented my reading of Taylor Brorby and Stefanie Trout new edited volume Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories of Fracking in America (2016) from
I was digging through the NDQ Archives last week looking for snazzy cover to post. I found this image from 41.1 (Winter 1973) of a untitled sculpture by Stanley O. Johnson who served as chair of the University of North Dakota’s Art Department. More importantly, I found William T. Doherty’s account
The silver-grey sky feels a little lower on slow, late January mornings and feels like a movie screen for imagining far off places. Read Helen J. William’s poem “The Snow” from the Winter 1974 issue of North Dakota Quarterly. And, as a soundtrack, immerse yourself in the sounds of Istanbul (the
As the Northern Plains fall under the grip of winter, I thought it would be nice to enjoy the winter colors of the Winter 1991 (59.1) by UND alumnus William Gay. The volume features stories by Dainis Hanzer and Sharon Pugh, a poem reflecting on the second decade of AIDS
For students and faculty across the country, this is finals or grading week, and this gives particular meaning to Jan Sher’s cover photograph from the Fall 2006 North Dakota Quarterly. It’s the light that we all see at the end of the long semester. Be sure to check out Neil
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
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
It’s homecoming here on the lovely campus of the University of North Dakota where North Dakota Quarterly has made its home for over 100 years. It’s appropriate then to celebrate homecoming with a cover image from the university’s past. A few weeks ago, while teaching my large, introductory section of
Snowy Egret by Nina Lewis, editor Robert Lewis’s daughter, provides an exotic cover for an equally exotic double issue of North Dakota Quarterly from the Winter 1994-1995.
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