David Benac is Chair of the Department of History and associate professor at Western Michigan University. He is the author of Conflict in the Ozarks: Hill Folk, Industrialists, and Government in the Courtois Hills. His new book Rainforest Radicals: A … Continue reading From the Desk of David Benac: What the Rainforest Action Network’s First Two Decades Teach Us Today
Valerie Sherer Mathes is professor emerita of history at City College of San Francisco. Mathes has written eight books, three with co-authors, and edited four others, all on some aspect of the late nineteenth century Indian reform movement with an … Continue reading From the Desk of Valerie Sherer Mathes: Mary Louise Eldridge and the Navajos
Michael W. Childers is an associate professor of history at Colorado State University. He is the author of Colorado Powder Keg: Ski Resorts and the Environmental Movement, winner of the International Ski History Association 2013 Ullr Award. His new book … Continue reading From the Desk of Michael W. Childers: The History of Overcrowding at Yosemite
Harvey Solomon is a freelance writer based in Washington, DC. He is the author of three nonfiction books, including Such Splendid Prisons: Diplomatic Detainment in America during World War II (Potomac Books, 2020). He has written articles for dozens of publications, … Continue reading From the Desk of Harvey Solomon: My Indiana Jones Moment
Marzia Babakarkhail was a judge in Afghanistan for seven years before becoming a member of the board and chair of the Women’s Committee of the Afghan NGO’s Coordination Bureau. Now living in the UK, she is a caseworker for a … Continue reading Letter from a Former Student: Khatima Emami on “Marzia”
Joanna Beata Michlic is a social and cultural historian of the Holocaust and its aftermath. Her research focuses on Jewish childhood, rescue, and the long-term impact of genocide. Michlic is author, editor, and coeditor of numerous books, including Poland’s Threatening … Continue reading From the Desk of Joanna Beata Michlic: Rethinking Rescue and Children’s Agency in the Holocaust
Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight provides a popular history of spaceflight from the rocket scientists of the 1930s to today, focusing on the lives of astronauts, cosmonauts, technicians, scientists, and their families. These books bring to life experiences … Continue reading Outward Odyssey Authors: Reflections on Artemis II
Kerry James Evans is the author of Nine Persimmons (Backwaters Press, 2026) and Bangalore (Copper Canyon), a Lannan Literary Selection. He earned a PhD in English from Florida State University, an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University–Carbondale, and a BA in … Continue reading The Ghost in the Orchard: On Nine Persimmons
Terra Trevor is the author of We Who Walk the Seven Ways: A Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). Her essays are widely published in anthologies, including Unpapered: Writers Consider Native American Identity and Cultural Belonging (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). Terra’s stories are steeped in themes … Continue reading A Mixed-Blood Cherokee-Lenape-Seneca Elderhood in Northern California
Lisa G. Dill is an adjunct professor of creative and environmental writing at the University of Delaware. Her new book Around the Bend: Floating Down the Missouri River (Bison Books, 2026) was published this month. A lot of people have … Continue reading From the Desk of Lisa G. Dill: Around the Bend
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