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Binh Duong, a New City
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Binh Duong New City, By Michael Halloran

You will ask—name the mushrooms on the grounded log And the anatomies of the shifting clouds. Tell me these fifty-one shells on...
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piano in bar
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Harold and Celia, by Robert Block

The following is an excerpt from Robert Block’s novel Ardensville. Harold Harold Vinnoir. He came from Minnesota. He is a...
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farm youth
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Records on the White Door

Finding a role in my family’s small dairy operation is quite literally the oldest goal I can recall from my...
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Spring Day in the countryside
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Poems by The Rural Writer (Pat Argar)

Spring Day Blustery breezes, sunshine and sudden shower Banish hoary-handed winter from the land. Burgeoning buds and lancing leaves appear,...
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basket from a homesteader
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Making a Homesteader (nonfiction), by Fable Farms

Lately the thought of homesteading and dreams has been on my mind. I’m part of an online group of homesteaders...
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Steve Adams' piece titled The Beaver Dam
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The Beaver Dam (nonfiction), by Steve Adams

Two creeks converged in a field on the west end of our farm. It was a three-cornered patch with the...
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Maura McElhone's book Falling for a Farmer
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At the Tail End of Calving, by Maura McElhone

The following is an excerpt from Irish writer Maura McElhone’s book Falling for a Farmer (2018), published by Mercier Press. * It...
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Pennsylvania Fields
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Pennsylvania Fields, by David Whitsell

Rocky and rolling hills give way To green green grass and a glimpse of brighter days Inland from the sea...
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Scene from a local tractor drive
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Scenes of the Franklin Tractor Drive, by Cindy Ladage

It was the fourth of July weekend and Doug Edwards and Josh Adkins from Franklin Illinois had set up a...
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A Mother’s Manual (fiction), by M.D. Wanyagah

A story from rural Kenya. From the Becoming Erick Collection. Edited by Poppy Johnson. A Mother’s Manual Dreamily he watched,...
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Blue tarps and rusting cars can be a part of the rural landscape
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Blue Tarps and Junk Heaps (nonfiction), by Shannon Hayes

“It’s not something we have to create, it’s something we already have. We have to teach people why blue tarps...
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Martin Keaveney tells of rural life in Ireland
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Killer (fiction), by Martin Keaveney

We’d passed Neary’s millions of times. It was about halfway between me and Tobin’s place outside our village. We’d often...
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