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    • VIII.I Strange Wests
    • VII.IV The More-Than-Human World
    • VII.III On Rivers
    • VII.II Center of Gravity
    • VII.I Navigations
    • VI.IV When We Are Lost / How We Are Found
    • VI.III Geographies of Justice
    • VI.II Works of Resistance, Resilience
    • VI.I Practices of Hope
    • V.IV Infinite Country
    • V.III Dignity as an Endangered Species
    • V.II Roots + Resistance
    • V.I Rewilding
    • IV.IV Political Landscapes
    • IV.III SOUTH
    • IV.II Animals Among Us
    • IV.I Reimagine Everything Differently
    • III.IV The Future Imagined Differently
    • III.III Primal Paradox
    • III.II Voices of the Human Spirit
    • III.I Enlightened Visions
    • II.IV 1963-2013: A Civil Rights Retrospective
    • II.III The Future of Water
    • II.II Earth, Spirit, Society
    • II.I Trees
    • I.IV Wall Street
    • I.III Peaks & Valleys
    • I.II Rust Belt Tales
    • I.I A River Runs Through Us
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A Torn Map

Tom Montgomery Fate

Current Issue

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Volume VIII

  • Issue II: Shaping Destiny
  • Issue I: Strange Wests

Volume VII

  • Issue IV: The More-Than-Human World
  • Issue III: On Rivers
  • Issue II: Center of Gravity
  • Issue I: Navigations: A Place for Peace

Volume VI

  • Issue IV: When We Are Lost / How We Are Found
  • Issue III: Geographies of Justice
  • Issue II: Works of Resistance, Resilience
  • Issue I: Practices of Hope

Volume V

  • Issue IV: Infinite Country
  • Issue III: Dignity as an Endangered Species
  • Issue II: Roots + Resistance
  • Issue I: Rewilding

Volume IV

  • Issue IV: Political Landscapes
  • Issue III: SOUTH
  • Issue II: Animals Among Us
  • Issue I: Reimagine Everything Differently

Volume III

  • Issue IV: The Future Imagined Differently
  • Issue III: Primal Paradox
  • Issue II: Voices of the Human Spirit
  • Issue I: Enlightened Visions

Volume II

  • Issue IV: 1963-2013: A Civil Rights Retrospective
  • Issue III: The Future of Water
  • Issue II: Earth, Spirit, Society
  • Issue I: Trees

Volume I

  • Issue IV: Wall Street
  • Issue III: Peaks & Valleys
  • Issue II: Rust Belt Tales
  • Issue I: A River Runs Through Us

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