About the cover and photographer
A Great Gray Owl at Lake Hood in Anchorage, Alaska. © 2026 Erik Hill
Erik Hill is an Anchorage, Alaska photographer. Following four years at the Kansas City Star, he worked from 1984–2017 as a photographer for the Anchorage Daily News. Among his memorable assignments, his collaboration with two colleagues documenting the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Archive Issue Vol. 42 No. 1 & 2, Winter & Spring 2026
Table of Contents
Stories
When We Lived on Land, Amy Benson
Rome, Catherine Kim
I Would Move to Mozambique, Katherine D. Stutzman
Day Three, Eion Connolly
Outside the Window, Maria Kuznetsova
With Me in the Voiceless Air, Courtney Angela Brkic
A History of Screaming,Wendy BooydeGraaff
The Land of the Fit, Beth Staples
Pulled-Pork Courtney, Michael Czyzniejewski
You Must Change Your Life, Jeremy T. Wilson