Mary Swander's Emerging Voices

Mary Swander’s New Play: “Coop,” the Poignant Tale of an Amish Conscientious Objector

by Linda Egenes

Nov 13 • 

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October 2025

Beauty is Pain

by Patrick T. Howard

Oct 30 • 

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The Big Three

by Sean Dengler

Oct 16 • 

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September 2025

Migration

Non-human and human

Published on Firmly Rooted • Sep 24

The Final Straw

by Sean Dengler

Sep 11 • 

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August 2025

What's at Stake in Iowa's Attack on Libraries?

by Angie Carter

Aug 28 • 

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Heartbreak and Possibility on a Remnant Prairie

by Hannah Breckbill

Aug 14 • 

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July 2025

The Killing Season

by Denise O'Brien from "Firmly Rooted"

Jul 31 • 

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Lessons from a College Organizer

by Aidan Yoder

Jul 17 • 

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From the Word ‘Humus’: A Dialogue about Soil

by Josh Anderson and Austen Camille

Jul 3 • 

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June 2025

Vang

A Story of Recent Immigrant Farmers

Jun 19 • 

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Love the Bees

by Russ Mullen

Jun 5 • 

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