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Michael Simms: The Summer You Learned to Swim

The summer you learned to swim
was the summer I learned to be at peace with myself.

June 17, 2023 · 30 Comments

Video: Adjany Costa | A Roadmap for Indigenous communities to reclaim stewardship of the land

Conservation efforts should center those who know the land best, enabling them to tailor solutions to their unique environmental, social and economic realities.

March 11, 2023 · Leave a comment

Michael Simms: A Story About My Daughter's Kindness

The woman took a small knife out of her apron pocket and held the blade to the goat’s throat. Do you want to be responsible? What’s twenty pulas to you? You are a rich American and this is just a poor Botswana goat. Have you no heart?

May 2, 2020 · 11 Comments

Michael Simms: The Story of Autumn House Press (1998-2020)

Most literary presses fade away when the founder leaves, so I cannot tell you how much it thrills me that AHP continues into the second generation.

January 5, 2020 · 8 Comments

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