Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
I’ve been thinking about my high school English class a lot lately and the care my teacher, Mrs. Auch, took in instructing us on the …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
I’ve been thinking about my high school English class a lot lately and the care my teacher, Mrs. Auch, took in instructing us on the …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I had plans to write another article, to put a different set of words to my thoughts and ideas. I’d filled my customary notebook sheet …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
If my brain had a chamber that held all the existential dread I could carry about the state of the world, it would have a …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
As we’re all far too familiar with right now, living in a place that is susceptible to extreme weather and environmental patterns is humbling. Multiple …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I spent the past two weeks touring Alaska — chasing clear, sunny days and plotting map points in coastal fishing towns, quirky backpacking communities, state …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Last weekend I ran an ultramarathon, my first long-distance race in more than two years. For anyone who doesn’t revel in extra-long distances or speak …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
With several recent iterations of “guidelines for small-town living” popping up in this publication and elsewhere, I wasn’t able to resist writing a few rules …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
For the past few days, I’ve been binge-listening to the Modern Love podcast produced by The New York Times. Based on submissions from the …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
During the past year, the idea of “being social” has meant many different things. From the first weeks of quarantine — wherein the confines of …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
My childhood library was a squat brick building with two sentry-like willow trees and a view of the sediment-stained Tomorrow River — a sleepy stream …