Voices Calling from the Water
Alice Attlee
20th June, 2019
Alice Attlee enters the freezing waters of the river Medway in the wake of fellow swimmer-writers and activists. With illustration by Nick Hayes. Latest post in our 'Becoming Human' section.
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Questions for the Woods
Caroline Ross
5th June, 2019
In the second post in our 'Becoming Human series, Caroline Ross enters the liminal world of the forest and forges a wild camp by a fallen oak.
Becoming Human
Steve Wheeler
30th May, 2019
Steve Wheeler introduces a new series called Becoming Human, exploring the physical, psychological and experiential aspects of our current predicament.
Song of Water
James McGowan
27th May, 2019
James McGowan tells the story of what happened when Native Nations attempted to use the laws protecting religious freedom to challenge the destruction of sacred landscapes across the United States.
Dark Mountain: Issue 15
The Spring 2019 issue is a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and artwork that responds to the ‘age of fire’.
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In the Age of Fire
The Editors
15th April, 2019
Out now! Our fifteenth issue is a classic spring anthology of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and artwork sparked in part by the element of fire
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The Devil's Door
This section is an ongoing home for writing that draws on the languages of the sacred to face the vastness of the unravelling through which we are living.
Song of Water
27th May, 2019
Unravelling and Reweaving
25th March, 2019
Greenstone Axe
18th February, 2019
Dark Mountain: Issue 15
The Spring 2019 issue is a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and artwork that responds to the ‘age of fire’.