Brad KikinSelections from The Whole FieldHallucinations of NormalcyIf you’re just wandering over, welcome — the conversation is getting interesting. Back in July, our steadfast literary helmsman Taylor…Oct 28, 2023Oct 28, 2023
Brad KikinSelections from The Whole FieldSo Many Small Things“So many small things aggregate into belonging or othering.” — Caitlin StrokoschSep 14, 2023Sep 14, 2023
Brad KikinSelections from The Whole FieldObserve the Magnetic Field that Gathers all of our BetrayalsThis is part 4 of a series, but it stands alone too. Read an overview of the series so far here.Sep 3, 2023Sep 3, 2023
Brad KikinSelections from The Whole FieldAn Overview of this Series of Whole Field EssaysScroll down for a TL;DR of the whole series.Sep 2, 2023Sep 2, 2023
Brad KikinSelections from The Whole FieldThe Honorable Harvest and the Work of Small FarmersOf all the ways to illustrate this, my mind keeps coming back to one, — the simple, frugal, graceful act of making broth from bone.Aug 16, 2023Aug 16, 2023
Brad KikinSelections from The Whole FieldToward the 10,000 Stories: A ManifestoPart 2 of a series on shifting our culture toward ecological ways of being in the world.Aug 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023
Brad KikinSelections from The Whole FieldHolding the Center: Building an Institute for Art and Ecology (and other land-based projects)Part 1 of a series on shifting our culture toward ecological ways of being in the world.Jul 17, 2023Jul 17, 2023
Brad KikinSelections from The Whole FieldThree Stories about Seventeen Artists1: May Erlewine, Laurel Premo, Anna Gustavsson:May 3, 2023May 3, 2023
Brad KikinSelections from The Whole FieldIn Praise of Tori Amos(This is a love letter, not an album review.)Oct 9, 20221Oct 9, 20221
Brad KikinSelections from The Whole FieldFootball, Farming, and Poetry aka In Praise of Molly BashawWhy we named the Crosshatch newsletter “The Whole Field,” with diversions on advertising, propaganda, and romancing the rural.Jul 28, 2022Jul 28, 2022