A Q&A with the author of ‘Wandering Stars’ and ‘There, There.’
Arts & Culture
Art without the mask of Native identity
Multidisciplinary artist Nizhonniya Austin talks about authenticity, trust fund pottery hipsters, and her role as Cara in ‘The Curse.’
The untold history of Japanese American bird pins
They were one of the most ubiquitous crafts to come out of Japanese incarceration camps. But few knew their back story — until now.
Satirizing gentrification in ‘The Curse’
Avant-garde entertainment’s new topic of interest: urban transformation in the American Southwest.
Who are the real Black superheroes?
A photo exhibition captures the courage of Mamie Till surrounding the lynching of her son, Emmett Till.
Issei poetry between the world wars
The rich history of Japanese-language literature challenges assumptions about what counts as U.S. art.
The great Clean Girl vanishing act
The search for an ‘invisible’ perfume is rooted in frontier aesthetics.
A cartography of loss in the Borderlands
Mexicali’s Colorado River Family Album documents what is no more.
Know the West, cover by cover
High Country News informs and inspires, and the magazine’s covers are part of the reason why. Here’s a peek into our process.
‘Frybread Face and Me’ shows the complexity of Indigeneity
Billy Luther’s new coming-of-age film shows characters grappling with city life juxtaposed against the reservation.
[Antedesolate: On the Western Set of Pioneer Town, California: How to Be a Black Cowboy]
A poem by Jasmine Elizabeth Smith.
A sausage fusing Chinese and Mexican cultures is spicing up Tucson
The Chinese Chorizo Festival is excavating buried histories of immigrant solidarity.
The era of the Black Western has arrived. Is it here to stay?
The miniseries, ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ doesn’t fully live up to its potential to showcase a multifaceted Black identity.
Pro skier Lily Bradley disrupts mountain culture in new queer ski film
In ‘People Like Us,’ LGBTQ+ skiers take center stage.
Contemplating Cormac McCarthy
On pain specific to America and artistic influence.