Russell says she had been thinking about ”fantasy for sale,” as it relates to versions of the American dream, and about the ...

Karen Russell’s “The Antidote,” her first novel since Pulitzer Prize finalist “Swamplandia,” does not make it easy on ...

In 1929, Amelia Perry was born in Haskell County; just one year later, the nation would be hit with an agricultural and ...

Such conditions resulted in a pileup on Interstate 70 last week in western Kansas involving dozens of cars and trucks that ...

The March 14 wind storm didn’t only whip up dust, it also caused wildfires to rapidly spread across Texas and Oklahoma. In detailed satellite imagery you could see the thick dispersion of dust ...

Russell has published excellent short story collections since her 2011 debut novel Swamplandia!, but this is her first novel ...

Hazy or dust-darkened skies have recalled the “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s, when millions of tons of blowing soil buried farms and coated towns across the Great Plains. Lesser storms occur every ...

Echoes of the Past Dalhart, Texas, stands as a beacon of history from the Dust Bowl era, offering visitors a unique glimpse ...

The Dust Bowl, arising from a combination of prolonged drought, heavy winds, and over farming leading to fruitless farmland, and skies blotted out by red and brown dust.

Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches ...