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ROAM Ranch, Fredericksburg, Texas
Field Guide 001

The Journal

Field Guide 001 · ROAM Ranch

Fredericksburg, Texas. A bison harvest on nine hundred acres of land that was written off as unsalvageable. Five writers went. These are their pieces.

Two people walk through a rocky Texas landscape beneath storm clouds

The Journal

Twice a year we take a group of members somewhere worth writing about, and publish what comes back.

001 The Race A race between two wild brothers, before the earth was tamed and taught. Words by Zac Solomon 002 The Knee-High Farmstand Two deca-millionaires, four hundred and fifty acres, and a farmstand run by children who will take you for all the cash you have. Words by Ethan Brooks 003 The Ecology of Endings Eight days' notice was just enough time for the knowing to settle under my skin. Words by Nicole Stump 004 Component Parts A scientist goes to the ranch prepared, having broken the animal into its parts. She was very wrong. Words by Ashley DiMarco, Ph.D. 005 To the Bison Giving Its Life Today A letter, a heart in the hand, and the chasm between life and death. Words by Katie Rice
A writer pins a blank note among sketches, photographs, and paper fragments

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