Erika Howsare has been a C-VILLE contributor since 2002. Her first nonfiction book is The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors (2024), and she hosted a podcast miniseries called “If You See a Deer.” She teaches writing locally.
How do you get around without a car?
City and county-dwellers who live without four wheels, please tell us your story!
Strawberries are delicious, but are they safe?
They’re one of the most heavily sprayed crops. Should we eat them even if they’re not organic?
A stake through the heart of paradise
Could cutting ailanthus trees, then cutting again, actually reduce their numbers?
When your kid eats the environment
A (very urban) chicken prompts questions about what can go in toddlers’ mouths.
Gearing up for March on Blair Mountain
June 4-11 in southern West Virginia, folks will be protesting mountaintop removal.
The sweet scent of an invasive species
Multiflora rose is very widespread and called a pest. But it’s also kinda beautiful.