Dust storms have been wreaking havoc across the country, and the mix of climate change and lax environmental regulations mean ...

In 1929, Amelia Perry was born in Haskell County; just one year later, the nation would be hit with an agricultural and financial blowback that hadn’t been seen in almost 100 years. The Dust Bowl, ...

Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. Roosevelt signs the ...

This is exactly what happened to the late author Sanora Babb. Her inspiration began as a child in Southeastern Colorado after ...

Karen Russell's Dust Bowl novel effortlessly weaves in characters including a prairie witch that is the keeper of the town's ...

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

Campaign Red’s Creative Disconnect Report breaks down the key insights and data trends on the state of creativity in America.

Thousands of families simply abandoned their farms altogether. In 1929, an unprecedented decade of drought, known as the Dust Bowl, hits parts of the Canadian prairies. (National Archives of ...

This famous photo of a father and his sons during the Dust Bowl was taken in Oklahoma by Arthur Rothstein. (Arthur Rothstein/Farm Security Adminstration) ...

This is partly a factor of the Dust Bowl-era novel’s structure, which is divided into chapters narrated by about 10 characters (including a scarecrow and, in one chapter, a cat). Their voices ...

Karen Russell’s “The Antidote,” her first novel since Pulitzer Prize finalist “Swamplandia,” does not make it easy on reviewers. This is partly a factor of the Dust Bowl-era novel’s ...