This is the latest installment of Public Streets, a biweekly urban observations series curated by Ellis Avery. Floyd, VA, sits at the intersection of State Highway 221 and Route 8, in the southwest ...
Elleanor Chin
Elleanor Chin was born in the Blue Ridge Mountains to one Appalachian and one immigrant parent, who then raised her in the Midwest. She has lived in all three of the states that begin with “O.” She practices law for both love and money, and writes and crochets when she gets a chance. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, three children, and the occasional duck. She writes about art and family here.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Bricks and Bread
This is the latest installment of Public Streets, a biweekly urban observations series curated by Ellis Avery. In the 1970s, Ann Arbor, Michigan smelled like sorghum, carob, and tamari, breathed out ...
Up from the Willamette
This is the latest installment of Public Streets, a biweekly urban observations series curated by Ellis Avery. If you tell people you live in St. John’s, everyone says, “Oh, that’s a really ...