About
40 Towns is a periodical of literary journalism about the Upper Valley of the Connecticut River. Contributors are students in Jeff Sharlet's creative nonfiction courses at Dartmouth College.
The Upper Valley Chamber of Commerce currently lists 50-some towns in the region, stretching from Walpole, New Hampshire in the south to Ryegate, Vermont in the north. Another source says 44, yet another 42. We're following the lead of the Upper Valley Land Trust, which originally claimed 40. Forty towns, 40 days and nights, 40 years in the desert, 40 days until the resurrection. Forty acres, 40 yards, 40 ounces, 40 nights for ghosts to linger. We're stretching, we know it, but 40 just feels likes a magic number. Some of the stories we've gathered here are fables; several deal with the myths of small places. All of them are true. We've checked the facts, pondered the meanings, studied the juxtapositions. The result is this collection of documents, artifacts of real life along the northern stretch of a cold river.
Read something, say something: let these young writers know what you think. I'll pass it on. jeff.sharlet@dartmouth.edu.
40 Towns is a periodical of literary journalism about the Upper Valley of the Connecticut River. Contributors are students in Jeff Sharlet's creative nonfiction courses at Dartmouth College.
The Upper Valley Chamber of Commerce currently lists 50-some towns in the region, stretching from Walpole, New Hampshire in the south to Ryegate, Vermont in the north. Another source says 44, yet another 42. We're following the lead of the Upper Valley Land Trust, which originally claimed 40. Forty towns, 40 days and nights, 40 years in the desert, 40 days until the resurrection. Forty acres, 40 yards, 40 ounces, 40 nights for ghosts to linger. We're stretching, we know it, but 40 just feels likes a magic number. Some of the stories we've gathered here are fables; several deal with the myths of small places. All of them are true. We've checked the facts, pondered the meanings, studied the juxtapositions. The result is this collection of documents, artifacts of real life along the northern stretch of a cold river.
Read something, say something: let these young writers know what you think. I'll pass it on. jeff.sharlet@dartmouth.edu.
Supported by the Dartmouth College English Department Class of '54 Fund.
Staff:
Rebecca Flowers
Editor
rebecca.w.flowers.19@dartmouth.edu
Rebecca Flowers is a Biology and English double major, and is currently writing her senior thesis Shark's Eye, which she hopes to publish. She is the editor of the fourth volume. She can also be reached at rebeccaflowers97@gmail.com
Editor
rebecca.w.flowers.19@dartmouth.edu
Rebecca Flowers is a Biology and English double major, and is currently writing her senior thesis Shark's Eye, which she hopes to publish. She is the editor of the fourth volume. She can also be reached at rebeccaflowers97@gmail.com
Rianna Starheim
Editor
rianna.p.starheim.14@dartmouth.edu
Rianna Pauline Starheim is a voracious learner. She is one of the editors of the third volume. She is often traveling, most recently in Afghanistan, India and Egypt. Her photography and writing can be found at www.riannapaulinestarheim.com and she can be reached at rianna.p.starheim@gmail.com.
Editor
rianna.p.starheim.14@dartmouth.edu
Rianna Pauline Starheim is a voracious learner. She is one of the editors of the third volume. She is often traveling, most recently in Afghanistan, India and Egypt. Her photography and writing can be found at www.riannapaulinestarheim.com and she can be reached at rianna.p.starheim@gmail.com.
Sarah Khatry
Editor
sarah.b.khatry.17@dartmouth.edu
Sarah Khatry is studying Physics and English with Creative Writing at Dartmouth. She is the other editor on the upcoming third volume. She loves to write and aspires to keep doing it. She was awarded the Sidney Cox Memorial Prize in 2015 for a novella. She can also be reached at khatrysarah@gmail.com.
Editor
sarah.b.khatry.17@dartmouth.edu
Sarah Khatry is studying Physics and English with Creative Writing at Dartmouth. She is the other editor on the upcoming third volume. She loves to write and aspires to keep doing it. She was awarded the Sidney Cox Memorial Prize in 2015 for a novella. She can also be reached at khatrysarah@gmail.com.
Kelsey Stimson
Editor
kelsey.a.stimson.15@dartmouth.edu
Kelsey writes. She also enjoys telling other people how to write. She was the editor of Forty Towns for its first and second volume. Kelsey studies English Literature and Creative Nonfiction at Dartmouth. Her short story, Home Ravaged by Fire, won the 2011 Mecklin Award for Literary Nonfiction.
Editor
kelsey.a.stimson.15@dartmouth.edu
Kelsey writes. She also enjoys telling other people how to write. She was the editor of Forty Towns for its first and second volume. Kelsey studies English Literature and Creative Nonfiction at Dartmouth. Her short story, Home Ravaged by Fire, won the 2011 Mecklin Award for Literary Nonfiction.
Jeff Sharlet
Publisher
jeff.sharlet@dartmouth.edu
Jeff Sharlet teaches creative nonfiction at Dartmouth College. His most recent book
is Sweet Heaven When I Die.
Publisher
jeff.sharlet@dartmouth.edu
Jeff Sharlet teaches creative nonfiction at Dartmouth College. His most recent book
is Sweet Heaven When I Die.