This Land

In May of 1919, Greek soldiers occupied the Ottoman province of Smyrna, in what is modern day Turkey. During the initial invasion, they massacred somewhere between dozens and hundreds of civilians. The exact number was lost in the chaos of war.

A Turkish teenager, Muzafer Sherif, witnessed many killed that…

Just outside Bokoshe, Oklahoma is a winding stretch of properties known as “the loop.” The land is heavily wooded and sparsely populated—a place where you’d likelier see a bull snake crossing the road than a person. It’s hardly anyone’s idea of a center of pollution and disease.

But as Tim…