Jeff Biggers recently traveled to the remote stretches of the Sierra Madre mountains in northern Mexico. After visiting and staying in a Tarahumara Indian village during one of the worst droughts in the history of Mexico, he sent us this postcard. Continue reading
Earlier this summer, I found myself planting corn by hand, following a gaggle of Tarahumara women in sweeping skirts. I couldn't help but get involved. The villagers nodded, nodded for me to find my own digging stick and follow their lead up furrows plowed by a carved oak branch. Continue reading
This story first appeared on The Atlantic.
