Katie Hayes captures a photograph of Glen Johnson, a dowser.

After the snow melts, a couple discovers four headstones in a walkway at their newly purchased house.

George Lewis, sociologist and Maine native, explains why we are creatures of the culture that we create and consume.

Table of contents for March 1979 Salt Magazine.

Table of contents for January 1983 Salt Magazine.

Paul Harrison highlights the work of groundfisherman in Maine, documenting their histories, daily lives, and the groundfishing industry.

Mary Lou Wendell documents how immigrants who come from different places to America for freedom are the bridge generation.

When artists enter towns, they usually herald incoming change. Jennifer Ouellette documents how this is taking place in Belfast, and how some people in the community do not want the change.

Paul Harrison highlights the work of groundfisherman in Maine, documenting their histories, daily lives, and the groundfishing industry.

Pamela Wood offers an introduction to readers for this double issue, that touches on the continuity of work, continuing harvest of land, and making of things.

Welcome to Maine’s first John School, a program for men to stop buying sex. This piece dives into the controversial teachings and values behind the almost unheard-of diversionary program.

At the Bolduc Correctional Facility, inmates are given opportunities for change and personal growth through work programs. Christina Cooke explores how these vocational trade programs allow inmates to fix their ways of living.