Issue 12: Flight, digital

“A field guide for future generations,” writes executive editor Sara Maillacheruvu of Issue 12, whose stories honor the motion, movement, and metamorphosis of Flight, as well as its “sharper-tongued linguistic cousin: flee.” From a deep dive into Garth Brooks’ Midwestern psyche, to the homing lessons of backyard birds, to the tracing of an erased family lineage on the Trail of Tears, to the death of a smalltown stalwart, Issue 12 guides – and soars.