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Jessi Phillips

Jessi Phillips is a a freelance journalist, fiction writer, musician, and adjunct English professor with an MFA in creative writing from Western Michigan University.

The Colorado River is seen at the bottom of the Grand Canyon on April 20th, 2018.

Field Notes

Sjors Horstman has spent the last 30 years of his life at the bottom of the Grand Canyon as a volunteer for the National Park Service—one of the longest-serving volunteers in NPS history.

By Jessi Phillips

Border crossing into Los Algodones from Andrade, California.

Field Notes

A trip to Los Algodones, the town just south of the border where it seems almost everybody is either a dentist or works for one.

By Jessi Phillips

Jessi Phillips

Letter From Phantom Ranch: Meet the Man Who Lives at the Bottom of the Grand Canyon

Letter From Los Algodones, Mexico: The City of Dentists