Taproot Magazine Contributors

Kathleen Herald

Kathleen Herald lives in the blue grass of Kentucky, where she was raised on home-canned vegetables and folk music. A writer with a focus on ly...

Jessica Gigot

Jessica Gigot is a poet, farmer, teacher, and musician. She has a small farm in Bow, Washing- ton, called Harmony Fields that makes artisan she...

Pete Sandker

Pete Sandker grew up near Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, on a forty-acre goat farm. In his early twenties, he went to Downeast Maine to work on a ...

Janie Peacock

Janie Peacock, raised in Memphis, Tennessee, lives in Brooklyn, where she studies illustration at Pratt Institute, works for her college newspa...

Heidi Kirn

Heidi Kirn is a Maine-based commercial and editorial photographer, designer, and art director. Heidi heads to the beach to explore with her cam...

Laura Johnson

Laura Johnson is a multidisciplinary lecturer at Humboldt State University. She holds a PhD in geography from Michigan State Universi...

Rickie Jacobs

Rickie Jacobs is a Midwestern transplant to Northern Germany’s city of Hamburg, where she freelances as a stylist. After working for an array o...

Dara Herr

Dara Herr is a freelance writer, filmmaker, and photographer. She is currently living out of her backpack around the world, volunteering in ord...

Dennis Etzel Jr.

Dennis Etzel Jr. lives with Carrie and the boys in Topeka, Kansas, where he teaches English at Washburn University. His Secret Wars of 1984 (Bl...

Rebecca Elster

Rebecca Elster is a dancer and writer. After graduating from the University of California–Santa Barbara with degrees in dance and education, sh...

Judith Eichstaedt

Judith Eichstaedt is originally a native of the North Rhine region of Germany, where she grew up climbing trees and tumbling through gardens. S...

Elizabeth Cecil

Elizabeth Cecil is a professional photographer. Whether she is shooting for food, lifestyle, or travel pieces, her work is inspired by light, c...

Lindsey Danis

Lindsey Danis is a Hudson Valley based writer who covers culture, LGBTQ, and travel. When not writing, she spends her time cooking, hiking, kayakin...