A great dust cloud passed through Oklahoma on this Sunday in 1935. Woody Guthrie said, "We thought it was our doom." ...

Alyssa Colman reflects on her research behind her forthcoming middle grade novel, 'Where Only Storms Grow'—which takes place ...

Russell, whose novel "Swamplandia!" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, talks about her latest novel ahead of an event in Houston on April 14.

The 1935 tragedy during a years-long drought compounded by a lack of soil conservation efforts "should be remembered as the ...

A lot has changed since "Black Sunday" and the Dust Bowl, including improvements to soil conservation techniques, and the creation of national grasslands, to prevent another Black Blizzard.

Construction of the turf facility is slated to be complete this fall, according to the Department of Education.

During the Great Depression, the United States experienced years of massive dust storms that would become known as the Dust Bowl era.

Karen Russell’s “The Antidote,” her first novel since Pulitzer Prize finalist “Swamplandia,” does not make it easy on ...

While Russell knew she wanted to share the story of the Dust Bowl, she also knew it needed to be narrowed to a select time. Ultimately, she decided the story would take place between two natural ...

Karen Russell’s “The Antidote,” her first novel since Pulitzer Prize finalist “Swamplandia,” does not make it easy on reviewers. This is partly a factor of the Dust Bowl-era novel’s ...