In the summer of 1995, North Dakota History: Journal of the Northern Plains published an edition featuring essays by North Dakota authors about the theme, “Language of the Land: North Dakota 's Literary Heritage.” Selected articles from this edition are featured below.

Introduction to “Language of the Land”, by Janet Daley Lysengen

A Journey into Literary North Dakota , by Kathie Ryckman Anderson

Preserving Rural Cultures in the Twenty-First Century , by Richard Critchfield

Glassy-eyed Reviewers and “What is Wrong with the World” , by Lois Phillips Hudson

Language of the Land: Poetry and Commentary , by David R. Solheim

Silence as a Language of the Land , by Larry Watson

Language of the Land: Voices from the North|, by Larry Woiwode