ism ▁career , ▁Child ress ▁has ▁published ▁some ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁articles ▁in ▁various ▁mag az ines ▁and ▁other ▁publications , ▁including ▁National ▁Geographic , ▁Country ▁Living , ▁The ▁Saturday ▁Even ing ▁Post , ▁Mc Call ' s , ▁Play boy , ▁Lad ies ' ▁Home ▁Journal , ▁Smith son ian , ▁Sports ▁A field , ▁TV ▁Guide , ▁Air ▁& ▁Space ▁Smith son ian , ▁The ▁Nation , ▁and ▁The ▁New ▁Republic , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁approximately ▁ 6 , 0 0 0 ▁magazine ▁and ▁newspaper ▁photos ▁(" ... more ▁magazine ▁sales , ▁I ’ m ▁guessing , ▁than ▁any ▁writer ▁alive ," ▁according ▁to ▁author / ph ot ograph er ▁Richard ▁M enz ies ). ▁ ▁For ▁ 1 4 ▁years ▁( from ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 7 ), ▁Child ress ▁wrote ▁a ▁regular ▁column ▁for ▁the ▁St . ▁Louis ▁Post - Dispatch ▁called ▁" Out ▁of ▁the ▁O z arks ." ▁ ▁His ▁column ▁became ▁so ▁popular ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁Child ress ▁wrote ▁a ▁book , ▁also ▁titled ▁Out ▁of ▁the ▁O z arks , ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Southern ▁Illinois ▁University ▁Press , ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁regional ▁best s eller . ▁Child ress ▁was ▁also ▁nominated ▁( tw ice ) ▁for ▁the ▁Pul itzer ▁Prize , ▁in ▁the ▁Comment ary ▁category . ▁ ▁Po etry ▁and ▁short ▁stories ▁Child ress ▁has ▁published ▁some ▁ 3 5 0 ▁po ems , ▁in ▁such ▁journ als ▁as ▁Po