Equity Compensation - Performance Shares (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Earned PSUs (% of target)	0.00%
Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Earned PSUs (% of target)	200.00%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Earned PSUs (% of target)	0.00%
35th Percentile
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Earned PSUs (% of target)	50.00%
55th Percentile
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Earned PSUs (% of target)	100.00%
>=75th Percentile
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Earned PSUs (% of target)	200.00%
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock price on grant date	$ 10.86	$ 7.23
Dividend yield	7.19%	6.87%
Expected volatility	49.81%	44.40%
Risk-free interest rate	0.29%	0.11%
Target number of PSUs granted:	207,028	272,929
Calculated fair value per PSU	$ 15.24	$ 6.76
Total fair value of PSUs	$ 3,155,107	$ 1,845,000
Expected volatility	2 years 10 months 28 days
Performance Shares \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Target number of PSUs granted:	103,511	136,462
Performance Shares \| 35th Percentile
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Target number of PSUs granted:	103,517	136,467

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