Working the Woods, Working the Sea: An Anthology of Northwest WritingEdited by Finn Wilcox and Jerry Gorsline400 pages, softcover, $22.Empty Bowl, 2008. The second edition of Working the Woods, Working the Sea — the first was published in 1986 — contains a lot of new material, but its core is still fiction, nonfiction and poetry […]
Eric Peterson
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Braving the political winds
EPA official Robbie Roberts took a stand against unbridled energy development
Posted inApril 14, 2008: Taking to the Trees
A life of words and wilderness
Deeply felt, often metaphysical and sometimes maddening, Rick Bass’ memoir describes his long journey West, from the “petrochemical horrors” of Houston to the Yaak Valley in the far northwestern corner of Montana. But his cross-country migration is merely a starting point for the musings in Why I Came West. The book serves as a study […]