THE SPOKEN WORD
If you haven’t
heard Page Stegner, the son of Wallace Stegner, read the long
story, “Genesis,” from Wolf Willow, you are in for a wonderful
three and one-half hours. (Or seven hours, if, like me, you listen
twice.) The same is true of another father-son combination, as John
Maclean reads Norman Maclean’s four-hour-long “USFS 1919: The
Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky,” about Norman’s
experiences as a 17-year-old with the U.S. Forest Service. These
audio cassettes are beautifully produced and packaged by Audio
Press, a division of NorthWord Press. Audio Press’s catalogue
includes Barry Lopez reading Crossing Open Ground, Terry Tempest
Williams reading her book of essays, An Unspoken Hunger, and
Charles Wilkinson reading his discourse on the West, The Eagle
Bird.
For a catalogue of approximately 50
recordings, or to order, call 1/800-336-5666.
*Ed Marston
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The spoken word.
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