In an age of extinction, a sunny, endangered flower serves as a beacon of arid lands.
Books & Authors
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
Fear and love in Oregon’s forests
How far will you go for the person you love?
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
Reconciling wildness and the American dream
A writer finds a home in the wild landscapes of the West.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
‘A poet in the world’ who’s informed by the land
Award-winning Diné writer Tacey Atsitty discusses her recent book and the accessibility of poetry today.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
Fabulous flab; reefer madness; unsportmanslike conduct
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
A push for inclusivity in Seattle’s book publishing scene
‘The books are only as valuable as the community around them.’
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
Ode to a mountain
A duo pay a heartfelt tribute to Albuquerque’s Sandia Mountain.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
A voice for the overlooked
Writer Jonathan Evison flips the American Dream narrative upside-down.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
In these stories, the only real home is a phone’s home screen
Lydia Millet’s new book documents modern-day America from Los Angeles.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
New reads for fall
Enjoy a sampling of the season’s best new books.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
The contradictions of iconic lands
The photos inside two new volumes show the grandeur and vulnerability of landscapes like the Grand Canyon and Bears Ears National Monument.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
The cultural milieu of anarchist and self-taught linguist Jaime de Angulo
A Q&A with the author of a new book about the early 20th century figure.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
The search for Native identity on city streets
Tommy Orange deftly captures the urban-Indigenous experience in his debut novel.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
When the health of your land is beyond your control
An excerpt from Rebecca Clarren’s new novel explores the effects of fossil fuel development on a Western ranch.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
Edward Abbey’s warnings were right
Author Amy Irvine’s answer to the classic ‘Desert Solitaire’ on its 50th anniversary.
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West Obsessed: The American alpine sublime
A new collection by a turn-of-the century poet raises questions about wildness.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
New books to read this fall
A sampling of the season’s best new reads.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
A book in hand deepens the backcountry experience
What’s the meaning of lugging literature into the wild?
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
The West, when women are telling the story
Do women write differently about wilderness?
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
The Kumeyaay poet who’s disrupting nature poetry
Tommy Pico merges natural and personal history of the arid West from Brooklyn, New York.