Reflections on a seminal Western author, years after his death.
Books
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
How to see the urban wild
Practical advice for the nature-lonely city-dweller.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
The Grand Canyon, like you’ve never seen it
An artist’s connection to the landscape through her paintings.
Posted inJanuary 23, 2017: For Which it Stands
The story behind New Mexico’s lowriders
A new collection examines the elaborate cars and their place in Mexican-American culture.
Posted inJanuary 23, 2017: For Which it Stands
The heartache of Montana’s solitude
Two new fiction works from Big Sky Country crave human connectivity.
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Gilded pain in the heart of New Mexico
A new collection of short stories offers a portrait of people on the fringes.
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How to name a rose
A recent book provides a road map to finding literature in nature.
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Peace River flood survivors live with a dam’s disruptive legacy
Tensions remain between residents and the hydropower company responsible for the event.
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‘The blurring of the then and the now’
An author returns West, looking for unexpected intersections.
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Seeking ancient lives in harsh lands
A review of “The Lost World of the Old Ones,” a voyage through Southwestern archaeology.
Posted inDecember 26, 2016: Obama and the West
Reconciling two views of a Hopi massacre
Native American and European approaches to history still clash.
Posted inDecember 26, 2016: Obama and the West
An inside look at the national parks
Hard-won photos of the National Park Service’s ‘Treasured Lands.’
Posted inDecember 12, 2016: How the Park Service is Failing Women
The historical lifetime of the beaver
Explaining our complex relationship with North America’s largest rodent.
Posted inNovember 28, 2016: A Weird and Perfect Wilderness
The captivating magic of a dry, dusty text
An encyclopedia-style book published in 1933 offers surprising perspective.
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More books essential to understanding the American West
Readers tell us their favorites from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
Posted inNovember 14, 2016: The Long View
The promise of Alaska’s wilderness
Two novels offer perspectives on the allure of the last frontier.
Posted inNovember 14, 2016: The Long View
Why we don’t mention my great-grandfather’s name
Aaron A. Abeyta on his family’s shadowy past in New Mexico
Posted inNovember 14, 2016: The Long View
15 books every well-versed Westerner should read
A reading list for understanding the region.
Posted inNovember 14, 2016: The Long View
Adventures of a roving Bookmobile driver
This is not your typical library job.
Posted inNovember 14, 2016: The Long View
How to tell the story of the West, rural and urban
A residential library for readers, poets and naturalists takes shape.