Imaginatively spunky illustrations accompany avian anecdotes in BirdNote.
Books
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How beef colonized the West and America’s dinner plate
The author of a new book explains how beef consolidation in the late 19th Century shapes our ecology, economy and politics.
Posted inJuly 21, 2019: A Radical Return
Last words from a desert scribe
Essayist Ellen Meloy’s posthumous collection is profound, outspoken and hilarious.
Posted inJune 24, 2019: Losing Lake Coeur d'Alene
The history of hiking The Continental Divide Trail
Meandering across 3,100 miles, the trail connects Mexico to Canada.
Posted inJune 10, 2019: 'None of this happened the way you think it did'
What it’s like to navigate life below the poverty line
A new book humanizes the work America’s poor must go through to try and stay afloat.
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A memoir of sorrow and grace
Pam Houston conveys the pleasures and challenges of rural life.
Posted inMay 27, 2019: Public Pushback
See the hard-won equilibrium of Alaska
A compilation of work by Alaskan photographers explores life in the North.
Posted inMay 27, 2019: Public Pushback
Plumbing the Gila for solace and hope
A new book contemplates nature, solitude, grief and grace.
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America forgot the Chinese workers who built the railroad
Historian Gordon Chang’s new book attempts to correct that erasure.
Posted inApril 29, 2019: A History of Violence
What trees can teach us
Community and relationships are an integral part of arbor life.
Posted inApril 15, 2019: Scene of the Crime
Photos: The many faces of Marilyn Monroe
See the impersonators that perpetuate an All-American woman.
Posted inMarch 18, 2019: Arizona's Wild Horse Paradox
An outsider endures violence and redemption in the Wild West
A familiar trope of storytelling puts women and people of color on center stage.
Posted inMarch 18, 2019: Arizona's Wild Horse Paradox
What’s left of the tallgrass prairie
A ‘grassland education’ from nature photographer Harvey Payne.
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Can stories help us understand the realities of migration?
In her new novel, Valeria Luiselli explores the possibilities and limits of writing about the border crisis.
Posted inMarch 4, 2019: El Nuevo Movimiento
Can beauty alone save a natural place?
Essays that unravel the mystique of the American West.
Posted inMarch 4, 2019: El Nuevo Movimiento
Glimpse inside the last inland temperate rainforest
Endangered species and landscapes vividly captured in a new book.
Posted inFebruary 18, 2019: Barriers to Entry
Explore landscapes redefined by human influence
In a new book, a photographer captures our collisions with nature.
Posted inFebruary 4, 2019: Nizhoni Girls
Photos: Life in migration
Wildlife species make their quests to mate, give birth, feed and seek shelter across the American West.
Posted inFebruary 4, 2019: Nizhoni Girls
An outsider’s perspective on the West
A Basque writer transplanted to Nevada takes a critical look at American culture.
Posted inJanuary 21, 2019: What Killed Washington's Carbon Tax?
The plight of the ‘snow oxen’
A biologist draws on his fieldwork to consider the world of muskoxen during climate change.