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  • Wet words

    Brian Doyle recommends the best reads about the Pacific Northwest, with particular emphasis on his home state, Oregon.

    by Brian Doyle, Oct 29, 2007

  • A eulogy for the West that was

    In Requiem for the West, Roger Brown laments the loss of soul and solitude in the small mountain towns of the Colorado Rockies

    by Paul Anderson, Jan 23, 2006

  • A watery mystery in New Mexico

    Albuquerque private investigator Sonny Baca unravels a series of nefarious plots in Rudolfo Anaya’s riveting mystery Jemez Spring

    by Laura Paskus, Jan 23, 2006

  • Eight decades of magic and beauty at Ghost Ranch

    Lesley Poling-Kempes tells the story of a legendary New Mexico resort and its many lovers in her absorbing new book, Ghost Ranch

    by Renee Guillory, Jan 23, 2006

  • Urban planning — with a wild touch

    Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens and Nature-Friendly Communties are two new handbooks on innovative land-use planning and habitat protection

    by Ray Ring, Feb 06, 2006

  • The Colorado Plateau II: Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Research

    The Colorado Plateau II is a kaleidoscopic anthology of scientists’ thoughts on the history, biology and geology of the vast Colorado Plateau

    by Staff, Feb 06, 2006
  • On the wing

    On the wing

    This special "books and essays" issue circles around the theme of migration.

    by Jodi Peterson, Sep 12, 2010

  • "To feel at home, stay at home."

    This essays and book reviews in this special issue of High Country News revolve around the question: What does it mean to be at home in the West?

    by Jodi Peterson, Sep 13, 2009
  • The bizarre intersection of humanity and nature

    The bizarre intersection of humanity and nature

    The short stories in Laura Chester’s Rancho Weirdo revolve around the unexpected interactions of middle-class people with nature.

    by Melissa Hart, May 26, 2009
  • Hope and redemption

    Hope and redemption

    The story of the West is a story of the quest for redemption - not just for individuals, but for an entire landscape.

    by Jodi Peterson , Sep 18, 2011
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