High Country News

A deadly fastball in Denver: A review of The Ringer

In her debut novel, The Ringer, Jenny Shank brings to life two troubled families haunted by violence in Denver.

by Matthew Irwin, Apr 17, 2011
A green obsession

Westerners, like most Americans, are deeply in love with their lawns – but in an time of increasing drought, the Kentucky bluegrass is going to have to go

by Paul Larmer, Aug 21, 2006
Books for lonely times

When you're camped all alone in the wilderness, there is nothing like a book to bring you comfort.

by Emma Brown, Sep 13, 2009
Just where is that home on the range?

A View from the Inland Empire, a new collection of essays from Stephen J. Lyons, is an honest account of coming to — and later leaving — the West, and in the process learning about home and heart and family

by Laura Paskus, Feb 20, 2006
Lewis’ Web

Wyoming microbiologist Randy Lewis is fascinated by spiders – particularly by the remarkable silk they produce.

by Erin Halcomb, Apr 02, 2007
No ordinary stroll

William deBuys writes poetically and thoughtfully about his own life in New Mexico in The Walk.

by Laura Paskus, Dec 24, 2007
Notes from a place of risk and hope

In Big Wonderful: Notes from Wyoming, Kevin Holdsworth describes his love for a harsh landscape in essays, poetry and fiction.

by Julianne Couch, Feb 05, 2007
The memory of mountains

The author remembers a long-ago hike up Pikes Pike with her mother, who later died having no memory of that hike, or of her daughter.

by Diane Sylvain, Sep 18, 2006
Time to breathe

Stargazing and geology satisfy the spiritual needs of a Utah writer and teacher.

by Christopher Cokinos , May 28, 2009
Township 13 South, Range 92 West, Section 35

A writer looks into the history of the people who lived on the Colorado mesa she now calls home.

by Michelle Nijhuis , Sep 08, 2009