Items by Emma Brown — 10 items
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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 -
Invading the silence
Annie Proulx talks about Wyoming's Red Desert along with photographs by Martin Stupich.
by Emma Brown and Martin Stupich, Apr 06, 2009 -
The desert that breaks Annie Proulx's heart
Writer Annie Proulx takes an unsentimental view of Wyoming’s little-known and somewhat scarred Red Desert.
by Emma Brown, Apr 06, 2009 -
The invisible man
Chilean guest-worker Ricardo Arriagada herds goats that eat weeds to help prevent brush fires in Hercules, Calif.
by Emma Brown and Carlos Davalos, Oct 13, 2008 -
When war came home
Ivan Doig’s new novel, The Eleventh Man, follows a Montana man across the globe during World War II.
by Emma Brown, Sep 15, 2008 -
Longing for a buried past
Rick Bass’ new short story collection, The Lives of Rocks, proves that his fierce environmental activism has not diminished the intensity of his storytelling genius
by Emma Brown, May 28, 2007 -
Under the radar
Homeless families aren’t found only in urban areas. They’re also struggling to survive in the rural West, as shown by the story of Barbara Trivitt and her two children, who lived in a Jeep in Coos Bay, Oregon, this fall.
by Emma Brown, Jan 22, 2007 -
State of Jefferson: A place apart
Brian Peterson considers himself the interim governor of the State of Jefferson, an area in Northern California and southern Oregon that has been talking about secession since the early 1940s
by Emma Brown, Nov 13, 2006 -
Alone with a radio phone
The writer lives in the mountains, alone with a radiophone
by Emma Brown, Nov 13, 2006 -
A tribal renaissance
In Blood Struggle, law professor Charles Wilkinson gives an inspiring account of Indians’ political and legal struggles during the last 50 years
by Emma Brown, Oct 02, 2006
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