Items by Melissa Hart — 10 items
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A fresh take on an old crime: A review of The Case of D.B. Cooper's Parachute
Novelist William L. Sullivan re-opens the case of Dan Cooper, the parachuting plane hijacker
by Melissa Hart, Apr 15, 2013 -
A tribute to solitude and community: A review of Tributary
Colorado resident Barbara K. Richardson crafts a novel about a pioneer girl finding her own salvation in Mormon Utah.
by Melissa Hart, Oct 14, 2012 -
Generosity of voice and heart: A review of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild describes her arduous trek along the Pacific Crest Trail as she seeks to recover from life-changing grief.
by Melissa Hart, Mar 18, 2012 -
Meditations on craft: A review of What I Learned at Bug Camp
Sarah Juniper Rabkin's new essay collection is the intriguing, wide-ranging What I Learned at Bug Camp: Essays on Finding a Home in the World.
by Melissa Hart, Nov 13, 2011 -
Princess for a Day
An Oregon nonprofit allows young girls from troubled homes to become a Princess for a Day.
by Melissa Hart, Jun 16, 2011 -
Of rivers, boats and baseball umpires
The essays in Robin Cody's Another Way the River Has range all over the map but somehow lead back to the river.
by Melissa Hart, Aug 01, 2010 -
The kindness of hunters
After a lifetime of despising and fearing guns, a woman is blindsided by the everyday kindness shown by two hunters.
by Melissa Hart, Nov 08, 2009 -
Confronting life's essentials
Two recent memoirs -- Siesta Lane by Amy Minato and Lift by Rebecca K. O'Connor -- raise questions about the meaning of home, for both humans and falcons.
by Melissa Hart, Sep 13, 2009 -
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 -
The vitality of language
A mother introduces her newly adopted child to the birds at a raptor rehabilitation center and teaches her their names.
by Melissa Hart , Apr 27, 2009






