Culture & Communities
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Feature
Vagabond writer Craig Childs on 20,000 years of wanderlust
The author traces the paths of peoples that have wandered the earth for centuries, from Alaska to the Southwest.
by Craig Childs, Oct 14, 2012 -
Current
Fall books offer journeys of the mind
New Western fiction and nonfiction for fall 2012.
by Cally Carswell, Oct 15, 2012 -
Current
Best of the West: Our favorite books
Western authors and HCN staffers share their most-loved writing about the region.
by Jodi Peterson, Oct 14, 2012 -
Book Reviews
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 -
Book Reviews
Celebrating what remains: A review of The Dog Stars
Award-winning adventure writer Peter Heller sets his debut novel in apocalypse-stricken Colorado.
by Traci J. Macnamara, Oct 14, 2012 -
Book Reviews
An epic tale of true crime in the West: A review of Hard Twisted
C. Joseph Greaves bases his novel on a long-ago murder in Utah.
by Michelle Theriault Boots, Oct 15, 2012 -
Book Reviews
The wild without and within: A review of Wilderness
Lance Weller's debut novel traces the path of a Civil War veteran in the Pacific Northwest.
by Melissa Mylchreest, Oct 14, 2012 -
Essays
Student essay: How I became a Westerner and why it doesn't matter
I'm a Westerner by birth, but family and community matter more than location.
by Jon Manley, Oct 14, 2012 -
Current
Western literary journals give voice to story and place
A number of literary journals offer different perspectives on the West.
by Susan J. Tweit, Oct 14, 2012 -
Editor's Note
The place where you are
These days, most Westerners aren't born. We're made.
by Jodi Peterson, Oct 14, 2012 -
Essays
Student essay: Lost and found in the sagebrush
Wandering in the underappreciated sagebrush sea.
by Wieteke Holthuijzen, Oct 15, 2012 -
Dear Friends
Finding funk in Western Colorado, sadistic races, corrections
High Country News gets visitors from all around, searching for homes and going on adventures.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Oct 14, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Living with autism
The author struggles to write about his son's condition
by Hal Walter, Oct 11, 2012 -
Essays
That familiar loneliness: a writer's own relationship mirrors a Stegner novel
Emily Guerin finds that life imitates fiction when she reads Wallace Stegner's book Angle of Repose
by Emily Guerin, Oct 10, 2012 -
Conversation
In Montana, 'Dr. Trout' battles the planet's most dangerous diseases
Marshall Bloom, who heads up disease research at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Mont., discusses his work on deadly viruses and his passion for conservation.
by Ray Ring, Oct 07, 2012






