Results for keyword: Western writers
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Taking stock
Annie Proulx's memoir Bird Cloud and Gary Snyder's book-and-film project, The Etiquette of Freedom, unveil the private lives of two iconic Western writers.
by Kurt Caswell, Sep 12, 2010 -
The Terrain of This Ambition
A writer wrestles with the huge shadows cast by the men and women of “Literary Utah.”
by Christopher Cokinos, Sep 05, 2010 -
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 -
What Wallace Stegner knew
Western writer Wallace Stegner unflinchingly described both the promise and the peril of the American dream.
by Paul VanDevelder, Mar 03, 2009 -
On the Stegner trail
Philip L. Fradkin looks at the life of an iconic Western author in Wallace Stegner and the American West.
by Smith Maddrey, Oct 13, 2008 -
Alexandra Fuller: A fine line between protest and profession
Author Alexandra Fuller talks about the impacts of oil drilling on her chosen home of Wyoming.
by Jennie Lay, Sep 15, 2008 -
Fall reading
Jodi Peterson and Kate Niles spotlight new books on Western subjects and/or by Western authors, both fiction and nonfiction.
by Jodi Peterson, Sep 15, 2008 -
A Western primer
Western writers offer a generous and inspired list of recommended reading for the president-elect, including a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction.
by Jeff Lee, Laura Pritchett, Teresa Jordan, Stephen Trimble, William Debuys, Dan Flores, Linda Hasselstrom, Barry Lopez, Rick Bass, Debra Utacia Krol, Aaron Abeyta , Sep 12, 2008 -
Looking forward, looking back
William Kittredge brings together new and selected essays about life in the West in The Next Rodeo.
by Claire Dederer, Oct 29, 2007






