Results for keyword: family life
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Traveling Arizona Highways, in your dreams and on the ground
In 1960, an Illinois mailman falls in love with the desert through the pages of Arizona Highways and hands on his dream -- and a piece of Mohave County --to his son and grandson.
by Tony Fitzpatrick, Mar 29, 2012 -
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 -
Wait until darkness
In his debut novel, The Wilding, Benjamin Percy captures our ambiguous attitudes toward the natural world.
by Jodi Peterson, Sep 12, 2010 -
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 -
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 -
Time to breathe
Stargazing and geology satisfy the spiritual needs of a Utah writer and teacher.
by Christopher Cokinos , May 28, 2009 -
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 -
Lewis’ Web
Wyoming microbiologist Randy Lewis is fascinated by spiders – particularly by the remarkable silk they produce.
by Erin Halcomb, Apr 02, 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 -
What we love will save us
We are all, too much of the time, captives of the wreck and the mistake. Can’t take our eyes off it, can’t stop thinking about it, can’t stop picking that scab. We slide into our merely negative identity — defined by what we refuse...
by David Oates, Oct 16, 2006
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