Results for keyword: rural life
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The dark corners of the heart: A review of Volt
The short stories in Alan Heathcock's collection, Volt, bring the troubled inhabitants of a small town vividly to life.
by Tara Rae Miner, Mar 20, 2011 -
Glimpses of the high desert
The essays in Ellen Waterston's Where the Crooked River Rises pay homage to her home in the high desert of eastern Oregon.
by Emilene Ostlind, Feb 06, 2011 -
The woodpile and me
Is it ever possible to have too much wood in your woodpile?
by Gail Binkly, Feb 03, 2011 -
Voting at the dump
In rural Idaho, determined voters head out to a muddy dump to cast their ballots.
by Susan Swetnam, Oct 27, 2010 -
The old ways sink into the earth
There's something evocative about old farm equipment, which is as rich in memories as it is covered in ancient rust.
by Joanne Wilke, Dec 07, 2009 -
Advice from the Loser School of Hunting
Even a poor student gets a second chance in the Loser School of Hunting, where if at first you don’t succeed, you try, and try again.
by Ari LeVaux, Nov 12, 2009 -
Raising cows -- and kids -- in the West
In The Family Ranch: Land, Children and Tradition in the American West, Linda Hussa looks at the way modern rural families live their lives.
by Linda M. Hasselstrom , Mar 16, 2009 -
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 -
Cowboy love, with a generous sprinkling of sugar
In Crybaby Ranch, novelist Tina Welling tells a romantic story with zest.
by Jennie Lay, Sep 17, 2007 -
Home is where the compost is
Robert Michael Pyle takes us through a year in his small Northwestern community in Sky Time in Gray’s River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place
by Michelle Pulich Stewart, Jul 23, 2007






