A new collection of short stories offers a portrait of people on the fringes.
Items by Annie Dawid
A first-time novelist follows a quiet Montana man in the wake of grief.
In “The Animals,” a wildlife rescuer faces his ugly past.
Jon Krakauer’s latest book explores a flawed justice system that fails victims.
A review of ‘Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend’ by Erika T. Wurth.
Review of ‘The Possibilities’ by Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Review of “Backlands: A Novel of the American West” by Michael McGarrity.
Review of “Astoria” by Peter Stark.
Review of ‘Katie Gale: A Coast Salish Woman's Life in Oyster Bay' by Llyn De Danaan.
A review of The Days Are Gods by Liz Stephens
"Benediction" is Kent Haruf's latest novel about the beauty and hardship of life in the fictional eastern Colorado town of Holt
Nancy Wood's novel describes a rogue priest's spiritual encounters with the Calabaza people
Gary Hart's seventh novel takes us to another front in the water
wars, the decades-long dispute over damming southern Colorado’s Animas-
La Plata rivers to provide more water for the growing town of Durango.
Mormon pioneers crossing the country in 1856 meet with disaster in Sandra Dallas' book.
In his memoir, Matthew Gavin Frank takes the reader on a hallucinatory journey through the medical marijuana industry in Mendocino County, Calif.
The narrator of Madison Smartt Bell's disturbing 13th novel is a former member of a murderous, Manson-like cult.
In his memoir, Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life, Jim Kristofic remembers the challenges and joys of a tough childhood spent on the Navajo Nation.
Kate Niles' wry and compassionate novel The Book of John tracks the travails of an archaeologist named John Gregory Wayne Thompson.
A young writer named Steve Edwards spends seven months living by Oregon's Rogue River in his memoir, Breaking into the Backcountry.
In her second memoir, Raw Edges, Phyllis Barber leaves her marriage and tries to find herself.
Paul Chaat Smith's latest book, Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong, is a funny and painful collection of essays on the ways that Indians are stereotyped.
In her first novel, Jackalope Dreams, Western writer Mary
Clearman Blew gives us a tale of the contemporary West that rings
both sad and true.
Three new books about the West’s Indian wars –
Ned Blackhawk’s Violence Over the Land, Kingsley Bray’s
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life, and Robert W. Larson’s Gall:
Lakota War Chief – seem to romanticize a violent
past.
In Rise, Do Not Be Afraid, poet Aaron Abeyta explores the
lives of the people who lived and loved in the long-lost town of
Santa Rita in Colorado’s remote San Luis Valley
The powerful short stories in Thomas McGuane’s
Gallatin Canyon prove him to be the New West’s answer to
Flannery O’Connor.
Steven Radosevich writes simple, painful, personal essays
about the changing landscape of the Pacific Northwest in his new
book, Good Wood: Growth, Loss and
Renewal.
In The Highest Tide, Jim Lynch’s
debut novel, a 13-year-old boy in the Pacific Northwest begins
finding all kinds of strange sea creatures, and wonders if "maybe
the earth is trying to tell us something."
In Fields That Dream: A Journey to the Roots of
Our Food, Jenny Kurzweil illustrates how agricultural
injustices can be combated by purchasing food from socially
conscious local producers
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LAND & CABIN ON CO/ UT LINE 18 ac w/small solar ready cabin. Off grid, no well. Great RV location. Surrounded by state wildlife area and nat'l parks.
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MANAGER PERMACULTURE LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR Permaculture / Landscape Company Manager / Site Lead Red Ant Works, Inc. - 20+ year landscape construction and horticultural care company seeks manager and site...
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CANYONLANDS FIELD INSTITUTE Field seminars for adults in natural and human history of the Colorado Plateau with lodge, river trip and base camp options. Small groups, guest experts.
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COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER San Juan Citizens Alliance is looking for a passionate, dynamic, organized, and technology-savvy communications professional to help grow our membership and presence in the Four...
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REAL ESTATE SPECIALIST 
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DEVELOPMENT POSITIONS
Thorne Nature Experience is hiring for a Development Director and Senior Individual Giving Manager. Individuals will work collaboratively with Thorne's Executive Director to develop and...
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SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION & ENERGY The National Parks Conservation Association, a 100-year-old nonprofit advocacy organization and the nation's leading voice for national parks seeks a Senior Program Manager, Landscape Conservation...
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATURAL HISTORY INSTITUTE The Executive Director is the chief executive officer of the Natural History Institute (NHI). The Executive Director has broad authority to lead and manage the...
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT FRIENDS OF CEDAR MESA - The Land, History, and People of the Bears Ears Region - The Bears Ears and Cedar Mesa region is one of the most beautiful,...
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SENIOR DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Greater Yellowstone Coalition seeks a Senior Development Associate to coordinate the organization's individual giving program. The position description is available at http://greateryellowstone.org/careers Please email a...
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TRAIL CREW TECHNICAL ADVISORS
SEEKING TALENTED TRAIL CREWLEADERS The Pacific Crest Trail Association, headquartered in Sacramento, California ,is dedicated to protecting, preserving and promoting the Pacific Crest National Scenic...
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ENDANGERED SPECIES POLICY ADVOCATE Are you a Guardian for wildlife, great and small, across the West? WildEarth Guardians (Guardians) seeks a full-time Endangered Species Policy Advocate (Advocate) for the...
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WESTERN NATIVE SEED
Native plant seeds for the Western US. Trees, shrubs, grasses, wildflowers and regional mixes. Call or email for free price list. 719-942-3935. [email protected] or visit...
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THE LAND DESK: A PUBLIC LANDS NEWSLETTER Western lands and communities--in context--delivered to your inbox 3x/week. From award-winning journalist and HCN contributor Jonathan P. Thompson. $6/month; $60/year.
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CONSERVATIONIST? IRRIGABLE LAND? Stellar seed-saving NGO is available to serious partner. Package must include financial support. Details: http://seeds.ojaidigital.net.
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HISTORIC LODGE AND RESTAURANT - FULLY EQUIPPED Built in 1901, The Crazy Mountain Inn has 11 guest rooms in a town-center building on 7 city lots (.58 acres). The inn and restaurant...
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ONE WILL: THREE WIVES by Edith Tarbescu. "One Will: Three Wives" is packed with a large array of interesting suspects, all of whom could be a murderer ... a...
