Essayist Ellen Meloy’s posthumous collection is profound, outspoken and hilarious.
Items by Michael Engelhard
A biologist draws on his fieldwork to consider the world of muskoxen during climate change.
The photos inside two new volumes show the grandeur and vulnerability of landscapes like the Grand Canyon and Bears Ears National Monument.
A recent book provides a road map to finding literature in nature.
Few Inupiat youth are fluent in their native language, but a new game’s popularity could keep the culture alive.
A new book recounts the many mysterious disappearances in the Western desert.
An author’s promotional book tour includes incontinent owls and posh but uncomfortable luncheons.
Review of ‘The Jaguar’s Children’ by John Vaillant.
Review of ‘If Not For This’ by Pete Fromm.
Review of ‘How to Read the American West: A Field Guide’ by William Wyckoff
An Alaska encounter with the fiercest of the 176 mosquito species that roam the U.S.
A review of 'In the Shadow of the Sabertooth' by Doug Peacock.
A review of Utah’s Canyon Country Place Names, Volume 1 & 2 by Steve Allen
On a trek across the Arctic, a writer's map becomes a record of the journey.
A review of Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods by Christine Byl
Jana Richman's novel of a Nevada family divided by conflict over water
In Arctic Voices: Resistance at the Tipping Point, renowned photographer Subhankar Banerjee hears from 39 writers, biologists, activists and Native Americans about the need to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The short stories in Marjorie Kowalski Cole's posthumous collection The City Beneath the Snow take readers deep into the subarctic melting pot of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Jeff Rice records the natural sounds of the West.
T.C. Boyle's new novel, When the Killing's Done, examines the awkward way humans interact with nature and with one another.
Both fans and critics contemplate the life and legacy of Edward Abbey in a special issue of the Western literary and arts journal Matter.
In his compassionate, understated memoir, Walking Home, Lynn Schooler hikes across rugged Southeast Alaska.
A California Bestiary celebrates the state's wildlife with vivid illustrations by Mona Caron and thoughtful words by Rebecca Solnit.
Rock Water Wild: An Alaskan Life is Alaska writer Nancy Lord's celebration of her state.
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