In his latest collection of Western tales, Percival Everett searches for the good in range life.
Book Reviews
Posted inMarch 21, 2016: Making Sense of Malheur
Crime and grit: A retrospective collection from the don of Chicano noir
An uneven but often rewarding collection from one of the West’s masterful storytellers.
Posted inMarch 21, 2016: Making Sense of Malheur
Missoula’s rape problem
Jon Krakauer’s latest book explores a flawed justice system that fails victims.
Posted inMarch 7, 2016: The Parks You Don't Know
The beautiful wilds of national parks
Review of “The National Parks: An American Legacy,” by Ian Shive.
Posted inMarch 7, 2016: The Parks You Don't Know
In an era of change, a new chapter for the National Park Service
Two new books offer an invitation to the parks — and an argument for their existence.
Posted inFebruary 22, 2016: Fractured
How the wild Northern Rockies were saved — and who led the way
A new book looks at the ordinary citizens who fought for wilderness designations.
Posted inFebruary 22, 2016: Fractured
The ‘poisoned landscapes’ we leave behind
Q&A with photographer David T. Hanson about his new book, ‘Wilderness to Wasteland,’ which shows a dystopian side of progress.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2016: Sagebrush Insurgency
Past and present in a New Mexico town famous for its pies
A review of “Pie Town Revisited” by Arthur Drooker.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2016: Sagebrush Insurgency
In ‘Gold Fame Citrus,’ the nascent genre of cli-fi looks to California
A new climate change novel predicts a dystopian West of sand and refugees.
Posted inJanuary 25, 2016: The Forever War
The road to better eating, in an era of compromise
A review of Megan Kimble’s “Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food.”
Posted inJanuary 25, 2016: The Forever War
Rock art and the struggle for preservation
Review of Jonathan Bailey’s “Rock art: A Vision of a Vanishing Cultural Landscape.”
Posted inDecember 21, 2015: Secrets of the Deep
Searching for the good fight in the Nez Perce War
A review of William T. Vollmann’s “The Dying Grass”
Posted inDecember 21, 2015: Secrets of the Deep
The Corps of Discovery, after the apocalypse
Review of Benjamin Percy’s “The Dead Lands.”
Posted inDecember 7, 2015: Good Neighbors
Chronicling seven decades of parachuting into wildfires
A review of Jason A. Ramos and Julian Smith’s “Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America’s Most Select Airborne Firefighters“
Posted inDecember 7, 2015: Good Neighbors
Gun-toting toddlers in the desert and drunk Brits in the Grand Canyon
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inDecember 7, 2015: Good Neighbors
The U.S. Forest Service: an agency adrift
A review of “Toward a natural forest“ by Jim Furnish
Posted inNovember 23, 2015: Water Hustle
A subtle love in small-town Colorado
A review of Kent Haruf’s new book, ‘Our Souls at Night.’
Posted inNovember 23, 2015: Water Hustle
On the unease of violent people
Review of T.C. Boyle’s ‘The Harder They Come.”
Posted inNovember 9, 2015: The Campaign Against Coal
A tour of vibrant skies of the north
A review of ‘The Northern Lights: Celestial Performances of the Aurora Borealis,’ by Daryl Pederson and Calvin Hall.
Posted inNovember 9, 2015: The Campaign Against Coal
Knock-out punch
A review of ‘Contenders,’ by Erika Krouse.