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November 11, 2019
In our annual Books and Authors special issue we celebrate the storied West. Read an excerpt from George Takei’s memoir on his childhood experience in an internment camp and an excerpt from Beth Piatote’s first short-story collection that delves into family connection. Find author interviews with nature writer Terry Tempest Williams and poet Jake Skeets. We review many books from all corners of the West, dive into essays and provide a list of the season’s best reads.
Feature
In Beth Piatote’s first short-story collection, a niece learns beading and other lessons.
Editor's Note
To truly know a place, seek out its hidden histories.
Essays
When your mom is battling the illness, the metaphor gets complicated.
Writing offers a way to understand our community and ourselves.
Conversation
Law professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández analyzes why America puts so many immigrants behind bars.
The acclaimed author discusses how she hopes to help people find strength in these times.
Book Reviews
In his debut collection, poet Jake Skeets summons beauty through darkness.
In a collection of essays, writers defy expectations and examine place.
In ‘This Land,’ Christopher Ketcham roams the West in search of both, and misses a lot in between.
A new book explores the borderlands of ‘Salmon Nation,’ from the American West to Russia’s Far East.
Two new titles provide insight on the willful ignorance that lead to the West’s water woes.
A debut novel highlights the strength of women, even as they face trouble.
The U.S. poet laureate’s new collection of poems incorporates history and breaks time.
The blind spots, omissions and caricatures of ‘Deep River’ fail to contend with the historical realities of the Northwest or the current political climate.
A roundup of the new and upcoming books that have caught our eye.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
- Meet the influencer of the California condor world
- Cultural extraction at the edge of the abyss
- Gold country: A precious metal, a mining mega-corp and a captive workforce
- Indigenous feminism flows through the fight for water rights on the Rio Grande
- Building equity into the renewable energy transition
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