A Native author creates characters who are making a life in the urban West.
Books
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
A look back at a Western artist guild’s colorful history
A review of ‘The Denver Artists Guild; Its Founding Members: An Illustrated History’ by Stan Cuba.
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
A visual artist finds her literary voice in New Mexico
Bev Magennis once covered houses in colorful tiles. Now she writes novels about murder in the rural West.
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
How to redefine — and defend — wilderness
A review of a new way to look at what’s wild and what’s not, in Jason Mark’s ‘Satellites in the High Country’ and Fred Pearce’s ‘The New Wild.’
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
In the barren Central Valley, a woman unravels
A review of ‘Into the Valley’ by Ruth Galm.
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
Mitchell S. Jackson finds another Portland
An author speaks on growing up black in 1990s Portland and countering his city’s hipster image.
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
Notes from the road to bestsellerdom
An author’s promotional book tour includes incontinent owls and posh but uncomfortable luncheons.
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
Overlooked author Lucia Berlin gets brought back to the light
‘A Manual for Cleaning Women,’ her posthumous book of stories, reveals a formidable talent.
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
Self-published books: What to read
Some favorite under-the-radar writers and their recent releases.
Posted inSeptember 14, 2015: Close Ties in Big Landscapes
The fall reading list
Book recommendations for the cold months ahead.
Posted inAugust 31, 2015: Unlocking the Methane Mystery
Finding humor where two worlds intersect
Review of ‘Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley.’
Posted inAugust 31, 2015: Unlocking the Methane Mystery
Renewal through exploration in Greater Yellowstone
Review of ‘The Wild Excellence: Notes from Untamed America’ by Leslie Patten.
Posted inAugust 31, 2015: Unlocking the Methane Mystery
The lonesome, crowded West
Review of ‘The Water Museum’ by Luis Alberto Urrea.
Posted inAugust 17, 2015: Little Big Bird
Photographs of the sagebrush sea
Review of ‘Sage Spirit: The American West at a Crossroads’ by Dave Showalter.
Posted inAugust 17, 2015: Little Big Bird
The man behind the monumental aqueduct
Review of ‘Water to the Angels’ by Les Standiford.
Posted inAugust 17, 2015: Little Big Bird
Tombstone’s true grit
Review of ‘Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral’ by Mary Doria Russell.
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How the Point Reyes oyster battles challenged our idea of wilderness
Review of a new book, ‘Oyster War’ by Summer Brennan.
Posted inAugust 3, 2015: Outflanked
Young men and fire
Review of “On the Burning Edge: A Fateful Fire and the Men Who Fought It” by Kyle Dickman.
Posted inAugust 3, 2015: Outflanked
Tracing the Yampa River where it flows free
Review of “Colorado’s Yampa River” by John Fielder.
Posted inJuly 20, 2015: Shredded
Alaska tourism and the white man’s native
Review of “So, How Long Have You Been Native? Life as an Alaska Native Tour Guide” by Alexis C. Bunten.