My Heart Is a Mountain is a collection of eleven fiction stories and one memoir piece. From northern Minnesota to Alaska, from the Dustbowl to Appalachia, from swamps to mountains to the afterlife, th
Passionate and iconoclastic, these 80 articles and essays represent Ueland's entirely original view of the moral, social, and political issues of Midwestern, and American life. "Her personality leaps
“A beautifully produced collection of reflections on the full moon.”—New Age Retailer For poets and painters, lovers and lunatics, the moon has been the awe-inspiring source and symbol of feminine po
Every natural fact: five seasons of open-air parenting is a narrative of mother-and-son nature outings across the state of Wisconsin. In a style that blends the voices of Janisse Ray and Annie Dillard
Many of the poems in Naming the Stars are about the difficulty of balancing the desires of one self with those of another and the problem of solving the arguments between the body and the soul. The co
"The poems in Kathryn Kysar's Pretend the World...explore the world of nature, motherhood, sexuality, and celebrate the lost bounty of the past."-Dorianne Laux, author of The Book of Men
Star QuiltThese are notes to lightning in my bedroom. A star forged from linen thread and patches. Purple, yellow, red like diamond suckers, childrenof the star gleam on sweaty nights. The quilt unfol
This book of daily meditations for teenage girls offers inspiration, hope and comfort to those in the midst of the turbulent teens. For girls ages 14 to 18, each meditation explores a relevant issue a
Drawing on his native heritage, Niatum interweaves the themes of aging and community, speaking powerfully of dislocation and banishment from "the country of my blood." Indelible images from the animal
This extraordinary collaborative work of some 50 prose poems and photographs faithfully depicts the hardfought struggle for survival on the northern American frontier. Jim Johnson's prose poems give
In its lyricism and rich detail, this collection of sixteen meditations is very much in the tradition of Joseph Wood Krutch's The Desert Year. In the author's knowing hands, the desert landscape of th
