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Samples 

​ "​Attention
    Imperative"

"Living  the  Land"

  1. "High Country"

Reviews

 

                                                                  

 

 


 

"As he ventures through each essay, occasionally he drops rhyming couplets into the end of a paragraph, meant to highlight whatever point he happens to be in the middle of making. It is a beautiful way to use the medium. Most places, taking that step would
Englewood Review of Books
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​​"That heart that he inserts so liberally into his writing is one of two reasons that make In Earshot of Water a notable read. The other is his prose, clear and approachable"

Journal of Ecocriticism

"His voice is a particularly engaging one, with a sharp eye for detail (a woman is described at one point as 'fragile as a cracker on a mattress')." 

​GAYLEN  HANSEN 

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Library Thing

"I'm grateful to have received this excellent collection of essays . . ., and will recommend the book to anyone who has enjoyed such authors as Annie Dillard or Terry Tempest Williams, the intersection of environment and society in the Pacific Northwest."

Click any title or any name to hyperlink to the full text. In Earshot of Water is available through the University of Iowa Press by clicking on the book title.

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