About the Gila, river and wilderness, from Dreaming the River, an essay by M.H. Salmon. In Sky Determines , Ross Calvin wrote: “Here if anywhere is air, sky, earth fit to constitute a gracious homeland, not alone for those who occupy themselves at the world’s work, but as well...
Looking at the Ground: Photographs of Michael P. Berman By Charles Bowden, 2006 I’ve been looking at the ground with hungry eyes all of my life, and yet I seldom see it. I know this fact and struggle against it. Michael Berman somehow got a hold of me—I can’t...
From Grasslands, Radius Books, Santa Fe, 2009 by William deBuys Every place needs a poet, someone to reveal the heart of the land. The poet of place tells us where we are, and he also tells us why the particular whereness of a place is important. He shows us...