These sixteen new essays offer new insights into the practice of teaching about place The astonishing mobility of modern Americans and the homogenizing tendencies of our economy and society have left us detached from an authentic connection to place and knowledge of the regions we occupy.... more

Gary Short’s new collection is the work of a mature poet at the peak of his powers, confident of his ability to speak of human betrayal and the fragility of life without bitterness or cheap sentiment, to find poignancy in loss and exaltation in the outwardly mundane.... more

This novel, by the author of The Height and Depth of Everything, was inspired by California's rivers and the dams that contain and shape them.... more

The first collection of Joanne de Longchamps's poetry and collages that spans her entire writing and artistic career.... more