by Admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Missoula Public Library is Randi’s choice of place for our conversation. It is a state-of-the-art facility any city would envy, created by local architects A&E Design in partnership with Minneapolis-based Traci Lesneski of MSR Design, library-museum...
by Admin | Jul 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our editor for this project, Clark Whitehorn, invites us to lunch. He works with University of Nebraska Press, but home is Helena, Montana. For more about Clark’s work, see here. From the start Clark has been behind this project, excited about its on-the-road...
by Admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m reading “Spokane Kitten” as we drive north toward Cody, into the Heat Dome. Hot, hot, hot. Excerpted from a memoir in progress, “Spokane Kitten” tells the tale of Linda’s Montana childhood spent working around a mother’s addictions. José and I will...
by Admin | Jul 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am my only “interview” in the whole of Colorado. Without planning it, the days are a heart-filling personal journey. I see my aunt Adrian, her gravestone, and feel all the isolated depth of that windswept prairie place. I see my childhood friend in Colorado...
by Admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Amy Hamilton cares about Indigenous grasses and the problem of invasive species – which turns out to be a perfect metaphor for our deep talks about growing up White in the West. How whiteness relates to feminism and issues of communal accountability is on Amy’s mind,...
by Admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
In a pretty amazing accident of good timing, Melina’s very recent essay “Growing Up Chicana in the Heart of Anaya’s Aztlán” (2021) gives our conversations an edge and focus. The piece is a tribute to the great educator and writer Rudy Anaya, of course a major...
