‘Essays and poems that run as deep as the canyons of the Colorado River.’
—ROBERT REDFORD
Red Rock Stories conveys spiritual and cultural values of Utah’s canyon country through essays and poems of writers whose births span seven decades. First delivered to decision makers in Washington as a limited–edition chapbook, this art–as–advocacy book explores the fierce beauty of and the dangers to ecological and archaeological integrity in this politically embattled corner of wild America.
‘In the American Southwest, we dwell in one end of the visible spectrum. Passions or furies, we see it all in shades of red.’ —Amy Irvine
Red Rock Stories features three generations of writers from diverse cultures. Young activists and regional leaders fill the pages with heartfelt testimonies for the red rock wilderness. Notable contributors range from acclaimed writer Terry Tempest Williams and Poet Laureate of the Navajo Nation Luci Tapahonso, to Charles Wilkinson of the University of Colorado Law School and Regina Lopez–Whiteskunk of the Ute Mountain Ute Council.
STEPHEN TRIMBLE , editor of
Red Rock Stories, has published more than twenty books. He received the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award for photography and conservation and a Wallace Stegner Centennial Fellowship at the University of Utah Tanner Humanities Center. In 1995, Trimble co–compiled with Terry Tempest Williams the landmark book of advocacy,
Testimony: Writers of the West Speak on Behalf of Utah Wilderness—the model for
Red Rock Testimony. He teaches writing in the University of Utah Honors College and makes his home in Salt Lake City and in Torrey, Utah.
—ROBERT REDFORD
Red Rock Stories conveys spiritual and cultural values of Utah’s canyon country through essays and poems of writers whose births span seven decades. First delivered to decision makers in Washington as a limited–edition chapbook, this art–as–advocacy book explores the fierce beauty of and the dangers to ecological and archaeological integrity in this politically embattled corner of wild America.
‘In the American Southwest, we dwell in one end of the visible spectrum. Passions or furies, we see it all in shades of red.’ —Amy Irvine
Red Rock Stories features three generations of writers from diverse cultures. Young activists and regional leaders fill the pages with heartfelt testimonies for the red rock wilderness. Notable contributors range from acclaimed writer Terry Tempest Williams and Poet Laureate of the Navajo Nation Luci Tapahonso, to Charles Wilkinson of the University of Colorado Law School and Regina Lopez–Whiteskunk of the Ute Mountain Ute Council.
STEPHEN TRIMBLE , editor of
Red Rock Stories, has published more than twenty books. He received the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award for photography and conservation and a Wallace Stegner Centennial Fellowship at the University of Utah Tanner Humanities Center. In 1995, Trimble co–compiled with Terry Tempest Williams the landmark book of advocacy,
Testimony: Writers of the West Speak on Behalf of Utah Wilderness—the model for
Red Rock Testimony. He teaches writing in the University of Utah Honors College and makes his home in Salt Lake City and in Torrey, Utah.
Table of Content
Charles Wilkinson
INTRODUCTION
Simon Ortiz
RIGHT OF WAY
Kevin T. Jones
THE MAN WITH A HEART OF STONE
Jana Richman
THE LAND OF NO USE
David Gessner
THE FREEDOM OF RESTRAINT
Karen Shepherd
THE ONLY WAY FORWARD
Regina Lopez–Whiteskunk
IT’S TIME TO HEAL BEARS EARS
Lauret Savoy
ON COMPROMISED GROUND
Christpher Cokinos
STONE THAT LEAPS
Kathleen Dean Moore
WHAT SHALL WE GIVE THE CHILDREN?
Jen Jackson Quintano
MEMORY
Terry Tempest Williams
TIME
Jim Enote
A PLACE FOR MEDIATION
Alastair Lee Bitsoi
SHASH JAA’ FOLLOWS WHEREVER I GO
Juan Palma
THE WILDNESS IN NATURE BINDS US TO THE PAST AND THE FUTURE
Shonto Begay
THE VIEW FROM THE MESA
Mary Ellen Hannibal
THE UR–BEAR
Mary Sojourner
BEAR’S EARS
Amy Irvine
SEEING RED
Thomas Lowe Fleischner
THE GRACE OF WILDNESS
David Lee
PRELUDE
George Handley
FAITH AND THE LAND
Brooke Williams
LEASE UTU91481
Anne Terashima
WE [HEART] WILDERNESS
Jacqueline Keeler
IT IS THE LAND THAT TELLS THE STORY
Alison Hawthorne Deming
THE NATURALISTS
Michelle Nijhuis
WHAT THE TORTOISE TAUGHT ME
Chip Ward
WHOLE AND HOLY
Ann Whittaker
WHEN THE DESERT MORNING RISES
Gary Paul Nabhan
UP BETWEEN THE BEARS EARS
Bruce Babbitt
IT’S TIME TO ACT
Mark Udall
I AM A SON OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU
Stephen Trimble
WE COME OUT DANCING TOGETHER
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 120 ● ISBN 9781937226800 ● File size 2.0 MB ● Editor Stephen Trimble ● Publisher Torrey House Press ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5519103 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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