Literation
Reading is the PanaceaÂ
By Ammi Midstokke I have loved a great many asses in my lifetime, but never a donkey. This is what I’m thinking one evening, curled ...
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In Search of DarknessÂ
By Ammi Midstokke I don’t know when I stopped paying attention to the night sky. Maybe smoke season and crisp autumn blues have me swinging ...
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Stories of TreesÂ
By Ammi Midstokke As someone whose spirituality is primarily limited to the worship of coffee, it may seem out of place that I’m convinced trees ...
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Read Where You AreÂ
Cover photo courtesy Ammi Midstokke The first time I was given a book written by Nikos Kazantzakis, I’d never heard of the nine-time Nobel nominee ...
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Looking Around, and UpÂ
Last autumn, I was winding my way toward a ridge in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness when a shadow cast briefly over my head once, twice, then ...
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Reading Between the Waves
Cover photo courtesy of Shallan Knowles If you’ve ever met a surfer, you know they can be pricks. Allan Weisbecker was no exception, though one ...
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“Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life” By William Finnegan
(Memoir, 2015) By T. Ghezzi The Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir written by William Finnegan is more than just a book about surfing. Yes, he is the ...
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“The Vaster Wilds” By Lauren Groff
(Novel, 2023) In the recently discovered lands of the New Country, a girl makes her way through the untouched, unsettled wilderness of the northeast. She’s ...
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Why Books Make Your Life Better
Reading, and especially reading on paper, is so two-generations ago. Despite an uptick in our post-pandemic world book consumption, the trend of reading is a ...
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