In his final newsletter, Andy Nettell, formerly (as of last week) of Back of Beyond Books, which he just sold to David Everitt, wrote this important reminder and guide about shopping for both print and audio books (I hope he forgives me for borrowing it): Seven Ways to buy books locally and to support your … Continue reading →

This piece came out in December in the last print issue of The Gulch, and in February, while I was still under techno-duress as I struggled to get to my blog on this computer, and couldn’t, it came out online. The stunning photos are all by TJ Holmes. https://www.gulchmag.com/home/ode-to-rain Continue reading →

I am thrilled to announce that Desert Chrome is a 2022 Colorado Book Awards finalist in Creative Nonfiction! On June 25, in Denver, Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book will host a ceremony to announce the winner, while I will be on the Main Salmon River at a writing workshop with David James Duncan … Continue reading →

First I have to say that my silence here has been generated by technological challenges—it has taken me this long (since Tyler’s birthday in November!) to figure out how to access Microsoft Word on this new laptop, and then how to get into my own blog on this new laptop. Embarrassing and true. Somehow today … Continue reading →

I learned that Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West was a finalist in the Best Book Awards’ “Animals/Pets: Narrative Nonfiction” and “Nonfiction: Creative” categories. A wonderful honor! http://americanbookfest.com/nonfictionbooks/animalspets.html Continue reading →

I awake into memory of another dark morning, a large growth in my belly rising and falling as if with its own life, the room quietly active, a doctor swooshing in and out, a nurse, a husband somewhere, my friend Cindy on her way, my mother with my firstborn, Kenney, back at the ranch, me … Continue reading →

https://www.terrain.org/2021/interviews/kathryn-wilder/ Please click on the link above for a stunning, full-color interview by Rebecca Lawton, complete with (some) photos by TJ Holmes. Things keep getting better for Desert Chrome! Continue reading →

This week was a whirlwind of mustang activity, at least for me, at least in a symbolic albeit sedentary way (sitting on my butt but not on a horse). On Saturday, October 23, we celebrated the ten-year anniversary of NO ROUNDUPS IN SPRING CREEK BASIN, and the fifty-year anniversary of the unanimous signing of the … Continue reading →

From Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West Detritus: Sierra Nevada, 1971. October light leaks in between slats of graying barn wood. A yellow stripe marks Craig’s cheek, his shoulder. I taste salt and smell the sun on his skin and in the hay beneath me that makes our bed in the … Continue reading →

Aloha all– I am having difficulties with my computer and blog, but I wanted to let you know about my forthcoming workshop in Bluff. It is on Saturday, October 16, from 1-4 pm, beside the flowing San Juan River and its shedding cottonwoods trees. Please wade through whatever you find below to register. Thank you! … Continue reading →