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Fear Of Rattlesnakes: On The Secret Trails Of Small-Time New England Poachers, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Trying to understand the habits of smalltime poachers in the New England forest, a journalist follows two biologists who are trying to save the endangered timber rattlesnake.

Fall On Big Moose Mountain: A Self-Rescue On A Day Hike Drives Home Old Safety Lessons, Matt Chabe

Appalachia

A hiker falls through soft snow while climbing in central Maine. A tree makes a gash down the left side of his head, and he realizes he has left his emergency kit in the car.

The Struggle: An Injured Deer And A Dilemma, Benjamin Alva Polley

Appalachia

A man struggles with a dilemma when a badly injured deer collapses in the Illinois forest.

My Time Is Short: A Woodsman Shares Hidden Treasures Of The Forest With His Stepdaughter, Judi Calhoun

Appalachia

A tribute to the stepfather who understood the lessons of abandoned settlements in New Hampshire’s forests.

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: On Ceding Control: Motherhood In A Pathless Landscape, Emily Mitchell Heidenreich

Appalachia

At her new home base of eastern Vermont, a young mother gives over her mountain energy to her children’s needs. “I wander these pathless woods, my baby strapped to my chest, as an attempt to reassert control over my body after the violence of pregnancy, of motherhood. This wandering is body work.”

Finding An Unforeseen Labrador: From The St. Lawrence To Ungava, David K. Leff

Appalachia

A memoir of a 1988 trip to Labrador begins with a long train ride to Schefferville and proceeds to long days paddling two rivers north toward Ungava Bay.

Stubborn As A Mule: Distant Thunder Prompts Self-Reflection, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Thunder rumbles while a hiker risks walking partway down the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon.

Wild Florida: A Woman Seeks What Lies Beyond Childhood Rv Vacations, Sally Manikian

Appalachia

She has lived most of her life in New Hampshire and thought of Florida as a superficial place. Then she immerses herself in the smells, sights, and sounds around a cabin in Big Pine.

Never Too Late: How Not To Climb A Glaciated Peak, Nicholas Reynolds

Appalachia

A historian in his early 60s revisits an old dream of climbing a glaciated peak in the Pacific Northwest: Mount Baker in North Cascades National Park in Washington state.

Working As A Mountaineer In Antarctica: 40 Years In The Making, Todd Swain, Donnette Swain

Appalachia

In the austral summer of 2017–2018, mountaineers Todd and Donette Swain work as safety staffers helping scientists avoid crevasses while conducting field research in Antarctica.

The Long Way Home: The Last Few Steps, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Christine Woodside sees parallels between her aging mother’s struggles and climbing a mountain.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2019: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2019 - Volume LXX, Number 1 - Issue #247. Quests That Wouldn't Let Go: Chasing Persistent Dreams to Florida, Antarctica, and Labrador.

Differents: Essays About A Human (And Humans), Will Gerdes-Mcclain

Creative Nonfiction MFA Theses

adult language and themes. :\

Once Upon A Re-Imagined Time: A Series Of Lgbtqiap+ Fairytales, Elizabeth Groth

Honors Projects

: Is it possible to merge the genres of LGBTQ+ literature and fairytales? How would one go about doing it in a way that doesn’t perpetuate stereotypes? Is it possible to convey those positive LGBTQ+ messages in a way that is accessible to an eight to twelve age range? Which LGBTQ+ groups would benefit the most from this representation? Why are stories like this necessary in a society that is becoming progressively more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community (and other minority communities) on its own? Is there an added benefit to including characters of other marginalized communities within these stories …

Properly Unhinged: A Collection Of Poems, Madison Everett

Honors Projects

This is a collection of poems that explores the identities I possess and am a part of. These identities include being half black and half white, clinically diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Generalize Anxiety Disorder, pansexual or bisexual or something altogether different (depending on the day), and cis gendered womanhood. I also explore what a poem is and what a poem is not, and how there is very little difference between the two. In a lot of ways, this is an exploration into myself and what it means to be within the world. What does it mean to …

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Hawk Feathers, Wally Swist

Appalachia

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The White Moose, John Smelcer

Appalachia

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At The Dam, Sandra Sylvia Nelson

Appalachia

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The Pond, Kay Mullen

Appalachia

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Quartz Spines, Alice B. Fogel

Appalachia

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Hexagonal, Todd Davis

Appalachia

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Mogoté De La Guira: Bay Of Pigs, Cuba, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

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Fox At 4 A.M., Robin Chapman

Appalachia

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A Peak Ahead: Tributes To Mary Oliver, And Scotland, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

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Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: AMC’s Maine Mountain Guide by Cary Michael Kish. Forest and Crag by Laura Waterman and Guy Waterman. A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich by Bernd Heinrich. Terranexus: Connection and Meaning in Ordinary Places by David K. Leff. A Sideways Look at Clouds by Maria Mudd Ruth. Saving Thoreau’s Birthplace by Lucille Stott. The Pacific Alone by Dave Shively. Yankee Rock and Ice by Laura and Guy Waterman with new chapters by Michael Wejchert.

News And Notes

Appalachia

Snow rangers worked in the White Mountain National Forest during the 2017 federal government shutdown for 35 days. A memoir from 1965, when a teenager climbed Mount Rainier “unauthorized.”

Alpina

Appalachia

Climbs in 2017 include the South Ridge of Mount Huntington in Alaska, Cerro Kishtwar in India, Rungofarka in Kashmir, and more. Tributes to the late Tom Frost and Jeff Lowe. Discussion of films released in 2018 of the free climbs of Yosemite’s El Capitan.

Accidents

Appalachia

Sandy Stott recommends a book by Nan Shepherd, The Living Mountain. The column covers accidents in summer and fall 2018, including an icy May rescue on the Flume Slide Trail, missed turns on the popular Franconia loop route, and three accidents on the tough trail up Huntington Ravine.

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Bob Proudman, 1948-2018.