[ [ [ In Earshot of Water: Notes from the Columbia Plateau (Sightline Books: The Iowa Series in Literary Nonfiction (Paperback)) [ IN EARSHOT OF WATER: NOTES FROM THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU (SIGHTLINE BOOKS: THE IOWA SERIES IN LITERARY NONFICTION (PAPERBACK)...

Published by the esteemed University of Iowa, this ecological memoir won the 2012 Washington State Book Award. Philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore wrote, "To read In Earshot of Water is to enter the mind of first-rate naturalist, a devoted father, and a keen observer of all the confounding ways people find to life in place. To read this book is to learn again how to listen, how to forgive, and ultimately how to love life that is sometimes as cruel as it is beautiful." Visual artist Gaylen Hansen wrote, "I'm grateful to have received this excellent collection of essays . . ., and will recommend the book to anyone who has enjoyed such authors as Annie Dillard or Terry Tempest Williams, the intersection of environment and society in the Pacific Northwest." Englewood Review of Books reviewer noted, "That heart that he inserts so liberally into his writing is one of two reasons that make In Earshot of Water a notable read. The other is his prose, clear and approachable" Like water itself, this book cascades across boundaries and blends genres, at once learned and literary.