In case you missed it, you can hear local poet Christy Stillwell’s Yellowstone Public Radio interview with George Cole here.  It’s well worth it!  Signed copies of her poetry chapbook, Amnesia, are available here for $14.

While there, you can also listen to interviews with other local and national authors and personalities, including Phyllis Smith, Patrick and Carol Hemingway, David Quammen, Dr. Susan Wicklund and Alan Kesselheim, and Amy Goodman.

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Gordon Sullivan, author of Saving Homewaters: The Story of Montana’s Streams and Rivers, stopped in this morning and signed fresh copies of his book. 

According to the publisher, it is:

A remarkable account of Montana’s efforts to save its trout streams and rivers from pollution and neglect.The fabled nature of Montana’s streams cannot be taken for granted. In the late 1800s many of Montana’s rivers were filled with pollution and dying fish. Certain key conservation and restoration policies between 1900 and 1940 set the stage for the waters that now draw visitors and anglers from around the world. Yet, many of those same rivers and streams are once again facing devastating environmental threats.

Montana is a paradigm for conservation issues that are faced around the nation and around the world. Yet, no one has ever managed to tell the story of the policies and unique policy makers who made this all possible. And, no one has therefore been able to turn back to that history as a source of direction for dealing with the ongoing environmental challenges facing streams everywhere. 10 black & white photographs, 1 map.

 

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Don’t forget the fantastic event this Thursday at 7pm: Wally McRae and Paul Zarzyski will delight and entertain in “An Evening of Poetry and Prose,” co-sponsored by the Western Folklife Center.

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Finally, we now have copies of both the June 14th and June 21st editions of the New York Times Book Review available free to Country Bookshelf customers while they last. 

The cover review of the June 14th issue is for Kate Walbert’s novel A Short History of Women. Anna is currently reading this book and finds that its praise is well-deserved.

The June 21st edition includes a review for a novel with Montana ties, The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen. For more information, see the article from the MSU News Service.

We currently have both of these titles, as well as many others reviewed in the NYTBR, in stock. Please call or email if you’d like us to hold or special order any book.