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James Conaway

James Conaway is the author of the novels The Big Easy, Nose, and World’s End. He published Napa at Last Light, the final volume of a nonfiction trilogy about Napa Valley, in 2018.

Tongass National Park

Preserving the Wild

What’s next for America’s largest national forest?

by James Conaway | Thursday, January 02, 2020
prairie

No Home on the Range

A roadmap to understanding the American West

by James Conaway | Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Trees

It’s Not Easy Being Green

In an era of global warming, not all tree-related questions are equal.

by James Conaway | Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Storm clouds on the Chesapeake Bay

Trouble on the Chesapeake

A new proposal to clean up the bay raises old questions for environmental reformers

by James Conaway | Thursday, August 22, 2019
Waiting for Fire

Waiting for Fire

As smoke thickens and ash falls, an esteemed Napa vintner prepares to save his home and livelihood

by James Conaway | Monday, June 06, 2016
Cotton

Cotton

All he wanted was to work his land in peace, never knowing that what mattered most to him was about to be taken away

by James Conaway | Thursday, January 10, 2013

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2nd Look

Finding Your Voice

by Larry Woiwode

The novelist and short-story writer Larry Woiwode, whose 1975 book Beyond the Bedroom Wall was one of the most acclaimed works of fiction of the era, died recently in North Dakota. He lived in the state for nearly 45 years, writing and working on his organic farm. He also served, for many years, as the poet laureate of North Dakota. In our Summer 2019 issue, Woiwode remembered his development as a writer—and how he ultimately came to find his voice.

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