Wallace Stegner Archives - The American Scholar

The Taming of the Wild

By David Gessner | 06/06/2016 |

As we celebrate the centenary of the National Park Service, a meditation on “the best idea that America ever had”

Workshops of Empire

By Stephanie Bastek | 10/13/2015 |

A brief excerpt from Eric Bennett’s new book about creative writing and the Cold War

Wallace Stegner’s Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs

By Aaron Sachs | 07/20/2015 |

A calming influence

Hope

By Anne Matthews | 06/01/2008