
Sites of Insight
A Guide to Colorado Sacred Places
University Press of Colorado
Will be published approx. on 26. August 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-87081-744-1 (ISBN)
Description
Co-Winner of the 2004 Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Publication Prize. In these eighteen illuminating essays, some of Colorado's most accomplished novelists, essayists, and poets write in intimate detail about their most poignant experiences in the Colorado wilderness. Readers are given access - both physically and spiritually - to settings that inspire reverence for and contemplation about one's relationship to the land. From above tree line in the Rawah Mountains down into the broad San Luis Valley, from the Western Slope to the high plains in the east, the reader is taken on a vivid journey through a rich assortment of Colorado's awe-inspiring landscapes. Essays by Tom Noel, Fred Baca, Kristen Iversen, and Reyes Garcia are historical in makeup, while those by Sangeeta Reddy, Merrill Gilfillan, and Amy England feature engaging spiritual and philosophical explorations, even epiphanies. Reg Saner and Nick Sutcliffe share experiences of pitting themselves against nature. And in the tradition of Thoreau, John Muir, and Annie Dillard, all of these essayists explore the intense and vibrant relationships people have with the wilderness. Sites of Insight belongs on the bookshelves of tourists, outdoor enthusiasts, and Coloradoans - both longtime residents and newcomers - who seek to apprehend something in nature that is larger than themselves.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Colorado
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 19 to 99 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87081-744-1 (9780870817441)
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E-Book
08/2003
University Press of Colorado
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Persons
James Lough is a lecturer and writing consultant at the Colorado School of Mines. Christie Smith is engaged in numerous Colorado history projects and teaches composition at Denver area colleges.
Content
CONTENTS Introduction Western Wind, Glacier Gorge Reg Saner Chatelaine, Leadville Kristen Iversen Little Bethlehem, San Luis Fred Baca Mists of the Huerfano Tom Noel Walking in Yampa Kate Krautkramer Pawnee Buttes Merrill Gilfillan The Bear, Nederland Jane Wodening Meditaci n en Dos Ojos: Garcia Lake at Cumbres Pass Reyes Garcia Gore Canyon Nick Sutcliffe Their Place, My Place, Ward Alexander Drummond Pastoral Emergence, Mount Evans Alexander Blackburn Written on a Piece of Butcher Paper El Rancho, Antonito Mark Irwin Where Form Meets Flux: Soft Eyes and Boulder's Four Cardinal Directions James Lough The Road through San Luis Sangeeta Reddy Into the Rawahs; Sue Campbell and John Calderazzo A Trip to the Great Stupa, Rocky Mountain Shambhala Center, Red Feather Lakes Christie Smith Lumpy Ridge: Buson in the Rockies Amy England Belmar Park: Where the Sidewalk Ends Anita Harkess List of Contributors; Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Sacred space Colorado, Colorado Religion