Potluck
Community on the Edge of Wilderness
Will be published approx. on 30. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-87071-591-4 (ISBN)
Description
In Potluck, Ana Maria Spagna explores the enduring human connection to place, journeying from Tijuana to a California beach to Utah's canyon country-and, always, back to the sparsely populated valley in the North Cascades that she calls home.
Potluck homes in on the everyday gatherings that, over time, define a community: a makeshift wedding, an art gallery opening, a farewell potluck, a work party, a work party, a campfire, a political caucus, a funeral. "What connects us?" Spagna asks, and she reveals, again and again, the gift of community-easy and uneasy, deep and enduring and essential.
Potluck homes in on the everyday gatherings that, over time, define a community: a makeshift wedding, an art gallery opening, a farewell potluck, a work party, a work party, a campfire, a political caucus, a funeral. "What connects us?" Spagna asks, and she reveals, again and again, the gift of community-easy and uneasy, deep and enduring and essential.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Corvallis, OR
United States
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87071-591-4 (9780870715914)
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Person
Ana Maria Spagna lives in Stehekin, Washington, where she works on a National Park Service trail crew. Her essays have appeared in Orion, Utne Reader, Open Spaces, Backpacker, and Best Essays NW.