Synopses & Reviews
Since its beginnings,
Open Spaces has been on the cutting edge of thinking about the Pacific Northwest — an intelligent, provocative, beautifully conceived magazine for thoughtful readers who are searching for new ways to understand the region, themselves, and many of the major issues of our time.
The Pacific Northwest is known for its innovative solutions. Whether the challenge is integration with the natural world, the relationship of science and policy, learning to use what we know or simply enjoying a balanced and fulfilling life, these writers, leaders in their respective disciplines, provide the background necessary to understand the issues and move forward. Open Spaces is an invaluable resource for students, educators, practitioners working in these various fields as well as decision-makers in government, business and other sectors looking for real world answers to ongoing conflicts.
Collectively, the writers in this updated volume apply their expertise and talent to provide an intelligent and informed context through which to see public issues and make sense of the changes that continue to shape the region and our world. Individually, they touch on our deepest sense of human experience and continuity and reflect the spirit of the Northwest. Open Spaces enlightens, challenges, and inspires. It is a book to inhale and savor.
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"The Open Spaces anthology is essential reading for anyone moving to Cascadia and to the rest of the world." --Brett Campbell, Willamette Week, June 22, 2011
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"The essays and articles were unusually intimate, smart, thoughtful, artful and deeply connected to key regional issues." -Gretchen Legler, High Country News, December 2011
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"For the past thirty years or so, the Pacific Northwest has been recognized widely for the range and quality of its belles-lettres. A highly readable collection of essays, poems, reflections, and stories, Open Spaces will burnish the regions' literary reputation." -John M. Findlay, Oregon Historical Quarterly, Spring 2012
Synopsis
"In Open Spaces: Voices from the Northwest, writers with deep roots in this place have gathered together to tell us the old stories. To bear witness. To say, look, here is where we live. Here is how it was. Here is what we've lost, what we're losing, what we're still holding onto, and here is how we might move forward. These are writers who speak from deep knowledge of the Northwest and the land that has shaped our character. Open Spaces is a gift for us all." Molly Gloss
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A wonderful new book about the Pacific Northwest's nature, literature, and political issues.
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"For many of us the Pacific Northwest is a combination of a lot of things: nature, cities, ancient cultures, pop culture, farms, fashion. For many years Open Spaces brought that vital synthesis to life, giving us a better sense of our region and our reasons for being here. This anthology is a celebration, both of the Pacific Northwest and of the important and enlightening work done by Open Spaces. This should be required reading for everyone, particularly those charged with stewarding this region into its next century." -Ethan Seltzer, Portland State University
"This is a anthology of beautiful pieces - time devoted to reading these pieces will be rewarding!" -Jerry F. Franklin, University of Washington
"Just looking at the table of contents for this anthology launches the reader on a journey, and there could be no better tour guides than the impressive group of authors in this collection, who represent some of the most thoughtful observers about finding our proper place in the world." -Janet Neuman, Lewis and Clark Law School
About the Author
Penny Harrison is the editor and publisher of Open Spaces magazine. She was formerly an assistant attorney general for Oregon, specializing in natural resource issues.
Table of Contents
Contributors include:
- Bruce Babbitt
- R. Peter Benner
- Linda Besant
- Emory Bundy
- Jeff Curtis
- Bob Davison
- Sandra Dorr
- Angus Duncan
- David James Duncan
- Tom Grant
- Stephen J. Harris
- Roy Hemmingway
- Thomas F. Hornbein
- William Kittredge
- Jane Lubchenco
- Kathleen Dean Moore
- Lee C. Neff
- James Opie
- Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain
- Jarold Ramsey
- Richard Rapport
- Eric Redman
- William D. Ruckelshaus
- Robert Sack
- Edward W. Sheets
- Scot Siegel
- Kim Stafford
- John Struloeff
- Ann Ware
- Charles Wilkinson