Ellen Meloy: 4 books
Seasons
Desert Sketches
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
The late writer and naturalist Ellen Meloy wrote and recorded a series of audio essays for KUER, NPR Utah in the 1990s. Every few months, she would travel to their Salt Lake City studios from her red rock home of Bluff to read an essay or two. With understated humor and sharp insight, Meloy would...
The Anthropology of Turquoise
Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoise—the color and the gem—to probe deeper into our profound human attachment to landscape.
From the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Bahamas to her home ground...
The Last Cheater's Waltz
Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
From the recipient of the 1997 Whiting Award.
Feeling disconnected from the wildly beautiful desert that she has known intimately for twenty years, award-winning writer Ellen Meloy embarks on a search for home that is historical, scientific, and spiritual. Her "Map of the Known Universe,"...
Eating Stone
Imagination and the Loss of the Wild
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Long believed to be disappearing and possibly even extinct, the Southwestern bighorn sheep of Utah’s canyonlands have made a surprising comeback. Naturalist Ellen Meloy tracks a band of these majestic creatures through backcountry hikes, downriver floats, and travels across the Southwest. Alone...