{"product_id":"with-every-great-breath-new-and-selected-essays-1995-2023-9781640096301","title":"With Every Great Breath: New and Selected Essays, 1995-2023","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Outdoor Book Award\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Reading the West Book Awards \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Master craftsman\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and beloved author Rick Bass explores ecological, social, and personal landscapes through this collection that brings together his best-loved essays and brand-new pieces \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor acclaimed writer and environmental activist Rick Bass, it can be wearying to dwell relentlessly upon the broken, the fragmented, the dead and dying and doomed to extinction. Activism is a necessary part of the environmental movement, but so is the time-honored celebration of the beauty that inspires us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning his storied career, these new and selected essays attempt to take a brief step to the side, away from lamentation and prescription, to inhabit, as deeply as possible, the greater depths of the beauty in each moment. \u003ci\u003eWith Every Great Breath\u003c\/i\u003e ranges from the extremely local--a long-form essay about the community affected by the largest Superfund site in U.S. history, in Libby, Montana--to the far-flung: the Gal?pagos, Namibia, and Alaska. Throughout, Bass offers a portrait of our planet that is always alert to its wonders, even in the face of environmental crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRICK BASS \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of over thirty books. He is a winner of the Story Prize, the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, a PEN\/Nelson Algren Award Special Citation for fiction, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. He has served as contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eSierra, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBig Sky Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmicus Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eField \u0026amp; Stream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Contemporary Wingshooter\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. He currently serves on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eWhitefish Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born and raised in Texas, worked as a petroleum geologist in Mississippi, and has lived in Montana's Yaak Valley for almost forty years.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606599176466,"sku":"9781640096301","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e4ba986-6632-48a9-83f0-8457f2044ad4.jpg?v=1744224714","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/with-every-great-breath-new-and-selected-essays-1995-2023-9781640096301","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}