HeyJaredNotes from the Journey Westward
A novelist, essayist, and poet, I write about landscape, loss, class, family, memory, and the American West. I try to interrogate notions of masculinity and am always paying attention to rural spaces and the rural/urban divide.
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City of Books (opens the original)
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We saw rain for the first time in months here in Oregon over the weekend, and, oh, was it lovely. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vYpD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2
The good news that true, challenging stories bring us (opens the original)
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I met John Clayton nearly fifteen years ago now, at one of the the first literary festivals I ever attended, the Montana Festival of the Book. I met loads of folks that wonderful long weekend, but from Missoula to Roscoe, John and I kept running into each other across the state of Montana. And I’m sure glad of it. John has lived on the outskirts of Yellowstone for the past 36 years, and he’s a steady, thoughtful observer of Montana and the West. He is the author of the nonfiction books Natural R
Ten (opens the original)
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My tenth birthday was the first I celebrated after my father died. I’ve been shuffling through old pictures and think I’ve found one from that day. My grandfather sits beside me at the formica kitchen table, his big, working-man’s hands folded in front of him. Behind his glasses, his eyes are kind; his bald head shines. He’s trying to look happy, though he was never one for ceremony, never one for gatherings. He liked the plain facts of the prairie better. And, too, he was heartbroken. His belov
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