| Wind on the Waves: Stories from the Oregon Coast Contributor(s): Stafford, Kim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0882409603 ISBN-13: 9780882409603 Publisher: Westwinds Press OUR PRICE: $24.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 979.500 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.70 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Oregon |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wind on the Waves is a collection of fifty-two stories that embody the beauty, mystery, and allure of Oregon's magnificent coast. Written by award-winning author and poet Kim Stafford, these wonderfully written vignettes celebrate the people, towns, wildlife, culture, and natural beauty of one of America's most rugged, beautiful, and enchanting coast lines. Wind on the Waves evokes the feelings of wonder and joy, the miracle of existence, the significance of humanity--and its insignificance compared to the power of the sea. Being open to the world is a gift--one which Kim Stafford has shared so well. These words from one of Oregon's most influential writers are the song of life sung on the stage of the shore, and the wind, and the waves. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stafford, Kim: - Kim Stafford has taught since 1979 at Lewis and Clark College, where he is the founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute and codirector of the Documentary Studies program. He also serves as the literary executor for the estate of William Stafford. He has worked as an oral historian, letterpress printer, editor, photographer, teacher, and visiting writer in communities and colleges across the country, and in Italy, Scotland, and Bhutan. Stafford has published a dozen books of poetry and prose, including The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer's Craft; Early Morning: Remembering My Father, William Stafford; and Having Everything Right: Essays of Place. He has received two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, the Oregon Governor's Arts Award, and a Western States Book Award. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and children. |