Our exclusive interview with stephen page, author of a ranch bordering the salty river. A ranch bordering the salty river by stephen page finishing line press i was a soldier, a janitor, a mobster. A ranch bordering the salty river finishing line press is a collection of twenty finely wrought poems by stephen page that tell the story of a man seeking paradise within a fallen world. An interview with author stephen page orsons publishing. Stephen pages a ranch bordering the salty river is a unique collection of poems. The book is the story in verse and poetic prose of jonathan, a rancher who learns how to run. Sometimes i just freewrite until something comes to me, then go. Although this most recent collection, which will be released later this year, is a continuation of jonathan the ranchers story, the poetry also sows new characters into. Stephen pages tall tale inspired poetry is back with more dream like language and tension than ever in the salty river bleeds. I have read most of the poems you had put in the ranch book before. A surreal glimpse into the inner workings of ranch life sheds light on the simplicity and beauty of oneness with nature. A ranch bordering the salty river by stephen page books. Jonathan is an outsider who marries into an argentinian ranch owning family. A ranch bordering the salty river by page, professor stephen.
Stephen page author of a ranch bordering the salty river. Stephen will read and sign copies from new book, a ranch bordering the salty river. His ballad like descriptions take place in south america, in argentina to be exact, and convey the dreamlike stories of. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Collins keepers of the truth, lost souls had this gut reaction. New bible wallpaper from the darkness into the light. Do i have your permission to use this rendition you did of my photo on as a author photo for my next book. He now lives in argentina where he had the opportunity to learn how to ranch and farm. A ranch bordering the salty river by professor stephen. Chip livingston, author of naming ceremony and crowblue, crowblack.
Listen free to arm cast podcast on iheartradio podcasts. A traveller in casas del lago wearing a the salty river bleeds tshirt. Agnishatdal bhadra 1424 critique by troy david loy. He is the author of three books of poetry a ranch bordering the salty river, the timbre of sand, and still dandelions. A ranch bordering the salty river by stephen page is now available at amazon. A ranch bordering the salty river is a beautiful meditation on counting and uncounting, of eucalypti and sycamores, cattle and cattle thieves, yard hands, a growing family, trials, blessings, legends, and of overseeing a wooded eco ranch. Im putting this book on my list of things to read for the next few months. Stephen page was born and raised in detroit, michigan, where he worked in factories, diemaker toolrooms, and steelcutting shopsall the while longing for a vocation associated with nature. The timbre of sand, still dandelions, a ranch bordering the salty river.
Tshirt art is of a cover of a book by stephen page and published by finishing line press. A ranch bordering the salty river by stephen page finishing. Stephen page s twentypoem collection, a ranch bordering the salty river, explores the second half of a life, as page s narrator navigates the transitions from city to country, from intellectual toil to physical labor, and from youth to middle age. It is full of descriptions of hard farm life, daydreams and countless moments of human failings. Stephan pages beautiful the salty river bleeds contains a series of portraits of rural, small town ranch people with just the right amount of surreal, dreamlike. Palomar college, columbia university, bennington college.
Author reading and signing with stephen page pages bookshop. From a young age, stephen page pursued journeys of both body and mind. Stephen pages 2016 poetic collection, a ranch bordering the salty river, which was published by finishing line press, is a verse novel really. The salty river bleeds by stephen page, paperback barnes. He holds two aas from palomar college, a ba from columbia university, and an mfa from bennington college. Stephen page, a michigan native who graduated from bennington college in 2008, is the author of a ranch bordering the salty river. The salty river bleeds by stephen page finishing line press. He becomes the administrator of its twentyfive hundred acres and approaches his work with reverence and respect. Half frost, half hemingway, stephen page tells a gripping tale in verse of a rancher disenchanted with the details of administering land, its livestock, and its unreliable laborers, only to be called by the mythic lure of the nearby wood and the amorphous. The book is the story in verse and poetic prose of jonathan, a rancher who learns how to run a ranch. She has placed the salty river bleeds and a ranch bordering the salty river in the. Michigan poet turns experience into a ranch bordering the salty. Stephen page will be with us tonight live from argentina. Theory, research, and policy for planned events, 3rd edition a ranch bordering the salty river list view grid view.
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