All the Leavings

In All the Leavings, Laurie Easter deftly navigates both the rugged terrain of the human heart and life on the edge of wilderness. Her contemplative, often experimental essays explore love and risk: giving birth in a rustic cabin; the destructive power of wildfires; losing friends to cancer, AIDS, suicide, and meth; encounters with birds and mountain lions; and the unthinkable potential loss of a child to illness. Drawing from a reverence for the natural world--perilous yet rich with beauty--that is deeply rooted in a wild Oregon, All the Leavings examines what it means to love, lose, and find strength in facing adversity.

Author: Laurie Easter
Publisher: Oregon State University Press
Published: 10/15/2021
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780870711220
ISBN10: 0870711229
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Literary Collections | Essays

About the Author
LAURIE EASTER lives off the grid on the edge of wilderness in southern Oregon. Her essays have been awarded fellowships by the Vermont Studio Center and Playa, listed as notable in Best American Essays, and published in many literary journals and anthologies. She holds degrees from Southern Oregon University and Vermont College of Fine Arts. All the Leavings is her first book.
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