Sandy Compton published the memoir Side Trips From Cowboy: Addiction, Recovery and The Western American Myth in 2009. A lot can happen in 15 years. This new version leaves some inconsequential stuff behind and brings more relevant material to take its place. Anyone who is, loves, knows or cares for an addict will benefit by reading Side Trips From Cowboy Revisited
In Something About Miracles, Mary Magdalene Miller, M.D. tells the stories of three patients — or maybe they are clients — who have as much affect on her life as she does on theirs. She's a psychiatrist, by the way — a psychiatrist who believes in miracles.
The Scenic Route appeared as a regular column in The River Journal of Idaho and Montana for over twenty years. Author Sandy Compton, who lives on the road between Hope and Paradise, sorted out what he thinks are the best of those and put them into this volume.
Waters of Wealth by Donald Spritzer was originally published in 1979. Blue Creek Press, Libby Dam Cooperative Association and the US Army Corps of Engineers have republished it in part to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first electricity to be produced by the dam in 1975,
“Life is served raw in wild country” when a backcountry hike turns flaky. And out in the brush, just out of sight is the Hungry Now. He’s a grizzly bear, and if bears could remember things better, he would know why the Smell-among-smells troubles him so.
Sam Olson was raised in Portland, Oregon — with Northwest Montana roots. The creek he grew up on — among the myriad rivers that inhabit this book — has been stewarded since time immemorial by the Clackamas and Kalapuya peoples. Many of these poems were written in the occupied homelands of the Salish, Pend d’Oreille, Blackfeet, and Kootenai peoples. His poetry is spare and personal, based in place and experience. Sam lives in Missoula and teaches creative writing in Montana’s elementary schools and juvenile detention centers.
Archer MacClehan has dreams that lead him into dangerous places. In the second Archer MacClehan adventure — he dreams of vultures, a coral snake, a girl named Opal and Running Woman — Sara Cafferty.
Dr. Mary Magdalene Miller, M.D., the self-named narrator of this series, is falling in love with two people at the same time. One is the “smart dog,” an architect who may or may not be wooing her. It’s hard to tell, sometime. The other is Lillian, a beautiful 15-year-old anorexic girl intent on starving herself to invisibility. Lillian’s parents have charged Dr. Miller with saving her life, and the doctor has concluded that maybe the only way that can be done is to get Lillian away from her parents.
“Whether the poetry is good or not is in the eye of the reader, but each one of these comes from my heart or mind, and often both. They may not all touch you, but maybe one will, and that makes it worth it.
The subject matter is disparate enough to defy generic classification, though I tried. The poems are broken into four subgroups, the last of which is ‘The Rest.’ I’ll let you discover what the other three are. I will only say that some of The Rest are some of the best.”
Jason’s Passage, originally published in 1993, reveals a secret carried from one generation to another by Jason Indreland, who witnessed as a young man the acquisition and escape of “Scarface,” a young stud horse Caleb Blascomb knew would bring his dreams for the West Fork Ranch to fruition — if he could be found and caught.
Master storyteller Sandy Compton has gathered tales for decades, and from all around the world. These are 20 of his best. The Dog With His Head On Sideways is a collection years in the making.
Larry Longquist — world traveler, depressive, recovering addict, and freshly 60 years old — cashes his tiny 401K and engages the services of Mary Magdalene Miller, M.D. specializing in psychiatry. Object — clarity.
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