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Elise Atchison
♦ High Plains Book Award
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♦ Eludia Book Award
♦ Barbara Deming Grant
♦ One Book Big Sky BOOK REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS KGVM
Radio Podcast of Authors and Books at Bozeman
Public Library: Elise Atchison and Amanda Eggert
discuss writing about the land in The Open Mic Interview: Richard Ehisen interviews Elise
The
Write Question Interview: Lauren Korn interviews Elise
Atchison about High Plains
Book Review: “The novel embraces a multitude of voices and
perspectives interconnected in the discovery of what it means to belong to
the earth. ... a literary tour de force unfolding in
an unusual format that is effective and compelling. ... Big Sky Journal Book Review: “Who owns the land? ... This question is often debated in
the Kirkus Reviews Book Review: “The author’s
observant eye for nature makes her an especially adept chronicler … Each tale
takes on a new character’s perspective, leaving the valley itself to serve as
the book’s true protagonist. ... An elegant, eco-minded collection of tales
set in a Breakfast
in Montana
Interview: Russell Rowland and Aaron
Parrett interview Elise Atchison and discuss “With telling, true-to-the-West
descriptions, Mountain
Journal Interview: Todd Wilkinson interviews Elise Atchison. We “have a huge task ahead of us. I think we need a major
shift in the way we view our place in the larger world. ... The only way
forward is to see ourselves as responsible parts of a larger community and
act accordingly. Perhaps stories will help us get there.” Livingston
Liz Kearney interviews Elise Atchison. “There are no villains in this book. All of [the
characters] have their dreams, desires and motivations driving them that I
hope make them human and nuanced.” The Madisonian Feature
Article: Crazy Mountain is a “love letter to wilderness—and
eulogy for Montana ranch towns” ... offering “all kinds of thoughtful
rumination about how to feel when the ongoing real estate gold rush rushes
toward you—and the place you love.” - David Madison BookDNA List of
books featuring characters navigating the contemporary American West: “It’s easy to live on the fault lines of conflict in the
West today and be judgmental about who’s right and who’s wrong. What I love
about Elise Atchison’s debut novel is that she avoids those binaries and
instead tells the story of a changing Western town through the lens of the
land, which bears the transformations—for good or for ill—but also has its
own say.”– Craig Lancaster . |
“Gritty and tough and gut wrenching ... – Debra Magpie Earling,
author of Perma Red and The Lost
Journals of Sacajewea “ – Doug Peacock, author of Grizzly Years and
Was It Worth It, filmmaker, Disabled Veteran “The real thing—complex, sophisticated stories of
the American West ... an accurate, sensitive, and nuanced view of rural – Laura Pritchett, winner of PEN “In this artful, lyrical, deeply moving novel, Elise
Atchison follows a piece of landscape through several lifetimes, capturing
the dramatic complexity of the disrupted West through a full cast of
characters, one lens after another.” – Allen Morris Jones, author of A Bloom of
Bones and Sweeney on the Rocks “Elise Atchison's prose is a vessel of precision and
depth, unafraid to draw the reader into the more shadowed crucibles of life
and help us emerge with light in our hands.’” – Shann Ray,
author of American Copper and Sweetclover “With great insight, intelligence, and intimacy, Elise
Atchison explores a singular dilemma: How do we live in paradise without
destroying the very thing we love?” “I am blown away by – Andrea Peacock, author of – Ken Egan, author of
Sowilo Press/Hidden River Arts, 2022 Softcover, 268 pages ISBN# 9798985431711 ♦ “Be
joyful, though you have considered all the facts.” Wendell
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