#12 Pam Houston

Pam Houston is a Western author of short stories, novels, and essays. She teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts, is a Professor of English at UC Davis, and is a co-founder and creative director of the literary nonprofit Writing By Writers.

We discussed her books, the decision to commit to a piece of land, her experience as a Dall Sheep hunting guide in Alaska, her upcoming projects, and the future of her Colorado ranch.

“In essays as lucid and invigorating as mountain air, Deep Creek delivers Houston’s most profound meditations yet on how “to live simultaneously inside the wonder and the grief…to love the damaged world and do what I can to help it thrive.”” – W.W. Norton & Company

Go to Pam's Website to peruse her books, which include:

Air Mail: Letters of Politics, Pandemics, and Place

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

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Sight Hound

A Little More About Me

Waltzing the Cat

Cowboys Are My Weakness