Edge Walking on the Western Rim: New Works by 12 Northwest Writers

By Alex Brown

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570610134
• ISBN13: 9781570610134
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

The first 5 star rating I have given....

"edge walking on the western rim" is a complilation of essays from 12 different poets and novelists who have had their lives influenced in some way by living in the american Pacific Northwest (Idaho, Washington, Oregon.) These authors are: Sherman Alexie, Sharon Doubiago, David James Duncan, Sam Hamill, Lawson Fusao Inada, Colleen J. McElroy, Brenda Peterson, Johnathan Raban, Tom Robbins, charlotte Watson Sherman, Tom Spanbauer and William Stafford. Why did I love this book enough to give it my highest rating? Maybe because I, like many of the authors, am new to the Pacific Northwest and it is comforting to know I am not alone in wondering about this place's people, landscape and even weather. I also love autobiographies, they are quite possible it is my favorite genre. While not all the authors use a style I particularily like, the essays are short enough that they do not get boring. Each section ends in a small biography about the author. The book also introduces me to writers that I might not nessissarily pick up books by on my own and whom I have found I really enjoy. The first coming to mind are Colleen J. McElroy, who like me moved from the east coast to the west coast and has travelled the world, again, like myself and Jonathan Raban, also a transplant, but this time from Europe. "edge walking on the western rim" is a book full of beautiful, laughter, sadness and love. It covers the spectrum of human emotions through the eyes of 12 people in one small area of the world. It makes me reflect on the past and future. I believe Colleen J. McElroy said it well with: "I have gone to the ocean just to listen to the heartbeat of the sea. It is a constant pulse that seems to draw me to it - a bridge between where I am and what I remember - and like the weather, it can dominate my moods and, inexplicably, my memory."