Rooted in Rock: New Adirondack Writing, 1975-2000

With Rooted in Rock: New Adirondack Writing, 1980-2000, Jim Gould, professor of writing and literature at Paul Smith's, the College of the Adirondacks, makes ""the case for a true Adirondack literature."" Bringing together a mix of new and previously published works of fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction and essays by 43 established and up-and-coming writers, including novelist Russell Banks (Cloudsplitter), essayist Sue Halpern (Migrations to Solitude), Native American poet Joseph Bruchac (three of whose poems are published here for the first time) and natural history writer Michael G. DiNunzio (Adirondack Wildguide). Prize-winning author Rick Bass and Adirondack Museum director Jacqueline F. Day contribute thoughtful forewords. ( July)