Coast Range: A Collection From The Pacific Edge
by Nick Neely /
2016 / English / EPUB
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Coast: the edge of land, or conversely the edge of sea. Range: a
measure between limits, or the scope or territory of a thing.
Coast: the edge of land, or conversely the edge of sea. Range: a
measure between limits, or the scope or territory of a thing.Coast Range
Coast Range, the debut collection of essays from writer
Nick Neely, meticulously and thoughtfully dwells on these
intersections and much more. The book's title refers to the
region in which these essays are set: the California and Oregon
coastal ranges. In deeply moving prose equal parts exhilarating
and pensive, each essay explores an iconic organism (a few
geologic), so that, on the whole, the collection becomes a
curiosity cabinet that freshly embodies this Pacific Northwest
landscape.
, the debut collection of essays from writer
Nick Neely, meticulously and thoughtfully dwells on these
intersections and much more. The book's title refers to the
region in which these essays are set: the California and Oregon
coastal ranges. In deeply moving prose equal parts exhilarating
and pensive, each essay explores an iconic organism (a few
geologic), so that, on the whole, the collection becomes a
curiosity cabinet that freshly embodies this Pacific Northwest
landscape.
But the book also employs a playful range of forms. Just as
forest gives way to bluff and ocean, here narrative journalism
adjoins memoir and lyric essay. These associative, sensuous, and
sometimes saturnine pieces are further entwined by the theme of
"collecting" itself―beginning with a meditation on the impulse to
gather beach agates, a semiprecious stone. Another essay follows
the journey of salmon from their "collection" at a hatchery
through a casino kitchen to a tribal coming-of-age ceremony; a
third is a flitting exploration of hummingbirds.
But the book also employs a playful range of forms. Just as
forest gives way to bluff and ocean, here narrative journalism
adjoins memoir and lyric essay. These associative, sensuous, and
sometimes saturnine pieces are further entwined by the theme of
"collecting" itself―beginning with a meditation on the impulse to
gather beach agates, a semiprecious stone. Another essay follows
the journey of salmon from their "collection" at a hatchery
through a casino kitchen to a tribal coming-of-age ceremony; a
third is a flitting exploration of hummingbirds.