“Words from the Wild” this week on the West Slope!

Yes, it may be snowing on the West Slope of Colorado, but ever the optimists, we are calling this week’s Words from the Wild events our Deep Wild Spring Reading Tour. (Well, OK, early Spring…or almost Spring)

Five of us–Deep Wild Journal contributors Peter Anderson, Jill Burkey, and Wendy Videlock and editors Heidi Blankenship and Rick Kempa–will be putting some wild words in the air Wednesday, March 1 at Out West Books in Grand Junction and Friday, March 3 at the Lithic Bookstore in Fruita. On Thursday, March 2, Peter, Heidi, and Rick will light it up at the Moab Public Library.

If you live in these parts, come on out if you can, or if you know someone who does, please invite them. It will be, well, wild.

Thanks to Marya at Out West Books, Danny at Lithic Bookstore, and Jessie at the Moab Public Library for making good things happen!

And thanks to the graphic designers at each of these hallowed places for creating these awesome posters.

Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry is the home for creative work inspired by journeys to places where there are no roads. The 2023 issue–our fifth!–will be published this June. deepwildjournal.com