Water Bodies
Love Letters to the Most Abundant Substance on Earth
“This book packs a narrative, poetic wallop. Having such fine and powerful voices gathered around a single subject makes the rain want to come.”
— Craig Childs, author of Tracing Time
Contributors: Aaron A. Abeyta, Christi Bode, CMarie Fuhrman, Sarah Gilman, Ruxandra Guidi, K. Maria Lane, Chris La Tray, Desiree Loggins, Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, Michelle Otero, Daniel Rothberg, Luke Runyon, Kate Schimel, Santana Shorty, Leanna T. Torres, Fatima van Hattum. Cover art: Sarah Gilman.
“A reminder of how personal bodies of water are to those who inhabit and remember them, Water Bodies is a breathtaking and heartbreaking anthology focused on defining features of the American West.”
“In this beautiful anthology, waters, artists, and poets capture the wonder and heartbreak of learning from water in a dry land.”
— Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction
“'Water Bodies' with Laura Paskus on Monday's Access Utah”
“New book explores the intimate connection between water and humans”
“…Paskus has curated a fertile, free-flowing collection of essays that seeks to ease the fear that surrounds so much of environmental writing by celebrating, honoring, and praising the water that gives us all life.”
— Emily Withnall, Pasatiempo
“Water Bodies is an urgent call to protect and love the lifeblood that pours across this continent.”
— Mark Sundeen, author of Delusions and Grandeur: Dreamers of the New West
“Laura Paskus discusses Water Bodies”
— KVNF-FM