Confluence - by Zak Podmore (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Following his mother's untimely death, paddler Podmore braves flash floods and whitewater as he explores iconic wilderness rivers--and some of the most pressing environmental and social issues of our time.time.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Podmore's essays resemble Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau with an extra dose of social, racial and political analysis. <br>--<i>ARIZONA DAILY SUN</i> <p/>In the wake of his river-running mother's death, </b> Zak Podmore explores the healing power of wild places through a lens of grief and regeneration. Visceral, first-person narratives include a canoe crossing of the Colorado River delta during a rare release of water, a kayak sprint down a flash-flooding Little Colorado River, and a packraft trip on the Elwha River in Washington through the largest dam removal project in history. <p/>Award-winning journalist and film producer <b>ZAK PODMORE</b> covers conservation issues, outdoor sports, and Utah politics. He is a Report for America fellow at the <i>Salt Lake Tribune</i> and editor-at-large for <i>Canoe & Kayak</i> magazine. His work appears in <i>Outside</i>, <i>High Country News</i>, <i>Four Corners Free Press</i>, and the <i>Huffington Post</i>. He lives in Bluff, Utah.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Podmore's essays resemble Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau with an extra dose of social, racial and political analysis. <br>--<b><i>ARIZONA DAILY SUN</b></i> <p/>Deeply researched and deeply personal...Podmore's grief and his love of the landscape run through the book, lyrical and raw." <br>--<b><i>PACIFIC STANDARD</b></i> <p/>An introspective journey that strikes an exquisite, subtle balance between empirical realities and vigorous philosophical questioning. <br>--<b><i>THE UTAH REVIEW</b></i> <p/>Podmore's writing is as personal as it is hard-hitting, leaving an impact with its thoughtfulness and depth of reporting." <br>--<b><i>CANOE & KAYAK</b></i> <p/>These essays combine an adventurer's soul with a philosopher's head. Kudos to Zak Podmore, a fresh new voice from the West. <br>--<b>PHILIP CONNORS</b>, author of <i>A Song for the River</i> <p/>Zak Podmore has written a book of promise: a promise that beauty matters; a promise that history lives through us; a promise that the Colorado River teaches us about life and death and the depth of both. <br>--<b>TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS</b>, author of <i>Erosion</i> <p/>An ambitious, adventurous ride. The words themselves move like rivers--from choked, bucking rapids to languid flat water, to eddies swirling with uncomfortable truths... Zak Podmore has unleashed the kind of storytelling that will inspire the next great wave of ecological activism--and not a moment too soon. <br>--<b>AMY IRVINE</b>, author of <i>Desert Cabal</i> <p/>The publication of <i>Confluence</i> marks the arrival of an important new voice in the West. <br>--<b>DAVID GESSNER</b>, author of <i>All the Wild that Remains</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Award-winning journalist and film producer <b>ZAK PODMORE</b> covers conservation issues, outdoor sports, and Utah politics. He is a Report for America fellow at the <i>Salt Lake Tribune</i> and editor-at-large for <i>Canoe & Kayak</i> magazine. His work appears in <i>Outside</i>, <i>High Country News</i>, <i>Four Corners Free Press</i>, and the <i>Huffington Post</i>. He lives in Bluff, Utah.
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