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Slog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
We have a reading about a boat trip and a book about a heroic dog tonight, and then three other, more intriguing events. Martin Limon reads at Seattle Mystery Bookshop from his book G.I. Bones , which is about a ghost , a red-light district, and the army. Also a missing girl. It is fiction. The Central Library is hosting an event from Jack Straw Writers. The Washington Center for the Book co-presents...
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On books; On writing; On living. Sometimes, poems... (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Year 2 of MFA. Critical Paper #2 Until around page forty or so, I was feeling concerned that I’d picked The River Why by David James Duncan to read for this mailing. The tone eluded me at first: dry, ironic humor and overly formal vocabulary juxtaposed with utter silliness. Once I could hear the voice, I started to laugh and after page forty, I followed the story with eagerness and delight. The...
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Joystory (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
moar funny pictures I found this meme on a blog I chanced upon Fridday and couldn't resist trying it. I'm also posting this at Facebook Using only books you have read this year (2009), answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title. It's a lot harder than you think! Others I've seen are bending the 2009 only rule. I made myself hold to it but I included books I'm currently reading or have read...
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Touched By A Monkey (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
River Teeth by David James Duncan has stories about nature. Man vs. Nature as we learned in high school, only to learn in college that it wasn't a real thing. In any case, Duncan is a master at telling a story about fishing. I don't even like fishing -- in fact, I think it's cruel -- but his stories are good. Others subject matters discussed within: bees, tall trees, various bird species, watching...
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below the din (Free subscription) | 04/18/2009
I had previously referenced Alan Jacob's concern that one can't pick and choose among traditions since they work best in their native soil. Finishing up David James Duncan's The River Why reminded me precisely of that question: People often don't know what they're talking about, but when they talk about love they really don't know what they're talking about. The one sure thing you can say about love...
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MOLDY CHUM (Free subscription) | 01/28/2009
David James Duncan makes the case for going guideless in this piece that appeared in Outside Magazine in July of 2000. A few copies of The River Why probably ended up in the trash bin as a result. My reservations about the average fly-fishing guide are a lot like my...
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NewWest.Net Missoula (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
There is of course no better person to commence (and, it seemed, consecrate) a conference on the confluence of water resources and climate change than David James Duncan, the Lolo-based author of The River Why, River Teeth, and My Story as Told by Water, a self-described small-scale activist who, as he wrote in My Stories, "has waded the flow of hundreds of wild streams, held thousands of trout...
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New West Network Cities: Idaho Nort (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Local author David James Duncan will speak about what you can do about climate change in his keynote address for the free two-day Headwaters Summit in Missoula, hosted by the Clark Fork Coalition, Western Progress and the National Wildlife Federation. Duncan's talk will be (did I mention that it will be free?) Monday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. at the University Theater at the University of Montana campus....
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MOLDY CHUM (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
In all the excitement surrounding the film adaptation of The River Why, ever wonder why the guy who wrote the book was strangely absent from all the publicity? Duncan v. Cohen, 2008 WL 2891065 (N.D. Cal.) Duncan sued defendants, including...
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Flyfishmagazine (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Those industry insiders over at PaleMorningMedia dropped us a line today to let us know that their client, and purveyor of fine waders, Simms Fishing, will be the ones keeping William Hurt dry during filming of the movie adaptation of David James Duncan's, "The River Why" From the text of their release: Simms part of the scene as "The River Why" begins filming BOZEMAN, Mont. - Simms...
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ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
William Hurt and Amber Heard have joined Zach Gilford in The River Why , an adaptation of the 1983 Sierra Club novel by David James Duncan. Matt...
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MOLDY CHUM (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
With filming starting soon on The River Why, this Q & A with D.J.D. from back in 2001 is still relevant today. You can read the entire interview here. LINK This respons to a question about a favorite pair of...
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Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
An adaptation of the 1983 Sierra Club novel by David James Duncan.
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