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Show THE ZEPHYR/JUNE-JULY 2007 A wake-up call for those who love the West... Environmentalists in Southeast Utah have fought vigilantly to save dwindling wilderness lands by replacing the region's extractive industries with an amenities economy. But is there a downside to this seemingly bucolic vision? Jim Stiles makes a provocative argument that there is. BG es eee ceeae Pe ee ee ee cr B rave N ew We St Morphing Moab at the Speed of Greed Jim Stiles 272 pp., 17 illustrations $19.95 paperback “Jim Stiles holds up a mirror to those of us living in the American West, exposing issues we may not want to face. We are all complicit in the shadow side of growth. His words are born not so much out of anger but a broken heart. He says he writes elegies for the landscape he loves, that he is ‘hopelessly clinging to the past.’ | would call Stiles a writer from the future. Brave New West is a book of import because of what it chooses to expose.” —Terry Tempest Williams, author of Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert “No one but Stiles can deliver the bad news to us and make us laugh, then flip to provocative challenges that tweak our tails. We find all this, and more, in Brave New West, where he defines some positive meanings of that overused, misused word i talist—and asks us to reexamine, honestly, if we are the protectors of nature and wilderness we always thought we were.” —Katie Lee, author of Sandstone Seduction: Rivers and Lovers, Canyons and Friends “Pain, passion, persistence—while it is not chronologically possible for Jim Stiles to be the reincarnation of Edward Abbey, he stands solidly in Abbey's big boots. We could use a thousand more of Stiles, as a writer, as a man of fury, as a transmitter of reality.” —Mary Sojourner, author of Solace: Rituals of Loss and Desire “Jim Stiles, a fighting editor, taking outrage as a requirement for optimism, is rigorous as an investigative journalist, but is also highly personal and insightful. Not your ordinary nature text, this book gives us individuality writ lar uthor included, people in the grip of history and environmental intimacy, whether they know it or not.” —Martin Murie, author of Losing Solitude OOD a ON ot Best Friends ANIMAL SOCIETY Looking for an exciting job where. you can make a difference in the animal-welfare | GET THE LAST WORD IE | KEEP AROSEET Auk SResnED| bt: ag PUBLICITY. movement? I'M GOING Best Friends Animal Society is the leader of TO WIND UP the nation's No More Homeless Pets campaign. We are beyond, people, SS reaching across the country and helping humane groups, individual and entire communities fo set . ON ‘AMERICAN IDOL." up spay/neuter, shelter, foster, and adoption programs in their own neighborhoods, cities, and states. Best Friends also runs the largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals in the United States. Located at the heart of Southern Utah's Golden Circle of National Parks, we are home, _ 9n any given day, to about 1,500 dogs, cats, _ horses, rabbits and other animals. Our simple philosophy is that kindness to animals helps build a better world for all of us. Best Friends is expanding our reach, and looking for qualified and dedicated people. To learn more about our opportunities, please visit our website at www.bestfriends.org. AVG eee Aa 150 EAST CENTER ST. BUS: 435.259.5693 judy@moabproperties.com °F belior world rough lindbaee to anienale:* MOAB. UT 84532 800.634.0770 CELL: 260.9553 www.moabproperties.com {each office is independentiy owned and operated) 32 |
