Who Named the Knife : a Book of Murder and Memory

Publisher Weekly Review Starred Review. In June 1978, Larry Hasker was murdered in Hawaii. Maryann Acker was convicted of the crime in 1982 and sentenced to life in prison. In this sparkling account, noted Canadian novelist Spalding creates a nuanced, deeply felt tale of her own involvement in the story and how it led her […]

An Unspoken Hunger : Stories From the Field

Publisher Weekly Review: Naturalist-in-residence at the Utah Museum of Natural History and author of Refuge , Williams here explores the connection between nature and women, affirms the healing power of the land and looks at feminism and bear myths. She contrasts the predator-prey relationship of the Great Basin with that of the Serengeti Plain of […]