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Michael F. Tevlin

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Born and raised in New York, Michael F. Tevlin is the grandson of Irish immigrants. He studied journalism at the University of Oregon and worked as a reporter before turning to freelance writing. In Sockeye, he combines two personal passions: the recovery of native salmon runs and the wild places of his adopted state. He and his wife have two sons and two grandchildren and make their home in Portland, Oregon.

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From New York to Oregon: My Salmon Journey

Growing up on the scarred shores of Staten Island, New York in the 1960s, I didn’t know what a salmon was. What I knew about fish was that you couldn’t eat them if you caught them, those being the days of heavy industrial pollution in the waters surrounding the big city.

Coming to Oregon opened me up to new experiences, including fishing for salmon in the coastal streams, along with the Clackamas (

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Leonardo da Vinci

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The Best Short Stories 2022: The O. Henry Prize Winners (The O. Henry Prize Collection)

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