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Annette McGivney

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Annette McGivney is an award-winning investigative journalist and author based in Cortez, Colorado. Plastic Shaman is her sixth book and publishes in September 2026. Her previous book, Pure Land, about the murder of Tomomi Hanamure in Grand Canyon, won the National Outdoor Book Award in 2018. Pure Land was the debut selection for Outside magazine’s book club in 2017 and named by the magazine on a list of “outdoor books that shaped the last decade.”

Annette is a frequent contributor to the Guardian, Outside and Arizona Highways; her articles focus on Southwest culture, the environment and Indigenous issues. She is a professor emeritus in Journalism at Northern Arizona University where she taught for two decades. Annette is also the founder o ...more

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	Pure Land: A True Story of Three Lives, Three Cultures, and the Search for Heaven on Earth 4.24 avg rating — 1,551 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resurrection: Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West by Annette McGivney (Goodreads Author), James Kay (Photographer) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Building Wood Fires: Techniques and Skills for Stoking the Flames Both Indoors and Out (Countryman Know How) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plastic Shaman: The True Story of a Deadly Self-Help Retreat and America's Misguided Quest for Wellness 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Southwest Camping 1996-1997: The Complete Guide to More Than 35,000 Campsites in Arizona and New Mexico by Martin Frentzel, Dennis Lewon, Annette McGivney (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My Thinking Addiction

Full disclosure: I have thought a lot about this essay on
not thinking. I love to think about ideas for hours on end. As a journalist and college professor I make
my living coming up with interesting thoughts to think. But I am also a
recreational thinker. In fact, I may be addicted to thinking. And as I explore
ways to heal from childhood trauma, I am trying to break my thinking habit.

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Annette McGivney and 4 other people liked Mark Stevens's review of Plastic Shaman: The True Story of a Deadly Self-Help Retreat and America's Misguided Quest for Wellness: "t’s one of those stories you might have forgotten—three deaths in a sweat lodge. That is, three deaths in a sweat lodge run by a self-help super star. That is, three deaths in a fake sweat lodge near Sedona, Arizona run by James Arthur Ray, a guy who w" Read more of this review »
Jul 16, 2026 10:14PM · see review

Annette McGivney and 4 other people liked Mark Stevens's review of Plastic Shaman: The True Story of a Deadly Self-Help Retreat and America's Misguided Quest for Wellness:

"t’s one of those stories you might have forgotten—three deaths in a sweat lodge.

That is, three deaths in a sweat lodge run by a self-help super star.

That is, three deaths in a fake sweat lodge near Sedona, Arizona run by James Arthur Ray, a guy who w" Read more of this review »

Jul 16, 2026 10:14PM · see review

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