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The Stories That Shape Us: Contemporary Women Write About the West : An Anthology
An anthology of twenty personal essays by contemporary women writers ranges across cultures and regions of the West, proposing a revised narrative of the Winning of the West more appropriate to a world facing harsh limits and ecological disaster.
393 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1995
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About the author
Page Lambert
18 books11 followersAuthor of the Wyoming memoir In Search of Kinship, and the Wyoming historical novel Shifting Stars, Page Lambert is an advisor for the Rocky Mountain Land Library, member of the International League of Conservation Writers, Colorado Authors’ League, founding member of Women Writing the West, and a longtime member of Wyoming Writers.
She has been writing about the western landscape and leading nature retreats in the West for twenty-two years, including the Literature & Landscape of the Horse retreat held at the Vee Bar Guest Ranch near Laramie.
Lambert's writing can be found inside monumental sculptures at the Denver Art Museum, online at Huffington Post, and inside the pages of dozens of anthologies.
Recently published works include the essay “Not for Sale” (Langscape Magazine, 2018), “The Rural West” (The Light Shines from the West, Fulcrum Books, 2018), and “Deerstalking” (Memoir Magazine, Guns and People Issue, 2018).
Forthcoming works include essays and poems in WAVES: A Confluence of Women's Voices (Room of Her Own Foundation, 2019).
A recipient of two Literary Fellowships from the Wyoming Arts Council, Page designs and teaches graduate writing courses for the University of Denver’s Professional Creative Writing Master’s Program.
She writes the popular blog All Things Literary/All Things Natural from her mountain home west of Denver, Colorado.
She has been writing about the western landscape and leading nature retreats in the West for twenty-two years, including the Literature & Landscape of the Horse retreat held at the Vee Bar Guest Ranch near Laramie.
Lambert's writing can be found inside monumental sculptures at the Denver Art Museum, online at Huffington Post, and inside the pages of dozens of anthologies.
Recently published works include the essay “Not for Sale” (Langscape Magazine, 2018), “The Rural West” (The Light Shines from the West, Fulcrum Books, 2018), and “Deerstalking” (Memoir Magazine, Guns and People Issue, 2018).
Forthcoming works include essays and poems in WAVES: A Confluence of Women's Voices (Room of Her Own Foundation, 2019).
A recipient of two Literary Fellowships from the Wyoming Arts Council, Page designs and teaches graduate writing courses for the University of Denver’s Professional Creative Writing Master’s Program.
She writes the popular blog All Things Literary/All Things Natural from her mountain home west of Denver, Colorado.
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November 5, 2025
Immaculate
Reading each essay randomly & intermittently
Reading each essay randomly & intermittently
July 19, 2020
I flew through this book. So many beautiful stories and essays. My favorite were by Mary Crow Dog, Teresa Jordan, Leslie Marmon Silko, Dorothy Allred Solomon and Terry Tempest Williams.
March 29, 2023
Took a while to get through; some stories were more engaging and intriguing than others. Still, I’m glad I found it on a bookstore shelf in Taos, and that I picked it up to take home.
April 14, 2025
Beautiful stories that show insight into women’s experiences in the west. Together, these stories create an overarching awareness of patriarchy and feminism, without directly mentioning either.
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