The Captured Flame: Notes on Books, Music and the Creative Force

by Alan Contreras

The Captured Flame includes essays, reviews and commentary on books, music and the nature of the creative force published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Gay and Lesbian Review, firewood, Oregon Commentator, Lavender Network, Women in Natural Resources, Western Birds and other venues from the period 1982-2017. Essays on Ursula K. Le Guin and Ernest G. Moll appear here for the first time.

166 pages, Paperback

Published January 29, 2018

About the author

Alan Contreras has studied the birds of Lane County for over 30 years. He is past president of the Oregon Field Ornithologists, and has written and edited several books on Oregon birds, including Northwest Birds in Winter and Birds of Oregon: A General Reference. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.