USVLT Reads - June/July
This month we’re highlighting some books that captured our imagination recently. As always, they have nature and our human connection to it as central themes. Visit local bookstore and USVLT business partner - White Birch Books to get your copy!
Aisha Sabatini Sloan - Borealis
Art about glaciers, queer relationships, political anxiety, and the meaning of Blackness in open space—Borealis is a shapeshifting logbook of Aisha Sabatini Sloan’s experiences moving through the Alaskan outdoors.
Lisa Jhung & Charlie Layton - Trailhead: The Dirt on All Things Trail Running
Trailhead is a witty, fun pocket guide to all things trail running.
Beloved author Aimee Nezhukumatathil's celebrated work of nonfiction, now including additional essays and illustrations.
Bree Loewen - Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue
Mountain search-and-rescue volunteer Bree Loewen’s to-do list isn’t quite the same as most people’s. On any given day, it might include:
Go grocery shopping
Bake pie seen on Pinterest
Figure out what to do with my life
Rescue climbers caught in avalanche on Chair Peak
Pick up Vivi at Mom’s
Helen Y Rolfe, Junko Tabei, Yumiko Hiraki - Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei
A collection of stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei (1939–2016), the first woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits.
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