Northwords
a northern state of mind
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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Friday, August 15, 2008
With the Lapps in the High Mountains
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The wonderful environmental literary magazine Orion has just published two excerpts from my translation from the Danish of Emilie Demant Hat...
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Book Reviews of Cold Subjects
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Here is a selection of my reviews for the Seattle Times about ice and snow, reindeer, and Northern places: "The Future of Ice"...
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Karl Tirén, Joik Collector
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I was in Stockholm recently and had the opportunity to visit the collections of the Music Museum with the director Hans Riben, who kindly s...
Friday, January 18, 2008
What is joiking or yoiking? And how can you hear it?
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Ursula Länsman, member of the Sámi Band Angelit, describes it very well. http://www.folkworld.de/9/e/sami.html "A yoik is not merely a...
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The History of the Snowman
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Since my travel book The Palace of the Snow Queen was published last October, some readers and reviewers have said things along the lines o...
Thursday, August 9, 2007
The Palace of the Snow Queen
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“This book is a thoroughly researched, funny, lively and—yes—warm book about what humans can discover and create in the cold. In addition to...
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