Publisher’s Note: The End of Hibernation
By Will Hearst
Michael Schwab: Illustrating an Icon
Healing the Navajo Nation
By Constance Hale
Poetry: “Cancel Culture (The Bardo)” • “(Water/Places/A Time)”
By Cedar Sigo
Fire Is Changing Farming in Wine Country
By Heather John Fogarty
Directing a Cinematic Future for Opera
By Catherine Womack
A Century-Old Murder Mystery at Stanford
By Julia Flynn Siler
The Nisenan Tribe’s Fight for Visibility
By Christian Kiefer
Growing Mushrooms Into Luxury Goods
By Adam Fisher
A Sexy Reading Series?
By Anita Felicelli
Special Section: Alta California Guides
In Search of the Secret West
- North Coast
- Gold Country
- Bay Area
- Central Coast
- Central Valley
- Sierra Nevada
- Owens Valley
- The Deserts
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
Our Favorite Hideaways
Will Hearst in conversation with Paul Saffo
Alta Picks: Discover • See • Record • Survive
By Nasim Ghasemiyeh and Sarah Stodder
A Wild Ride Across Nevada’s Highway 50
By Doug Robinson
The Hero Behind a Dorothea Lange Photo
By Gary Kamiya
She Was Shipwrecked and Buried Facedown
By Lydia Lee
What’s Not Inscribed on a Historical Marker
By Susan Straight
Why Colorado May Be Renaming a Range
By Martin J. Smith
A Literary Figure’s Futile Spiritual Quest
By Abby M. Gibson
The Wild West on Film
By Louise Farr
Ambrose Bierce: Death in the Afternoon
By Geoffrey Gray
Except: “The Devil’s Dictionary”
By Ambrose Bierce
The Profound Grace of Denis Johnson
By John Freeman
William Finnegan’s Surfer Life
By David L. Ulin
WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: “Barbarian Days”
By David L. Ulin
Dana Johnson Finds Place in Fiction
By Danzy Senna
WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: “Elsewhere, California”
By David L. Ulin
Rethinking Disaster with Rebecca Solnit
By John Freeman
WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: “A PARADISE BUILT IN HELL”
By David L. Ulin
Fiction: “Oreo Arroyo”
By Vanessa Hua
Reexamining Three Prophetic L.A. Movies
By Tim Greiving
Poetry: [to the voice of the age] • [trance poem with the gray stone]
By Brenda Hillman
The Butterfly’s Best Friend
By Jessica Klein
