With contributions by Thomas Campbell

and to offer us some comfort

With Teaching a Stone to Talk

Marina Otero Verzier

and articles on the themes of self-sufficiency

The Place of Tides Lisa Nakamura With contributions by Thomas CampbellOne afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries old trade that had once made men and women rich, but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on. Back at home, Rebanks couldn't stop thinking about the woman on the rocks. She was fierce and otherworldly and