Rick Bass, a Texas native, lived in Arkansas and Mississippi before moving to northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley. A former petroleum geologist and wildlife biologist, and a leading force behind climate aid, he is the author of more than thirty books, including the short story collections The Watch and For a Little While; the memoir Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had; and the novel All the Land to Hold Us. An active environmentalist, Bass is a member of the Yaak Valley Forest Council, working to protect as wilderness the last roadless lands in the Yaak Valley.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Letters to a Young Writer, a feature, in Fall 2023
- All the Light That Falls Upon Us, a novel excerpt, in Spring 2023
- Mice, a journal, in Stories of the Week: 2021–2022
- A Life with Bears, an essay, in Spring 2020
- The Rage of the Squat King, a short story, in Winter 2020
- Fifteen Dogs, an essay, in Spring 2019
- Russell Chatham the Painter, Recently Hospitalized, Emerges from Seven-Figure Debt and Alcoholism, Ready to Paint, an essay, in Spring 2018
- Border Patrol, an essay, in Winter 2017
- Whale Shark, an essay, in Spring 2016
- Lease Hound, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2015–2016
- Ice Fishing, an essay, in Stories of the Week: 2014–2015
- Narrows, a short story, in Winter 2015
- Snowy, a short story, in Fall 2014
- The Saltcutter’s Wife, a novel excerpt, in Fall 2013
- Choteau, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2011–2012
- Gettysburg, a short story, in Winter 2012
- Packing Out, an essay, in Winter 2012
- Titan, a narrative outloud - video, in Spring 2012
- Danger, an essay, in Fall 2011
- Titan, a narrative outloud - audio, in Fall 2011
- Eating, a narrative outloud - video, in Fall 2010
- Publishing in the Digital Age, a narrative outloud - audio, in Winter 2010
- Eating, a narrative outloud - audio, in Fall 2009
- Writing in October, an essay, in Fall 2008
- Oil, an essay, in Spring 2008
- Shy, an essay, in Winter 2006
- The Diezmo, Part Three, a novel serialization, in Spring 2005
- The Diezmo, Part Two, a novel serialization, in Winter 2005
- The Diezmo, Part One, a novel serialization, in Fall 2004
- Midland, a short story, in Fall 2003