My Stats
| Followers: | 32 |
| Contributor since: | April 2009 |
| Location: | Lexington, KY |
About Me
Erik Reece is the author of LOST MOUNTAIN: A YEAR IN THE VANISHING WILDERNESS and AN AMERICAN GOSPEL: ON FAMILY, HISTORY AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD. He won Columbia University's John B. Oakes Award for distinguished environmental journalism, along with the Sierra Club's David R. Brower Award. He is a writer in residence at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
Professional
How I Pay For This Wardrobe
Shop at Salvation Army Thrift Store
Blocks I've Been Around
I spent a year of my life trespassing on strip mines in Eastern Kentucky; that's one ugly block
Why True/Slant
The name appears to derive from an Emily Dickinson poem
Personal
What I'm Currently Addicted To...
The poetry of Zbegniew Herbert
This Is Annoying Me...
That grinding sound in my transmission
This Is Making Me Worry...
That grinding sound in my transmission
This Is Bringing Me Joy...
The emergence of wild orchids in the Daniel Boone National Forest.
I'm Running From...
Christians who objected to my "Against Easter" op-ed in the Washington Post.
This Is Helping Me Create...
Deadlines
Can't Do Without
My vegetable garden
Favorite Voices
Levon Helm, Billie Holiday, that guy in the Avett Brothers (but I'm also sympathetic to the Silver Jews line: "All my favorite singers couldn't sing")
My Secret Ambition
To be a cross-bow hunter, a good one
