There’s a story about an old cowpoke from Fort Rock who, having breathed his last, found himself at the gates of Heaven. Peter, the well-known keeper of the gates, saw the old buckaroo approaching, got out of his comfortable chair and asked, “Who are you, old-timer?” “My name’s Sam,” the cowboy answered. “Where ya’ from, […]
William Sullivan
Posted inCulture
Poetic Sasquatch and Alien Intervention
William L. Sullivan’s The Oregon Variations
It’s not difficult to imagine William L. Sullivan—the author of four novels and 13 works of nonfiction focused on Oregon and its many wonders—in a rough-hewn log cabin, tucked into the wilderness, typing out his novels and stories on an ancient manual typewriter (which is exactly what he did). In his most recent book, The […]