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Susan Imhoff Bird

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in midland, MI, The United States

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Nonfiction, Fiction, Memoir

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Susan Imhoff Bird spent her formative years in Park City, Utah. She later earned her BS and MSW from the University of Utah. Travels in Asia, South America and Europe have exposed her to many different cultures and religions, and have resulted in an award-winning short story, and a book about humanitarian work in Nepal, The Constant Possibility of Grace: A Story of Love, Loss and Tools to End Poverty.

Her newest book, Howl: Of Woman and Wolf, will be released in October, 2015. Howl explores the controversy over our commitment to allowing wolves--after nearly a century of absence--to return to the landscape, and our own relationship to wildness, all as experienced by a woman searching for her own truth, her own wildness, her own voice . . . h ...more

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Susan Imhoff Bird I start pedaling my bike somewhere. or I go snowshoeing. or I drive away. it's all about finding a way to see everything from a different perspective:…moreI start pedaling my bike somewhere. or I go snowshoeing. or I drive away. it's all about finding a way to see everything from a different perspective: this frees me from the restriction of familiarity, and, apparently, reorders brain cells and waves. the result is always a fresh observation, an aha, a small slice of experience, or what pam houston calls a "glimmer," a sentence or two that will later unfold into something meaningful.(less)

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Susan Imhoff Bird for me, it's the feeling of being in a state of "flow." I think this happens for many of us when we're intensely involved in a passion: we lose connec…morefor me, it's the feeling of being in a state of "flow." I think this happens for many of us when we're intensely involved in a passion: we lose connection with time, our surroundings, even superfluous physical sensations. (less)

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the clearing of wy’east

the Captain George Vancouver expedition explored the northwest coastline of North America in the 1790’s, mapping the often rough and wild landscape from Baja, California, all the way to the Cook Inlet of Alaska. they gave name to numerous areas and features, most of which remain with us today. one of those names is Mt. Hood.

this volcano reaches 11,239 feet above sea level and is more than 500,000