Potluck: Community on the Edge of Wilderness

By Ana Maria Spagna

Book Overview

In Potluck, Ana Maria Spagna explores the enduring human connection to place, journeying from Tijuana to a California beach to Utah's canyon country--and, always, back to the sparsely populated valley in the North Cascades she calls home. Potluck homes in on the everyday gatherings that, over time, define a community: a makeshift wedding, an art gallery opening, a farewell potluck, a work party, a campfire, a political caucus, a funeral. "What connects us?" Spagna asks, and she reveals, again and again, the gift of community--easy and uneasy, deep and enduring and essential.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870715917
• ISBN13: 9780870715914
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"