"Ish River"--
like breath,
like mist rising from a hillside.
Duwamish, Snohomish, Stillaguamish, Samish,
Skokomish, Skykomish...all the ish rivers.
I live in Ish River country
between two mountain ranges where
many rivers
run down to an inland sea.
--Robert Sund, Skagit Valley scribe
The Georgia Review's current issue features an interview I conducted with Oregon writer Barry Lopez, author of the outstanding "Arctic Dreams," "Of Wolves & Men" and several collections of short stories. You can read it on the web here.