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After a book tour, the desert calls. In conversation with iO Tillett Wright

root — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 13:01:57 +0000

Io is the fourth largest moon in the solar system. As the innermost Galilean moon that orbits Jupiter, it’s also the most volcanically active, erupting with sulphur resulting from the moon being stretched and squeezed. Named after this energetic, seemingly angry moon is 32-year-old iO Tillett Wright. The native New Yorker is, like the moon

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Capturing the fascinating bleakness of an abandoned Californian resort town

root — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 21:48:43 +0000

Back in the ’50s and ’60s, Bombay Beach was a buzzing resort town revolving around water sports and attracting visitors from across America. It’s a fact that’s now difficult to imagine when confronted with the desolate texture of the present day. The town is located on the Salton Sea, a once large inlet that became

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FvF Explores: The Mojave Desert in California

root — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 23:30:07 +0000

The late, great John Steinbeck – Nobel laureate, California native and a definitive voice of The American West – wrote that The Mojave Desert is “a big and frightening one. It’s as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to prove whether he was good enough to get to California.” As much as

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