Interview with Shelley Read

In this interview, Shelley and I discuss Go as a River, the kernel of inspiration that sparked the story, her love of nature and wilderness, grief and how she explores it in her writing, connecting with others through grief, her title and cover, and much more.

Shelley's recommended reads are:

Marilynne Robinson's books
Mary Oliver's poetry
Lucille Clifton's poetry
Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams

My Read-Alike Request Recommendations for Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall:

The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
Homecoming by Kate Morton
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

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Shelley Read

Author

Shelley Read is a fifth generation Coloradoan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of the Western Slope. She was a Senior Lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades, where she taught writing, literature, environmental studies, and Honors, and was a founder of the Environment & Sustainability major and a support program for first-generation and at-risk students. Shelley holds degrees in writing and literary studies from the University of Denver and Temple University’s Graduate Program in Creative Writing. She is a regular contributor to Crested Butte Magazine and Gunnison Valley Journal, and has written for the Denver Post and a variety of publications. She is a mom, mountaineer, world traveler, and lover of small creatures and old dogs. Go as a River is her first novel.