Rick Bass - Author & Activist

Workshops 2020
Dear Writers, I hope y’all have found a rhythm, wherever you are. Learn more....
Pacific Northwest Trail
There are only two transboundary grizzly bear populations in Montana—the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem’s bears in Glacier National Park
New Book - For A Little While
New and Selected Stories

"One of this country's most intelligent and sensitive short story writers."―New York Times Book Review

"Durable and authentic . . . A writer who can both frighten and amaze."―Jim Harrison
Buy A Book
Titles available from Rick Bass. Fiber, The New Wolves, Why I came West, Colter: The True Story Of The Best Dog I Ever Had, & In Home There Is No More Sorrow: Ten Days in Rwanda
Rick Bass & Stellarondo
The marriage of four Rick Bass narratives to Stellarondo’s acoustic accompaniments is a welcome exploration of some serious “what if” questions...
Activism - Coal Exports
Writer Rick Bass says Montanans tend to think of themselves as living in a Garden of Eden, isolated from the reach of the modern world, but in reality...

grizzly bear yaak Yaak's Grizzlies Under Siege
Guest Column, by Rick Bass - Missoulian, August 25, 2020
"They come here seeking nothing less than salvation. Their lands below are burning and disease-ravaged. They cannot believe the beauty, the space: the wildness, which trembles before their approach. They buy homes sight unseen. They are desperate. Montana, the grizzly state. Oro y plata, western meadowlark."
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New Book - For A Little While

New and Selected Stories
Long considered one of the most gifted practitioners of the short story, Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of the human heart. Now, at last, we have the definitive collection of stories, new and old, from the writer Newsweek has called "an American classic."

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Latest Blog Post

06 April 2017

The Bundy family and followers are on trial again

Win or lose in court, theirs is a lost cause Most people in the West understand that when we behold the horizon, when we walk toward it, what we see a...

Events & Workshops

Friday, October 11, 2019 - Sunday, October 13, 2019
Writers' Workshop in Craftsbury Commons, Vermont

Join Rick Bass for a three day workshop.

Participation will be limited to 8 writers.

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